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CONSTITUENT BASE.

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>> THANK YOU BOTH.

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>> FOOD INSECURITY IS A

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NATIONWIDE PROBLEM AND HERE IN

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CHICAGO STUDIES SHOW IT'S MORE

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ACUTE.

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ONE FOOD PANTRY IS TRYING TO

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TACKLE THE PROBLEM IN A

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DIFFERENT WAY BY ESTABLISHING

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ITSELF IN A LOCATION MANY

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CLIENTS VISIT.

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AND PROVIDING INGREDIENTS AND

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RESOURCES OTHERS DO NOT.

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CHICAGO'S NICK BLUMBERG REPORTS.

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>> ON A RAINY LATE SUMMER DAY,

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HOLLY MOORE IS MAKING CELERY

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SOUP INSIDE HER KITCHEN.

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>> I'M NOT READY FOR SOUP SEASON

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BUT I KNOW IT'S INEVITABLE.

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>> ALL THE INGREDIENTS THE

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CELERY AND BROCCOLI AND THE

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HERBS AND SPICES CAME FROM A

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FOOD PANTRY IN NEARBY PILSEN.

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>> I STARTED THIS LITTLE A

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COUPLE HOURS AGO I WANT TO DO TO

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SIT AND MARINATE A LITTLE BIT.

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>> MOORE HAS BEEN STRUGGLING

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WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS SINCE 2016

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AND LEARNED ABOUT THE PANTRY

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THROUGH THE CANCER DEPARTMENT AT

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THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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HEALTH SYSTEM.

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>> I WOULD HAVE MY BILLS PAID

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AND EVERYTHING BUT IT WAS FOOD

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THAT WAS MY PROBLEM.

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I WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZED BY HOW

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MUCH THEY HAD AND THE QUALITY.

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>> THE UI HEALTH PILSEN FOOD

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PANTRY IS THE BRAINCHILD OF DR.

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EVELYN FIGUEROA.

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DR. EVELYN FIGUEROA WHO SPENT

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HER CAREER IN NONPROFIT FAMILY

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MEDICINE THOUGHT OF HERSELF AS

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ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS UNTIL SHE

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REALIZED A PATIENT OF HERS WAS

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STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESSNESS AND

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SHE MISSED IT.

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>> IT WAS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR ME

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TO BECOME MORE ASSERTIVE WITH MY

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PATIENTS.

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AND DO A BETTER SOCIAL HEALTH

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INVENTORY ON THEM.

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>> AROUND THE SAME TIME,

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FIGUEROA AND WU LEARNED ABOUT A

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FOOD PANTRY INSIDE A HEALTH

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CLINIC IN SAN DIEGO.

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SEEMED LIKE A NO-BRAINER.

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SCREEN PATIENTS FOR FOOD

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INSECURITY AND EDUCATE THEM AND

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SEND THEM TO A PANTRY IN THE

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SAME BUILDING.

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>> THE RESEARCH FROM THE FOOD

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APP PANTRY IN SAN DIEGO SHOWED

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IF YOU PROVIDED FOOD ON-SITE

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RATHER THAN A REFERRAL YOU

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INCREASED UPTAKE BY THREE TO

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FOUR TIMES.

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>> DO YOU WANT TO GET MORE

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YELLOW SQUASH?

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>> THE PILSEN FOOD PANTRY OPENED

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IN EARLY 2018 AND IT'S STILL A

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START-UP.

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ENTIRELY VOLUNTEER RUN WITH TONS

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OF LEGWORK DONE BY FIGUEROA, WU

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AND THEIR KIDS.

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THERE WAS PLENTY FOR THE FAMILY

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TO DO.

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A GREATER CHICAGO DRIVER DROPPED

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OFF 900 POUNDS OF DONATED MILK.

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MAKE EVERYTHING FIT.

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SO CATCHER IS MY FAVORITE GAME.

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>> THE MILK WAS ONE OF EIGHT

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DELIVERIES THEY GET EACH YEAR

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AND THEY MAKE TRIPS ALL OVER

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TOWN TO PICK UP FOOD THAT WOULD

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OTHERWISE BE THROWN AWAY.

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>> 40% OF THE FOOD THAT WE MAKE

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IN THE UNITED STATES WE THROW

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INTO A LANDFILL OR COMPOST WHICH

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IS SURPRISING WHEN ONE OUT OF

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FIVE FAMILIES IN CHICAGO ARE

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FOOD INSECURE WHEN WE SCREENED

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THIS PILSEN CLINIC.

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80% OF THE PEOPLE INDICATED THEY

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HAD HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING

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HEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD HAD RUN

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OUT IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS.

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>> THE PANTRY PROVIDES

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INGREDIENTS THAT FIGUEROA SAYS

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OTHERS DON'T.

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OIL AND VINEGAR, FRESH HERBS,

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SPICES AND LOTS OF PRODUCE

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THINGS THAT HELP CLIENTS COOK A

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FULL MEAL INSTEAD OF INCO HER

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RENT INGREDIENTS.

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>> AFTER A BUSY MORNING NOW IT'S

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TIME FOR THE CLIENTS TO COME IN

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AND THEY DISTRIBUTE ABOUT 50-90

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POUNDS OF FOOD PER FAMILY EACH

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WEEK.

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>> BUT THE PANTRY HOPES TO

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EXPAND.

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FIGUEROA SAYS IT'S ABOUT

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THINKING OF FOOD AS MEDICINE.

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SINCE FOOD INSECURITY IS NOT

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JUST ABOUT HUNGER.

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>> IT PREDICTS DIABETES, ASTHMA,

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DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, OBSESSIVE

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COMPULSIVE DISORDER.

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>> I THINK I WILL HAVE TO ADD

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WATER TO THAT.

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>> CLIENT HOLLY MOORE'S HEALTH

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IS ON THE UPSWING AND HAS BEEN

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REGAINING HER STRENGTH AND

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REBUILDING HER LIFE.

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WITH THE SOUP SIMMERING ON THE

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STOVE SHE IS AT WORK ON A BEET

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HUMMUS.

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>> GETTING THAT PINK COLOR.

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>> THE HUMMUS IS FROM A RECIPE

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SHE GOT WITH THE INGREDIENTS

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FROM WU AND FIGUEROA'S PANTRY.

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>> I ALWAYS RECOMMEND HER TO A

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LOT OF MY FRIENDS, TOO, WHO ARE

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STRUGGLING.

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AND I HAVE TO TELL THEM IT ISN'T

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JUST FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING

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THROUGH HEALTH PROBLEMS.

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IT'S FOR ANYBODY IN THE CITY.

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>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M

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NICK BLUMBERG.

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>> THE PANTRY IS OPEN FROM