Potash of Saskatch : Hillside Food Pantry Grows Bigger Thanks to PotashCorp

JUL 19 2012

With a commitment of $20,000 from PCS Administration (USA) Inc, the Hillside Food Pantry located in Evanston, Illinois will now be able to expand its current building to support the collection, sorting and storing of non-perishable food donations. Brent Heimann, President of PCS Phosphate and Nitrogen, initiated the gift after attending the Woman's Club of Evanston's Spring Benefit for Hillside Food Pantry.

"At PotashCorp, we believe that access to healthy and nutritious food is key to the development and strength of every community," explained Heimann. "We wanted to partner with the Hillside Food Pantry to increase both its space and capacity to make more food available to those in need."

According to Maiya Lueptow, Director of Hillside Food Pantry, the donation could not have come at a better time.

"We receive so much donated food from so many people, groups and organizations, and we need a better place to collect and store it all," Lueptow explained. "Right now we have to put all of the overflow across the parking lot in the church. We are very grateful to PotashCorp for the help it has given to our organization and the hundreds of families who rely on the Food Pantry for assistance."

Hillside Food Pantry is an affiliate of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago's food bank. In June, Hillside served 2,270 families totaling over 8,100 people. On average, Hillside supports the food and nutrition needs of 500 families per week.

"The food needs of the unemployed, underemployed and our area families are real. PotashCorp's investment means more than added capacity. It means more help to those who need it most," explained Faith Albano, Hillside's Food Rescue and Distribution Coordinator.