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January 25, 2025 – The Good Samaritan Inn has been awarded $75,000 by the Chicago Region Food System Fund to benefit Good Sam’s Mercy Garden Program.
“Grow Local and Regional Food System Resources” is the second of three interconnected rounds of funding through April 2024 by the Chicago Region Food System Fund.
“Organizations across the Chicago food system—from Chicago neighborhoods to Joliet communities and from McHenry County farms to northwest Indiana gardens—received funding in this round,” said Chicago Region Food System Fund Steering Committee member Dan Kenney. “What connects all of these projects, which are diverse in scale and geography, is that each of them contributes to a revitalized and reimagined food system, grounded in equity, expertise, and engagement”
Good Samaritan says the funds will be used to increase Mercy Garden’s production or distribution of locally grown food prioritizing historically underserved communities.
