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Food program will be ‘lifeline for our neighbors’

Townships launch program to help area residents
By: Dave Thompson|November 18, 2025
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    • Grace Shirk, South Rock Island Township supervisor, holds paperwork for the new Emergency Food Assistance Program during a news conference on Monday, Nov. 17, to highlight the new program. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    An Emergency Food Assistance Program has been established to help local Illinois residents who have been hit by the recent federal government shutdown and need help.

    The program, expected to bring in more than $100,000 in donations from six Rock Island County townships, Project NOW and

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