3510 reads the Nunda Township address on the Bay Road mailbox.

The free food distributed at the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake has moved to the Nunda Township complex on Bay Road for the winter.

Nunda Township’s offices are located between Route 31 and what Crystal Lakers call the McHenry Blacktop.  On the map below, the road is called Walkup Road.

Where to find Nunda Township offices. Both east-west roads have traffic lights on the blacktop between Crystal Lake and McHenry.

The truck from the Northern Illinois Food Bank arrives about 10 AM, but a line starts earlier than that. I’ve never been there when it starts, but I’ve heard 9 o’clock mentioned.

Until the meeting room down the hill is vacated next week, people stand in line behind the building on the north side of the property.

Numbers are given to people as they arrive.

Township Supervisor Lee Jennings takes a look at the set up before the public is allowed in.

Groups of five are allowed in to fill a box with food provided by local grocery stores.

Until last week there was always plenty of fruits and vegetables.

This is an unpredictable selection of dry goods.  Last week, for example, there were four boxes of Halloween candy and two of salt water taffy.

There often is enough meat (much frozen) for people to get two selections.

Here’s how the layout looks from the east.

Every week there has been more than enough bread and desserts.

What is not distributed ends up being fed to pigs.

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The First United Methodist Church.  (The sign is out of date, but the snow may not be.

In addition, the Northern Illinois Food Bank truck will arrive at Crystal Lake Methodist Church (corner of Dole and West Crystal Lake Avenues–both streets have traffic lights on Route 14) at 4 PM. Soup will be served inside starting at 3:30. Numbers will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.