WRCC Free
Food Store

  

COMMUNITY SHOPPING HOURS:

THURSDAY COMMUNITY SHOPPING HOURS
Every Thursday | 4-6pm
Stop by during these hours to shop for your own
items in our Free Food Store.

SATURDAY COMMUNITY SHOPPING HOURS
1st Saturday of each month | 12-2pm
Come in on the 1st Saturday of each month to select
food from the shelves in our Free Food Store. Shopping
space is limited to the first 100 families. Doors will open
at 11:45am and shopping begins at noon.

OUR MISSION

This ministry is designed to assist families during difficult times by organizing food, information, and support for community survival and dignity. Our community shopping hours allow time for shoppers from our congregation and community to select their own items from our Free Food Store.

Need food assistance? We are blessed to greet you with a smile, listen compassionately to your story, and pray for you in addition to providing food.

Our ministry was featured in the Daily Illini, check out the article below.

Daily Illini Article 11/17/25

PARTNER WITH US:

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Although it is against our church policy to ask individuals in our congregation for additional financial contributions for this specific ministry, we can ask the broader business community at WRCC, Champaign County, and beyond. Please share the above video and sponsorship letter with business owners/leaders in your sphere. We greatly appreciate anyone from our church family sharing these with people in their networks and advocating on our behalf 

Business Sponsorship Letter
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We purchase most of our food items from Eastern Illinois Food Bank, where we are able to purchase about $10 worth of food for every $1 spent. Additionally, a major aspect of providing trauma-informed relief through the food store is ensuring that our shelves are fully stocked with similar items. This communicates to our shoppers that there’s enough and that they don’t have to worry about their place in line to get special items. We ask that purchases for our food store be limited to the following items: 32 oz cartons of shelf stable milk of any kind and boxed cereal of any kind.

You can also purchase any items of these items from Amazon that we pay retail for on a monthly basis, they will ship directly to WRCC when you order.

Amazon Wish List
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There are many ways to serve in our Free Food Store, here's where help is needed most:

Eastern Illinois Foodbank deliveries | 1st & 3rd Thursdays | 10:30am-12pm
Organization | 1st, 3rd, & 5th Tuesdays | 5-6pm
1st Saturday Community Shopping | 1st Saturdays | 11am-1pm or 1-3pm

Volunteer Details

THANK YOU,
BUSINESS SPONSORS!

Sidney
Dairy Barn

Keller's Willow
Springs Carpet

Chesser Financial


Blue Sky Window Washing

THANK YOU,
BUSINESS SPONSORS!

Sidney
Dairy Barn

Keller's Willow
Springs Carpet

Chesser Financial


Blue Sky Window Washing

A smiling woman with glasses holds up two red 'Happy Birthday' gift bags while standing behind a desk in a room with a clock on the wall.
A diverse group of five smiling volunteers pose for a photo behind a green crate full of sweet potatoes, ready for distribution.
Two men and a woman stand together smiling for a photo in a hallway. They are dressed casually. To the left is a table with a basket of produce.
Two smiling women stand arm-in-arm indoors. Behind them are tables full of fresh vegetables for distribution, suggesting a food drive or community event.
An adult woman and two young girls smile while packing snacks into baskets at a table during a community event inside a large hall.
A diverse group of five smiling young adults stands together for a photo in a warmly lit room. They are dressed casually and wearing name tags.
Two women are sitting at a white table and smiling at the camera. The woman on the left wears a red shirt that says 'How can I Pray for you?'.
A diverse group of volunteers smile for a photo. They are standing in front of a wall with inspirational words like 'community' and 'support'.
Two men smile while standing behind a table full of donated fresh vegetables in front of a wall with a 'Food Pantry' logo and inspirational words.
A group of four diverse volunteers, three women and one man, stand smiling for a photo inside a well-stocked food pantry with shelves full of supplies.
Three smiling women stand around a large cardboard bin filled with donated bottled drinks, holding smaller boxes to help sort them.
Three men stand smiling behind boxes of fresh peppers and other produce, preparing to load them into the open trunk of a white car in a warehouse.
Three male volunteers pose for a photo in a food pantry hallway lined with shelves of supplies and a table full of donated baked goods.
A smiling man and woman stand behind a table displaying a wide variety of colorful children's books, likely for a donation or community event.
Four volunteers smile while sorting food and beverage donations into large cardboard boxes inside a community food pantry.
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