Cookies for Community (Fridges)

One of my favorite holiday traditions is delivering cookies to neighbors.

Join me for the fourth annual Cookies for Community! Let’s fill the Evanston Community Fridges* with baking ingredients so our neighbors can create their own holiday memories – baking with their families. 

*This year, in addition to filling the fridges, we will be partnering with Sanctuary Evanston and Sanctuary Niles Township to deliver baking ingredients to neighbors who are vulnerable to ICE’s acts of terror. If you would like to have ingredients delivered to your home, please fill out the Sanctuary Evanston mutual aid form if you live in Evanston or the Sanctuary Niles Township mutual aid form if you live in Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles or Skokie.

There are a few ways to participate.

1) Drop Off: Bring unopened non-perishable baking ingredients to one of the drop off locations listed below between Monday 12/1 through Monday, 12/15. We’ll distribute them to the community fridges and to Sanctuary Evanston & Sanctuary Niles Township mutual aid teams, enabling neighbors to share special moments baking with their loved ones 💕. Consider buying packaged gluten free, nut free or vegan treats for our neighbors with special dietary needs. Note: we will purchase eggs and butter with donated funds.

2) Donate: Send funds via Venmo @Amy-Landolt-4, PayPal @AmyLandolt or CashApp $AmyGillespieLandolt and I’ll purchase baking supplies on your behalf.  You can also contribute directly to the Evanston Community Fridge fund.

3) Organization Participation: Reach out if your business, church, synagogue or organization would like to serve as a drop-off location for non-perishable baking ingredient donations.

Thanks for making the holidays a little sweeter for our neighbors.

DROP OFF LOCATIONS – UPDATING SOON

Evanston

Backlot Coffee, 2006 Central St, Evanston

C&W Market & Ice Cream Parlor, 1901 Church St, Evanston

Cora (formerly Chiropractic First), 832 Dempster St, Evanston

Curt’s Cafe, 2922 Central St, Evanston

Evanston Made Holiday Market, 1710 Maple Ave, Evanston

Gather (formerly Ten Thousand Villages), 1509 Chicago Ave, Evanston

Hive Center for the Book Arts, 840 Custer St, Evanston

Mack’s Bike & Goods, 2948 Central St, Evanston

Reprise Coffee Roasters, 710 Main St, Evanston

YoFresh Cafe, 635 Chicago Ave, Evanston

Glenview

Defy It Fitness, 1882 Johns Drive, Glenview

Skokie

Northshore Acupuncture Center, 5225 Old Orchard Rd Suite 24A, Skokie

If you would like to buy baked goods to donate, please consider purchasing them from Bennison’s Bakery or Two Tough Cookies as they are donating cookies for us to deliver to the Community Fridges. Consider buying non-perishable ingredients to donate from Trader Joe’s as they are donating gluten-free flour.

SUGGESTIONS FOR INGREDIENTS TO DONATE