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Decatur police, Kroger team up to tackle food insecurity with 'Pack the Cruiser' food drive
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Decatur police, Kroger team up to tackle food insecurity with 'Pack the Cruiser' food drive

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated May 28, 2026

The Decatur Police Department is teaming up with Kroger to fight food insecurity with the "Pack the Cruiser" food drive.

Local food pantries have empty shelves as Midwest Food Bank deals with food shortage
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Local food pantries have empty shelves as Midwest Food Bank deals with food shortage

  • Hannah Flayhan
  • Updated May 21, 2026

The Midwest Food Bank is scaling back distribution, and local food pantries are dealing with food shortages as a result. 

ADM employees help prepare Easter baskets for Northeast Community Fund
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ADM employees help prepare Easter baskets for Northeast Community Fund

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Mar 30, 2026

Employees from ADM volunteered to pack and distribute meals for the Northeast Community Fund Easter Market.

Community rallies behind Northeast Community Fund’s annual giving campaign
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Community rallies behind Northeast Community Fund’s annual giving campaign

  • La'Miya Starnes
  • Updated Feb 25, 2026

The Northeast Community Fund took the phrase, "love thy neighbor," and put it into action during a community-wide donation drive.

Christmas Care and Share program collects over 20,000 toys for area children
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Christmas Care and Share program collects over 20,000 toys for area children

  • Carlee Bronkema
  • Updated Dec 17, 2025

Since the 70s, Dove Inc.'s Christmas Care and Share program has supplied Christmas gifts to families across Decatur. Now, it's a collaboration between Dove Inc., the Salvation Army, Northeast Community Fund and St. Paul's Lutheran Church. 

Northeast Community Fund unveils shopping days for Thanksgiving Market
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Northeast Community Fund unveils shopping days for Thanksgiving Market

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Nov 6, 2025

Northeast Community Fund announced on Facebook that it will have its Thanksgiving shopping days from Nov. 10 to 22. 

MU's new Millikin Market aims to nourish students, battle food insecurity
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MU's new Millikin Market aims to nourish students, battle food insecurity

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Oct 31, 2025

Struggling with food insecurity can be frightening, but Millikin University is working to ease those concerns on campus with its new Millikin Market. 

Local food pantry, organization ready if SNAP benefits aren't paid out
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Local food pantry, organization ready if SNAP benefits aren't paid out

  • Ben Machi
  • Updated Oct 30, 2025

United Way of Central Illinois announced Thursday it would donate $20,000 to ten different food banks across the area to help with an anticipated spike in need.

Local business owner donates 528 lbs. of food to food pantry
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Local business owner donates 528 lbs. of food to food pantry

  • Hannah Flayhan
  • Updated Oct 28, 2025

After buying too much bread for an event at the end of food truck season, Kaylin Cohn, owner of KLC Creations, said she had to find a way to get rid of the leftovers. 

'We need so much food': Northeast Community Fund counting on Decatur for WSOY Food Drive
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'We need so much food': Northeast Community Fund counting on Decatur for WSOY Food Drive

  • Ben Machi
  • Updated Sep 25, 2025

The WSOY Community Food Drive is ready to go next week, and one of the beneficiaries, Northeast Community Fund, is excited to see what the Decatur community can do this year.

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