Carlson Community Services

It’s a beautiful day to grow food for our neighbors! Come join us in the garden today, Tuesday June 2nd from 6-7pm to help us harvest and plant for the Irving Park Community Food Pantry!

Great harvest and planting day at the Three Brothers Garden- thank you to everyone who came out! We will bring the radishes we harvested to the Irving Park Community Food Pantry tomorrow morning. You can join us every Tuesday from 6pm-7pm all summer long. Looking for other ways to help? You can “Plant a Row for our Community” and share your garden’s surplus with us so we can bring to the Irving Park Community Food Pantry.

Carlson is a proud, and grateful, recipient of a 2026 grant award from Hinsdale Junior Woman's Club. The grant will allow for the purchase of a commercial-grade dishwasher and refrigerator/freezer which will result in enhanced enrichment activities for Magic After-School Place students - specifically cooking and baking, will expand our offerings for healthy snacks, and will support a more efficient use of staff time.
Carlson's Executive Director, Liz Drew, and the Director of the Magic After-School Place, Rebecca Haneberg, attended the HJWC grant award celebration in May.
We are very grateful for the support and generosity of Hinsdale Junior Woman's Club!