District 200 Offering Meals For Kids, Food Pantries In Wheaton

WHEATON, IL — As Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order continues and schools remain closed, Community Unity School District 200 is providing meals for children at various sites throughout the city and surrounding areas. The district is also offering mobile food pantries that will provide a week's worth of groceries for families at no cost.

The food service will provide breakfast and lunch meals from Organic Life for children 18 or younger Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the following school-based sites. The food service will also be available during spring break, which is March 30 through April 3.

• Edison Middle School 1125 S. Wheaton, Wheaton
• Franklin Middle School 211 E. Franklin, Wheaton
• Hubble Middle School 3S600 Herrick, Warrenville
• Johnson Elementary School 2S700 Continental Drive, Warrenville
• Monroe Middle School 1855 Manchester, Wheaton

Food service will also be available at the following community sites:

• Winchester Circle at the pool, Warrenville
• Country Ridge at the mailboxes, Warrenville
• Evergreen and Williston (on Williston), Wheaton
• Taft and Williston (on Williston), Wheaton
• Lorraine and Elm Street(on Lorraine), Wheaton
• Highpoint Church (parking lot), Wheaton
• Villagebrook Apartments at the Outreach Center, Carol Stream
• Parking lot between apartments on Gunderson and Thornhill, Carol Stream
• Carol Stream Crossing Apartments at the Clubhouse on Gunderson, Carol Stream
• East side parking lot of St Charles Square Apartments, Carol Stream
• Covered Bridges Apartments at the Clubhouse, Carol Stream
• Renaissance of Carol Stream Apartments at the Clubhouse, Carol Stream
• Marian Park Apartments (lot behind apartments), Wheaton
• Twin Pines Area at Twin Pines and Greenbriar Lane, Warrenville

Mobile Food Pantries

District 200 partners with Northern Illinois Food Bank to drive-through mobile food pantries. The pantries, which provide any area families with a free week's worth of groceries, are available at the following dates and locations:

• March 25 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Lowell Elementary, 312 S. President, Wheaton
• April 1 from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Johnson Elementary, 2S700 Continental Dr., Warrenville

District 200 officials say these sites will implement social distancing to help keep community members safe.