Get your picture taken with Marie!
Come and commemorate Marie Wilkinson’s birthday with us May 6th at the Aurora Main Library located at 1 East Benton Street in Aurora. Have your photo taken with the bronze likeness of Aurora matriarch Marie Wilkinson, who would have been 103 years old on this day. All photos will be posted on this website and [...]
Celebrating Aurora’s Own: Marie Wilkinson
Celebrate Black History Month by joining the staff of the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry as they honor the life and legacy of a remarkable woman who dedicated herself to making our community a better place. When Saturday, Feb. 4 10:30 to 11:30 Where Aurora Regional Fire Museum 53 N Broadway Aurora, IL Please bring a [...]
Holiday Greetings from the Board
This Holiday Season, in keeping with tradition, we will gather with family and friends to acknowledge and celebrate those things for which we are most grateful. Please join us in carrying on Marie’s dream of making sure anyone who comes to the Pantry is not turned away. Your support will ensure that the shelves are stocked and people are served.
Annual Food Drive was Outstanding!
What a great food drive at Jewel and Priscos this year for Harvest Day! They have both been great additions to our annual Food Drive. Thank you to all who helped contribute and a huge Thank you to Brian Dolan for making a few trips to the pantry and unloading bags. Wow – these bags [...]
Volunteers Needed for Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive
Volunteers needed Sunday November 8th and 15th From last Tuesday, Nov 1st through the day before Thanksgiving, the 4th annual citywide Holiday Food Drive to benefit the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry is underway and in full gear. The Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry has been invited to participate in this years event. We are stoked! [...]
Thanksgiving Turkeys to be Distributed November 20th
Starting at 2:30 pm on Sunday November 20th, somewhere between 500 to 1000 turkeys will be distributed at the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry. Details of the total amount of turkeys are still unclear, but it will be substantial. We do have enough volunteers to distribute the turkeys on that day, but are still in need [...]
Remembering Marie Wilkinson (1909-2010)
Marie Wilkinson passed away on August 12, 2010 at the age of 101. She left behind an incomparable legacy that touched upon untold masses in and around the Aurora area. A legacy that spanned decades of advocating tirelessly for children and human rights. And now an era has come to an end. Marie was the [...]
MWFP Spirit Awards Luncheon May 15th
You are cordially invited to attend the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry Spirit Awards Luncheon May 15, 2010 from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm. The luncheon will be held at the Plumbers and Pipefitter Banquet Hall, 1295 Butterfield Road in Aurora, IL. We anticipate Ms. Wilkinson, who is celebrating her 101st birthday to be in attendance. [...]
Thanksgiving Food Drive Report
We just wanted to let everyone know that yesterday $1,175.00 worth of food bags were donated to our Food Pantry through the citywide Annual Holiday Food Drive. In total for the two Sundays we were invited to participate in , $1,825.00 worth of food bags were donated.
Volunteers Needed for Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive
The second annual Thanksgiving Food Drive is in full gear and we need volunteers. The Food Pantry was invited to participate on two consecutive Sundays. All food donated on these days will go directly to the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry.
