Valerie Khan stood in the Evanston Township High School parking lot Sunday afternoon trying to figure out more places to send food, toiletries and other supplies she and others had been taking in from hundreds of donors in the few hours they had been accepting them.

At one point, the sheer number of donors coming to drop off supplies stretched down multiple streets from the school’s parking lot, prompting Evanston police to turn off a street light at Lake Street and Dodge Avenue. Many waited more than an hour to drop off bags of groceries, and some offered up extra space in their vehicles so others could leave the line early while still donating.

Two dozen locations had already been picked — pantries, schools, parishes, free fridges and others across suburbs Niles, Skokie, Evanston and t

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