New Eastside Virtual Holiday Food Drive
################################################################How serious is the food crisis in the Chicago area? The Greater ChicagoFood Depository (GCFD) distributes over 300,000 pounds (150 tons) offood every day. 1 in 4 children face a food shortage. Food need has goneup 125% since last year. Imagine not having food for your loved ones!What can we here in the New Eastside do about this?Three residents, Ginger Menne and Guliz Somnez of The Lancaster, andCharlene Roderick of The Parkshore, worked with GCFD to form a network of15 New Eastside residences, or "teams," to have a community food drive toaddress the food crisis.Here are the buildings: The Parkshore, The Lancaster, The Chandler, The Aqua,340 on the Park, North Harbor Tower, 400 East Randolph, Park Millenium,Harbor Point, The Shoreham, The Regatta, The Tides, Columbus Plaza,The Buckingham and The Coast.Donors can go to the website, and identify which building or team they are in.The website also lists the number of donors, the average donation, andtotal donations for each building. So, the generosity of each team is visible to all.Over $24,000 already has been donated by 147 "teammates," and this willprovide over 70,000 meals. But the food crisis has gotten worse. The NewEastside Virtual Holiday Food Drive is an opportunity for the many generous and kindhearted neighbors to reach out and provide food for our fellow Chicagoans.NEAR is proud of and grateful to our neighbors who started the food drive and tothe many who have already joined in. We strongly encourage all of our fellowNew Eastsiders to follow in their steps and help relieve the food crisis that isimpacting hundreds of thousands of our fellow Chicagoans.Here is the link:Questions can be directed to Ginger Menne at: