PARK DISTRICT HOSTS 2008 HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE AT STAFFED PARKS ACROSS THE CITY
Release Date: 11/21/08
The Chicago Park District will be hosting a 2008 Holiday Food Drive at all staffed Chicago Park District facilities and at the administration building, 541 N. Fairbanks Ct., from Monday, December 1through Sunday, December 14.
“We are hoping all Chicagoans extend a helping hand this holiday season to the less fortunate by donating a non-perishable food item for the 2008 Chicago Park District Holiday Food Drive,” said Tim Mitchell, General Superintendent and CEO of the Chicago Park District. “In the current economic crisis, there is no more affected group than the hungry.”
The non-perishable food items collected will benefit the Park District’s three regions’ (north, central, and south) non-profit food pantry in their community that includes Ravenswood Community Services in the north region, Manna for Life in the central region, and Beloved Community in the south region.
Each Park District field house will provide a box for non-perishable food items such as pop-top canned items such as soup, ravioli, chili, fruit or vegetables; fruit cups or pudding cups that do not require refrigeration; shelf-stable items which require no cooking and no refrigeration such as dried fruit, nuts and crackers; cracker snack packs; granola or cereal bars; plastic bottle drinks; peanut butter; and jelly.
The Park District will be delivering all of the food items to the food pantries starting Monday, December 15.
For a staffed park nearest you, logon to www.chicagoparkdistrict.comor 312-742-PLAY.
- Contact Phone: 312 742 7529