Advocate Good Shepherd food drive

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital is conducting a Food Drive from Monday, August 27 until Thursday, August 30. As a not-for-profit institution dedicated to the health and wellness of our communities, we ask you to join us and share what you can with others. Advocate Good Shepherd is supporting the following food pantries: Algonquin/LITH; Grafton Township; Lake Zurich/Ela Township; Wauconda/Island Lake.

Items needed:

Beverages

Canned juice

Coffee/Tea

Drink mixes

Evaporated milk

Hot chocolate

Juice boxes

Boxed items

Beans

Breakfast cereal

Hamburger Helper

Mashed potatoes

Noodle side dish

Oatmeal

Popcorn

Rice side dish

Snacks

Canned foods

Chicken

Fruit: oranges, mix fruit pears, peaches

Hash

Pasta: Ravioli, Spaghetti-O's

Spam

Tomato products

Tuna fish

Vegetables: corn, peas, beans

Other

Condiments

Flour

Jelly

Noodles

Peanut butter

Raman

Salad dressing

Saltine crackers

Spaghetti

Sugar

Vegetable oil

Personal

Bar soap

Diapers (adult/child)

Feminine products

Kleenex

Laundry soap

Shampoo

Toilet paper

Good Shepherd Hospital is encouraging members of the community and hospital staff to donate to the 2012 Summer Food Drive. Items can be dropped off at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, 450 W. Highway 22, Barrington.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual study measuring food security in the United States, 14.5% of Americans in 2010 lived in a food insecure home at least some time during the year, while 5.4% of Americans lived with very low food security. In 2011, 14.1% of Illinoisans lived below the poverty line.

"This food drive is our way of giving back. We know that many people in our local communities are in need. We want to help and to also give others the chance to help out this holiday season,” said Rev. Fred Rajan, Vice President, Mission and Spiritual Care, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital.

About Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

Advocate Good Shepherd in Barrington, Illinois is a 169-bed acute care hospital with more than 700 physicians representing 50 medical specialties. It is part of Advocate Health Care, named one of the Top Ten hospital systems in the U.S. by Thomson-Reuters. Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital is ranked highest in Illinois for quality and patient safety according to Blue Cross Blue Shield's 2011 Blue Star Report™. Advocate is a faith-based organization that exists to serve its communities. In 2010, Advocate provided more than $474,000,000 in charity care and services to its communities. For more about Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital: www.advocatehealth.com/goodshep