11 months, thousands of meals: Palatine woman helps others during pandemic
Updated 3/5/2021 4:48 PM Cathie Johnson grew up knowing what it's like to struggle with food insecurity, so when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she felt compelled to take action. "I thought, 'There's elderly people. There's veterans. There's Section 8 (low-income housing) people that can't go to the store. They can't go do things.' That kind of motivated me," the Palatine resident said. "I've been lucky to move beyond my childhood experience, and I decided at that point that something had to be done." She reached out to two friends in April and together they gathered a small group of volunteer...
Source: dailyherald.com