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A letter from
Supervisor Vanderweel...
Dear Residents,
Elk Grove Township provides much needed food for our less fortunate neighbors. We are asking for a little help from those citizens who are able to purchase one or two extra food items when they are shopping for their families. We are looking for donations of canned goods, such as soups, fruit, and vegetables. Jar foods such as peanut butter and jelly, and pasta sauce. Dry foods such as pastas, rice, cereal and oatmeal.
With a generous endowment from the late Herbert E. Linneweh of Mt. Prospect we are able to purchase fresh meat and poultry for our food pantry recipients. However, we are still in need of stocking the pantry with the above mentioned items.
Summer sees a huge increase in the number of families that are using the food pantry. One reason for the increase is that many of our children receive free breakfast and lunch at their respective schools. When school is NOT in session their family's are not able to afford the much needed food to support the health and well being of their children.
As in the past, I have seen Elk Grove Township residents and our business community willing to help their neighbors. I along with those we service will be forever grateful to you for your generous support. We accept food donations Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4 p.m. We also have a food drop box at the front entrance (please no glass jars) for those who want to drop off items after hours and/or weekends. For further information on how to donate please visit or General Assistance page or call 847-437-0300. Thank you.
Elk Grove Township Receives Donation of $5,000.00
(pictured above left to right) Des Plaines Mayor Martin J. Moylan, Executive Director of the Des Plaines Community Foundation Rosemary Argus, Elk Grove Township Supervisor Nanci L. Vanderweel and Elk Grove Township Clerk Mike Sweeney pose for a photograph as the $5,000 check is presented by the Des Plaines Community Foundation to the Elk Grove Township Food Pantry. In addition to helping assure food needs are met, the Des Plaines Community Foundation assists with transportation needs, housework, snow shoveling, home repair and yard work for the elderly and disabled.
Rosemary Argus, Executive Director of the Des Plaines Community Foundation, recently presented a $5,000 check to Elk Grove Township Officials for food supplies for the Elk Grove Township Food Pantry. The Food Pantry services Des Plaines residents, approximately 150 families, living west of Mt. Prospect Road within the Elk Grove Township boundary. Des Plaines Mayor Martin J. Moylan was on hand as the check was presented at the Elk Grove Township Food Pantry.
Elk Grove Township Food Pantry will accept non-perishable food items. Items may be dropped off 9 AM – 3:30 PM, Monday – Friday, at the Elk Grove Township Hall, 2400 S. Arlington Heights Road. For additional information call 847-437-0300.
Oops! We made an error in our latest newsletter.
On page three, a note from your Highway Commissioner states that branch pickup for our unincorporated residents will be on the 1st and the 15th April through October. It should read branch pickup for unincorporated residents will begin on April 15th through October 15th.
The Highway Department will be picking up branches ONCE a month beginning April 15th through October 15th weather permitting.
For further information please go to the Highway Department page or call 847-437-0300.
Wanted: Gently Used Children’s Books
Have your children outgrown Dr. Seuss? Haven’t read that Curious George book in years? Finished the last Harry Potter? Clean out those bookshelves! The General Assistance Department is collecting gently used children’s books.
Residents of the unincorporated areas of Elk Grove Township must pay an annual fee to use local libraries. For some, these fees may be out of reach due to limited resources or low income. The General Assistance Department is spearheading a book collection program to help combat the problem.
All books collected will be given to area children. There will be no expectation of returns, although trading will be encouraged. It is our goal to promote the love of reading and to help kids further develops their skills.
Donations can be dropped off at Town Hall, located at 2400 S. Arlington Heights Road in Arlington Heights. Regular business hours are Monday – Friday from 9:00am to 4:00pm.
Elk Grove Township Mission Statement
It is the mission of the government of Elk Grove Township to carry out the duties and responsibilities of Township government as prescribed by Illinois law, to provide for the health, safety and welfare of Township citizens of all ages, to maintain the highways and property of the Township professionally and economically and to carry out this mission in a timely and efficient manner with the highest degree of service to the taxpayers, thereby continuing the tradition of Elk Grove Township.
