Need at Chicago area pantries has grown by 35 percent since previous year
Dominick’s Finer Foods and ABC 7 Chicago will help stock pantry shelves this holiday season through the annual Dominick’s & ABC 7 Chicago Holiday Food Drive.
The eight-week event runs from Nov. 5, 2009, through Jan. 3, 2010.
Last year, the food drive collected the equivalent of 837,653 pounds of food that benefited hungry men, women and children.
This year, the goal is to gain the equivalent of more than 1 million pounds of food so that everyone in our community may enjoy the bounty of the holidays as 35 percent more people are turning to pantries for food assistance.
ABC 7 meteorologist Tracy Butler and anchor Hosea Sanders will help focus attention on the critical need to fight hunger, with live reports and weathercasts from three Dominick’s stores on Tuesday, Dec. 1.
To donate food and see the reports, visit the Dominick’s store at 2550 N. Clybourn from 7 to 9am, the store in Park Ridge (1900 S.Cumberland) from 11am to noon, and the store in Downers Grove (42 E. Ogden) from 4-4:30pm.
Additionally, Butler and Sanders will appear in public service announcements supporting the food drive. Butler has helped to spearhead the public service campaign for the Holiday Food Drive since 1999.
ABC 7 public affairs program “Chicagoing,” featuring Bill Campbell, will examine the issue of hunger in the area and the importance of the Holiday Food Drive with Kate Maehr, executive director, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Sunday, Nov. 29 at 11:30am on ABC 7.
During this effort to fight hunger across Cook County, individuals can drop off nonperishable food items at the ABC 7 Chicago lobby, at 190 N. State Street, or at any local Dominick’s location or by making a donation to the Greater Chicago Food Depository through Depository Dollars, available at the check-out counters of any Chicagoland Dominick’s store in $1, $2 and $5 denominations.
A complete listing of Dominick’s stores can be found at dominicks.com.
A Virtual Food Drive will also be included on the ABC 7 Web site at abc7chicago.com.
The Virtual Food Drive appears similar to Web sites for online retailers, where Food Drive supporters can “buy” food items for donation to the Food Depository.
All money raised from the Virtual Food Drive will be used to purchase highquality, nutritious food needed by men, women and children in Cook County.
The Greater Chicago Food Depository, which marks 30 years of service to the community this year, is a nonprofit food distribution center that provides food to almost 90,000 people each week through a network of 600 soup kitchens, food pantries and shelters.
For more information, visit chicagosfoodbank.org.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Bob Dolgan, 773-843-7293
Greater Chicago Food Depository
rmdolgan@gcfd.org
Wynona Redmond, 630-891-5175
Dominick’s Finer Foods
wynona.redmond@safeway.com
Jayme Nicholas, 312-750-7254
ABC 7
jayme.a.nicholas@abc.com
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