Free Store Hosts Collections to Help Neighbors in Need
The Free Store annual drive to replenish resources for winter distributions of essential hygiene and first aid items for neighbors in need continues through Christmas Eve at Starbucks on 103rd and Longwood Drive. Stop into Starbucks and choose an ornament with needed items listed, then purchase those items and return to Starbucks by Dec. 24. The […]
Free Store Receives Grant from BCBSIL
To help ease the ongoing needs of area residents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBCIL) has awarded the Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA) a $20,000 grant in BCBSIL’s latest round of giving aimed at helping the helpers. The grant will support Free Store distributions of first aid items and hygiene products. […]
Local Students Organize Free Store Donation Drive
The need for food and hygiene essentials is still high in Beverly/Morgan Park; so many more people have been in need of these items since the COVID-19 pandemic began and many lost their jobs. Demonstrating a desire to help, five local Chicago Public Schools are coordinating a student-led donation drive to benefit the Free Stores organized by the […]
Free Store Helps Neighbors in Need
Drive-up donation collection set for Oct. 10 Area residents who have been financially affected by job loss or income reduction due to the pandemic have been seeking assistance from local resources, including the Free Store at the BAPA Community Room, 11109 S. Longwood Dr. Founded by Turpin Cares, 19th Ward Mutual Aid and BAPA, the Free Store provides essential hygiene […]
Free Stores Assist Neighbors
Continuing to respond to the ever-changing economic and living situations influenced by the pandemic, the local Free Store last month added an emergency food option for area families. The all-volunteer group provides a Free Store for hygiene and first aid products at the Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA) Community Room, 11109 S. Longwood Dr., and a Free Store for food items […]
Community Resources
Free Store. People in need of personal hygiene and first aid items, food supplies and connections to other resources are welcome at the Free Store, Wednesdays, 5 to 7 p.m., BAPA Community Room, 111th and Longwood Drive, and Morgan Park Presbyterian Church, 110th and Longwood Drive. The stores are hosted by 19th Ward Mutual Aid, […]