Community Corner
Even In Well-To-Do Glen Ellyn, Food Pantries See Surge In Demand
CBS 2 Morning Insider Lauren Victory takes us inside a church filled with people looking for produce, not prayer.
Glen Ellyn (CBS) — While the pandemic means little to no foot traffic at many businesses, it’s meant the opposite for food pantries, including one in the well-to-do western suburbs.
About 30 miles west of Chicago’s hustle and bustle lies the quiet Glen Ellyn; the suburb’s neatly-kept homes bring in an average six figures each year. That makes the scene at Grace Lutheran Church in the middle of the village, frankly, unexpected.
