MARIE WILKINSON FOUNDATION
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Mission Statement
Our Vision is to build a community without hunger and provide care for one another. The MWFP has been serving families in need for over 50 years by helping them supplement their groceries. We are currently serving over 6,000 individuals in the second largest city in Illinois. We offer employment opportunities, health services, healthy eating and living education, other healthy resources.
About This Cause
Service in our Community: Marie Wilkinson fought against poverty, hunger, homelessness, joblessness, and injustice. A lifelong social and civil rights activist from Aurora, she founded the pantry from her home in the 1950s. Marie believed strongly that it is a privilege to give a helping hand to those in need, that people need to see a glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel. She recruited friends and neighbors to help, and launched a soup kitchen and food pantry. Today the MWFP continues to serve the need of individuals and families from any community. We have 2 locations in Aurora with a total of over 5,000 square feet for client shopping to enable individuals to shop for their supplemental food items. The pantry developed a community garden to provide self sustainable food choices to harvest their own vegetables. We are provide many resources to help families find work, medical assistance, healthy living education and provide a hand up education.