3/28 - Baconfest Volunteer Day at the Food Bank

Hi! This is a cross post from the professional forum - apologies if it's misplaced.

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This year, for the first time in a few years, we are hosting a volunteer re-pack session at the Greater Chicago Food Depository!

When: Saturday, March 28, 2015 – 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM
Where: Greater Chicago Food Depository – 4100 West Ann Lurie Place, Chicago IL 60632 (map)
Who: You and your family (14 years and older please)

Registration (required for all volunteers; space is limited): https://volunteers.chicagosfoodbank.org ... &fwID=2838

What's a Repack Session!??
The GCFD receives bulk dried food by the pallet and relies on volunteer labor to break down those giant quantities into individual family portions that can be distributed to hungry people in the Chicago area. Volunteering for a repack session is a great way to get familiar with the food bank's operations and to help them in a tangible way to work toward their goal of ending hunger in our community. Baconfest has supported the Food Depository for the last five years with donations from our event proceeds as well as food drives and raffles - totaling more than 650,000 meals over the years.

Not that you'd need any motivation to come other than the good feeling that accompanies volunteering, but we are planning to give away two VIP tickets to the Friday Dinner session of Baconfest (4/17) to a randomly selected volunteer re-packer.

If you want to hear more about this and why it's important to me and to Baconfest that we support the GCFD, you can listen to this interview on WBEZ from 3/18.

Hope to see you there and at Baconfest!