A transformed liquor store in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood is now a pop-up market offering fresh produce for an area often hit with food insecurity. It’s an effort by Austin teenagers, with funding from Chicago professional athletes, and the By the Hand Kids Club. But it was an idea driven by the teens. The widespread protests… Read More

Registration is open for the May 2 walk to fight hunger for both walkers and donors. The Hunger Walkathon West CROP Hunger Walk raises money to fight hunger both globally and locally. In the past, Hunger Walkathon West gave Cluster Tutoring money each year to help pay for snacks for hungry Cluster students on Tuesday… Read More

A group of teenagers from Austin got a boost from Chicago professional athletes to open a new food market for the Austin community. Austin, with only two stores where residents can buy healthy fresh food, has long been known as a food desert even while the neighborhood had 12 liquor stores. According to a story… Read More

A Chicago sports radio talk show host collected over $660,000 from listeners to make the dream of a new brick-and-mortar food store in Austin a reality. Last summer, former Chicago Bears linebacker Sam Acho recruited many of his fellow athletes to raise money to help create a pop-up food market on the site of a… Read More

Austin neighbors who are facing hunger issues because of the COVID-19 pandemic are welcome at a pop-up food pantry each Saturday morning through the end of August at Third Unitarian Church. The pantry will be open from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday through Aug. 29. Third Unitarian Church, 301 N. Mayfield in Chicago, is… Read More

Forty Acres Fresh Market is hosting an Austin City Market every Thursday afternoon featuring fresh fruits and vegetables and other food from local vendors. The market is open from 1-6 p.m. at Austin Town Hall, 5610 W. Lake St., every Thursday until Sept. 17. All vendors at the market accept SNAP/EBT, Link, and Link Match…. Read More

When meal distribution was disrupted at Chicago schools during the unrest of protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, many nonprofits in the city filled the food gap. One of those was 360 Nation, a community group on the West Side founded by a former Cluster Tutoring student, W.D. “Danton” Floyd. When… Read More

Families in Austin facing hunger issues because of the COVID-19 pandemic can pick up free boxes of food in their neighborhood every Thursday until June 18. But the pantry could use some volunteer help. In collaboration with the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the City of Chicago, Austin Coming Together is running weekly pop-up food… Read More

Austin residents have the opportunity to buy healthy food and fresh produce at Austin City Market again this summer. The market, at Austin Town Hall Park, 5610 W. Lake St., will be open from 1-6 p.m. every Thursday starting June 10 and running through Sept. 30. The market is hosted by Forty Acres Fresh Market,… Read More