UChicago Medicine diners can round up food purchases to support hospital food pantries

Cashiers will now ask customers if they'd like to round up their purchase to the nearest dollar to support Feed 1st, the hospital-based food pantries for patients and their families.
Cashiers will now ask customers if they'd like to round up their purchase to the nearest dollar to support Feed 1st, the hospital-based food pantries for patients and their families.

The next time you eat at Sky Café, Café Central and the Kitchen at Billings, you’ll be able to make a small donation to help University of Chicago Medicine patients and their families who face food insecurity.

Starting Oct. 2, customers will be given the option to round up their purchase to the nearest dollar to support the hospital’s rooftop gardens.

Feed1st, part of DCAM 6H 

  • Adult emergency department
  • Comer’s emergency department
  • Comer’s first-floor lobby
  • Lounges on Comer’s 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th floors.
  • Photos of the exact locations can be seen on the Flossmoor, Tinley Park and Harvey locations. Also, in July 2023, Ingalls launched a Food Brigade program to deliver groceries to patients in need who are unable to utilize the nutrition stations.