Chicago Local members and staff are all smiles after their volunteer shift.

On March 1, more than 30 Chicago Local members and staff volunteered at the Chicago Greater Food Depository. During their two-and-a-half-hour repacking shift, the group sorted, inspected and packed donated food into smaller quantities and handled 9,480 pounds of food — the equivalent of 7,900 meals.  

The Greater Chicago Food Depository is a nonprofit food distribution and training center that fights hunger throughout Cook County. The GCFD distributes donated and purchased food through a network of 700 food pantries, soup kitchens community programs and shelters serving more than 800,000 adults and children yearly. 

If you weren’t able to volunteer with SAG-AFTRA, don’t worry; we will be doing more in the future. In the meantime, please consider donating non-perishable food to the CGFD or  volunteer. For more information, please visit https://www.chicagosfoodbank.org/. To be part of the SAG-AFTRA Chicago Local Volunteer Team, email jolene.jones@sagaftra.org. We’d love for you to be part of the volunteer team.
 

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