CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — This week's Distinction Maker function highlights the Larger Chicago Meals Depository, which makes a distinction daily.
“We’re the meals financial institution of Chicago,” mentioned spokesman Man-Yee Lee.
Lee mentioned the meals pantry companions with greater than 800 pantries, soup kitchens and shelters in Chicago and Prepare dinner County.
“We offer and provide free meals to all of these companions to allow them to attain communities and households which are in want and going through meals insecurity,” Lee mentioned.
However they're stepping up their efforts to make a distinction this July, which is Nationwide Make a Distinction for Youngsters Month, by partnering with seven totally different eating places, who will donate a portion of their proceeds to the depot.
“Adobo Grill will donate 20% of their guacamole gross sales to us,” Lee mentioned. “Amerikas in Oak Park, a share of their Amerikas Burger gross sales will come to us. And Cesar’s downtown, they’re donating all of their children menu proceeds — any children menu gadgets offered in July will go to assist alleviate meals insecurity.”
Lee mentioned one in 5 households with youngsters within the Chicago space is at present going through meals insecurity, that means the town is again to the numbers at first of the pandemic.
“We consider that meals is a primary human proper and that everybody deserves to eat,” Lee mentioned. “We will’t finish starvation alone, so we thank all of our supporters. We couldn’t make a distinction with out them.”
Yow will discover the total checklist of taking part eating places, in addition to methods to donate on-line at chicagosfoodbank.org.
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