PEORIA ( 25News Now ) - The Midwest Food Bank, alongside OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois, teamed up to provide family food kits to support patients and their families.

Through October, Midwest Food Bank in Morton has provided OSF with 80 food kits. The goal of these donations is to help address a growing need and alleviate one less worry for families during their child’s treatment.

Each food kit is valued at around $10. The funding for the kits came from donor contributions to the OSF HealthCare Foundation.

“The partnership reflects the shared mission of both organizations to care for those in need with dignity and compassion,” according to Midwest Food Bank spokesperson John Cirilli.

With the help of foundation support as well as collaboration with Midwest Food Bank,

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