Growing Home is thrilled to announce that we will be the recipient of fundraising during the 2012 Chiditarod!
The organizers of Chiditarod describe it as “a mobile food drive that combines elements of Alaska’s Iditarod with a costumed race and Chicago’s own unique brand of social activism.” On March 3, 5-person teams of racers will don hilarious costumes while pushing shopping carts filled with canned food through the streets of Chicago.
The Chiditarod draws together over 800 people as participants and spectators, and has raised over 46,000 pounds of food and over $21,000 in direct donations since its inception in 2006. The food items will be donated this year to The Greater Chicago Food Depository, a nonprofit food distribution and training center that supplies 69 million pounds of nonperishable food, fresh produce, dairy products and meat to 650 pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters for feeding more than 678,000 adults and children in Cook County each year.
Many teams will also conduct a fundraising drive as part of their race, and the recipient for 2012 will be Growing Home, collaborating on a community garden project with the 8th Ward. Thanks to our current matching drive, donations will go twice as far!
We are excited to be a part of The Chiditarod! Register before February 18 to participate in this fun, worthy event! Then sign up here to set up a fundraising page for your team, to benefit Growing Home.
