CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A Muslim non-profit is ramping up its donations during the month of Ramadan, which started Thursday.
People were lined up in the cold outside ICNA Relief’s office on Devon Avenue Thursday morning with their carts, ready to take home groceries as part of a regular twice weekly distribution.
Faye Salameh, a case manager for the Chicago chapter of Islamic Circle of North America Relief, said many of the 250 families they serve are asylum seekers and refugees.
On Saturday at 10 a.m., the non-profit plans to give out at least 300 Ramadan boxes with milk, eggs, halal meat, dates and more.
"In Ramadan, I have to discipline myself as a human being, I have to be humble," Salameh said. "I have to teach, learn and take care of others- Muslims or non-Muslims."
While communicating can be challenging, Salameh and others try to line up work, furniture and other essentials new members of the community need.
She said their Rogers Park food pantry is well-known so they often get people coming in from suburbs such as Des Plaines, Mount Prospect or Arlington Heights.
ICNA and its staff of mostly volunteers work with the Greater Chicago Food Depository and donors to give food.
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