A little information about our annual food drive:
As in past years, all your donations will benefit the
Greater Chicago Food Depository, the main food bank in our area. Every single dollar you donate will provide three meals to a hungry Chicagoan. The GCFD has special targeted programs to benefit families, children, seniors, and veterans... our most vulnerable citizens. It is truly a privilege and one of my very favorite personal holiday traditions to deliver your generous donations each year the morning following our party!
What do they need the most? Of course, the food bank will accept all non-perishable food donations, but the following highly nutritious items are especially appreciated:
• Canned tuna, chicken or salmon
• Peanut butter
• Meals in a can (soup, stew, chili)
• Canned vegetables and fruit
• Olive or canola oil
• Spices (cinnamon, chili powder, cumin, spice blends)
• Breakfast cereals
• Healthy snacks (granola bars, nuts, dried fruit)
If possible, please avoid items packed in glass. We will have some boxes available to collect your kind donations at the party.
If you prefer to donate a check or cash, you can give them directly to me at the party (checks should be made out to the Greater Chicago Food Depository).
Thank you all for your kind support of our annual food drive!
“Assuredly it is a great accomplishment to be a novelist, but it is no mediocre glory to be a cook.” -- Alexandre Dumas
"I give you Chicago. It is no London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from tail to snout." -- H.L. Mencken