Good morning to all of you who are waking up to snow cover on this Wednesday morning. I wanted to personally thank all of you from the Purple, Blue and Yellow classes who made time to help with the ABC7 and Dominick's annual holiday food drive. You may have no idea how valuable it is to those in need that you MADE the time to join me on ABC7 News at 4 on Tuesday, December 4. The Greater Chicago Food Depository feeds 90,000 EVERY WEEK! One-third of that number is children.
I was honored to have so many of you bring your children to assist in this effort, which is needed more this year than any other year since I have been fronting this effort. I really didn't realize until yesterday that because of the higher gas prices, many families have to make the decision to spend more on "filling up their tanks to get to work," thus reducing what they have to spend on food. The domino effect of this is astounding and the demand on the food pantries has increased greatly.
My big thanks to you, the parents, for embracing the REAL MEANING OF THIS SEASON...the gift of giving and sharing. I am especially grateful to Mrs. Stumpf, Mrs. Przybyl and Mrs. Walthius for "rallying the troops" and encouraging you all to help us FIGHT HUNGER.
It is clear that all of you at Immanuel are carrying thru with that MISSION STATEMENT...."the heart of education" is the "education of the heart." Thank you all for helping to educate our ABC7 viewers and Dominick's customers about the annual holiday food drive.
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and continued blessings to your families.
Tracy
Tracy Butler
ABC7 Meteorologist
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