GoFundMe Started To Aid Lisle Township Food Pantry

LISLE, IL — Local food pantries are feeling a pinch amid social distancing and the current new coronavirus shutdown, which makes the need for food greater, but has also impacted access to food donations. In the midst of these unprecedented times, the Lisle Township Food Pantry has started a GoFundMe to provide food for local families.

Lisle Village Trustee Sara Sadat, who organized the GoFundMe, told Patch,"The unemployment rate is really high right now and it's impacting all the people we care about in Lisle, especially those struggling to put food on their tables."

Sadat said funds go directly to Lisle Food Pantry. She urged residents to donate if they can, saying,"There's no better time to give than now when the need is so great."

To donate, residents can visit the Lisle Township Food Pantry GoFundMe page or write a check payable to Friends for Lisle Township and mail it to Friends for Lisle Township, 943 E. Gartner Rd., Naperville 60540 or drop it off at the township office.

As of Tuesday, the GoFundMe had raised $125 toward its $3,000 goal.

Sadat added that she's optimistic about the future.

She told Patch, "Somebody dropped $1,000 at my doorstep anonymously to go to the Food Pantry."

Sadat added that she's optimistic about the future. As Sadat told Patch, "Good things are happening."

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