Congressman Visits Northbrook Food Pantry

On Monday  and  visited ARK, a large Jewish social service organization that helps those in need throughout the Chicago area. The facility recently opened a pantry in Northbrook to extend its reach into the suburbs, according to Executive Director Marc Swatez. 

“We have witnessed the unfortunate spread of poverty in the Jewish community, first in Chicago and now in the suburbs,” Swatez said. “The number of people turning to The ARK for help has increased by about five percent each year for the past several years. Approximately one-third of these clients live in the north or northwest suburbs."

“Hunger is a need that knows no zip code,” Dold said. 

The ARK Northwest has served 400 clients from 150 families by providing food, rent and utility assistance, and prescription medications, as well as transportation to the medical, dental, and eye clinics at The ARK’s main location in Chicago, according to Swatez.

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