Civic Involvement
Philanthropy
WBAI members have fully embraced this year’s theme “Giving Back to The Community.” On August 7, 2010, the newly formed WBAI Community Outreach Committee held its first volunteer event. Members of the WBAI along with their friends and families participated in Our Lady of the Angels’ Mobile Food Pantry. Our Lady of the Angels Mission, located in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago, organizes a monthly mobile food pantry where the Greater Chicago Food Depository delivers a truckload of food to the Mission and the food is distributed to the local community.
WBAI volunteers joined together to distribute food, clothing and household items to approximately 240 families -- 874 people total! The team of volunteers packaged bulk food, including corn, carrots, potatoes, bananas, bread, canned goods and other delicious summer produce, into smaller grocery bags, distributed the food to the community and assisted the community members in carrying food home or to their vehicles. Additionally, our WBAI team helped provide household items and clothing to the families. The community members were truly grateful and our team of volunteers all felt it was a great way to give back to our local community.
For more information about Our Lady of the Angels Mission and the monthly Mobile Food Pantry, please visit their website at http://www.ourladyoftheangelsmission.com/index.html
Whether distributing food, clothing and household items to families, serving dinner at Rebecca Johnson Apartments, donating items to New Moms or getting involved in the Women Everywhere Partners in Service project, WBAI members ease the way for other women. You too can get involved in helping other women while serving with like minded colleagues.
For more information about how you can get involved in the WBAI Community Outreach Committee, contact:
Jessica O’Neill -
joneill@querrey.com
RoxAnne L. Rochester -
rrochester06@yahoo.com
Rebecca Johnson Apartments
Women Everywhere
New Moms
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