To the transamerica building for the holiday meal also sponsored by aging services for various reasons. But more needed the meals delivered. Sot nat so a couple of years ago, sponsors made the switch to an alldelivery holiday service. Some volunteers have a different job now. But all still get the thrill of helping out. You feel this aura coming over the group of people when everybodys pulling on the rope at the same time. Its just a fantastic feeling and theres no shortage of volunteers. One hundred 30 people signed up to help and there was still a waiting list of others willing. One family took the participation prize. Nine members ranging in age of 65 to 8 manned the serving line. Everybody came last night for thanksgiving so we said how about if we do this and everybody was like i think its a great idea whats fun about this job. Helping the needy and i like scooping stuff so things have changed with this holiday meal since it all started in the late 1970s. But its still needed. Sti
Melissa Conyears-Ervin gets backing from pastors in bid for Congress chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CHICAGO — In trying to upend longtime U.S. Rep. Danny Davis in Illinois' 7th Congressional District Democratic primary, Melissa Conyears-Ervin is getting help from the pulpit as more than two dozen Black clergy leaders backed her candidacy Wednesday. Conyears-Ervin — Chicago’s city treasurer and wife of West Side Alderman Jason Ervin, 28th Ward — is one of the leading contenders running .
A mass group of Faith leaders will gather at one of Chicago’s most historic churches to endorse three candidates for offices that are deemed “critical” to the Black community.