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  • Aug 24

Chicago baker builds community with free weekend cookie tradition

  • Aug 8

Northern Illinois Food Bank's Summer Meals program returns

  • Jun 1

Our Chicago: Feeding seniors in need amid SNAP program changes

  • May 17

Food banks brace for influx of visitors due to new SNAP requirements

  • Apr 28

Lou Malnati's giving away free pizza slices at downtown location

  • Mar 17

Hundreds of Christmas meals delivered to South Side shelters

  • Dec 26, 2025

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The Wiener's Circle gives away free hot dogs

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The Wiener's Circle giving away free hot dogs Tuesday

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The Wiener's Circle giving away free hot dogs Tuesday after Bears coach Ben Johnson goes shirtless

The Wiener's Circle is once again giving away free hot dogs Tuesday.

  • Dec 3, 2025

Greater Chicago Food Depository holds 9 giveaways; Johnson signs EO directing resources to food aid

This weekend, there are more food giveaways as people wait for their full SNAP benefits to be restored.

  • Nov 15, 2025

Home for the Holidays to feed Chicago residents in need this Thanksgiving

A community effort is setting the table this holiday season to help Chicago residents who are in need.

  • Nov 15, 2025

Chicago-area groups helping neighbors in need as Illinois SNAP benefits lapse in government shutdown

Many Illinois families are still wondering how they will put food on the table after a U.S. Supreme Court justice put an order on hold late Friday that would have required the Trump administration to fully fund SNAP payments for November.

  • Nov 9, 2025

Illinois SNAP recipients receive partial benefits before funding order blocked by SCOTUS justice

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson granted an emergency appeal by the Trump administration late Friday, pausing a ruling requiring that SNAP food benefits be fully funded. Many people in Illinois received partial payments earlier Friday, but many say it isn't nearly enough.

  • Nov 8, 2025