Donations needed to help provide over a thousand people an Easter dinner

Over 500 families in the Illinois Valley are relying on donations for their Easter dinner this year.

The Illinois Valley Food Pantry’s Easter Distribution is Saturday, March 28th from 10 until 2 at the office on Marquette Street in downtown La Salle. They expect to feed 550 families and around 1,600 individuals. If you need a meal and haven’t signed up for one yet, the deadline to sign up is Wednesday, March 25th.

As always the food pantry is accepting donations including instant potatoes, pork and beans, corn and ham. Monetary donations are also accepted.