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Monday, October 16, 2023After 50 years operating out of a church basement, Common Food Pantry finds home in Ravenswood
by Jamaica Ponder / CBS-2 Chicago / October 16, 2023 CHICAGO (CBS)-- After over 50 years of operating out of a church basement, the city's longest-running food pantry finally has its own home in Ravenswood. Residents who do their grocery shopping at Common Pantry, don't need to worry about bringing any change. They just grab a cart, a number and whatever their family needs. Common Pantry, is the oldest continuously operating food pantry in the city of Chicago Margaret O'Connor is at the helm of