Help setup pop up food pantry in Rogers Park, northside

Come help setup a new pop up food pantry to help serve the Rogers Park community. In response to the growing need for food in the Rogers Park Community (due to other food pantries closing), Care for Real is expanding service to that community with a weekly pop-up pantry every Tuesday, beginning May 19 at the United Church of Rogers Park.

Volunteers are needed to help unload food packages from trucks, and setup distribution which takes place from noon to 2 PM. Average weight of bulk food boxes are 20 to 30 pounds for most boxes. If items are heavier, volunteers work in teams to distribute weight safely. Volunteers will pack grocery bags from the bulk items and distributed to families from noon to 2 pm, while maintaining social distancing. Please help with clean up and break down, recycling after the event.

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This is a COVID-!9 response to help the community. All safety protocols must be followed to ensure everybody s safety. Only sign up if you can answer NO to all the following questions:

1. Have you experienced any flu or cold like symptoms in the last 14 days?
2. Have you travelled to another city in the last 14 days that has a high rate of infection (New York, Los Angeles, Italy, Spain etc.)?
3. Have you been in contact with anybody that is tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 14 days or exhibit COVID-19 symptoms?
4. Have you been tested positive COVID-19, suspect or know you have the virus in the last 30 days?
5. Do you have a fever over 100 degrees now?
6. Do you have a dry cough now?
7. Do you have any other reasons to think you are sick or may be infected with COVID-19?

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If you answer yes to any of the questions, I respectfully ask you to stay home and attend to your own care and follow CDC s guidelines for self quarantine and speak to a doctor to see if you need to get tested. Your healthy and safety is the highest priority.

If you answer no to all the questions above, then we would love to have your help, as hundreds of family are in need of food in the neighborhood.

Masks and gloves will be provided for volunteers during this service project and all social distancing practices will be followed.

Time: every Tuesday morning from 10 am to 2:30 pm
Location: United Church of Rogers Park
1545 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Google map link: https://goo.gl/maps/jfNHAK3STN7uma9H8

Some free street parking in surrounding residential streets. Paid meter parking out front of building. Near CTA red line and bus routes

About the organizations:
Care For Real s mission is to help our neighbors in the Edgewater community by providing food, clothing and counseling services to those in need. We do this through on-site food distribution, deliveries to the homebound, a free clothes closet and a case-management program to help clients connect with other services they may need. Care For Real has been serving our community in over 50 years.

Care for Real recent news interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=h5XJhEXpQ6A
For more information: please visit: https://careforreal.org/

United Church of Rogers Park Mission Statement:
“United Church of Rogers Park is a United Methodist Church where all God’s people are welcome! We enjoy being together and discovering the common faith that emerges from our diversity. Warm and informal in spirit, we welcome all in Christ’s name.
United Church of Rogers Park seeks, by thinking globally and acting locally, to make known God s love for persons of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, physical and mental abilities, and economic classes.

For more information: please visit: https://www.ucrogerspark.org/