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Instead of an ice rink or basketball court, the floor of the United Center is currently packed from end to end with nearly 26,000 boxes of food.

As of Thursday, a whopping 774,840 pounds of rice, beans, pasta, tuna, tomato sauce, peanut butter, canned vegetables and other non-perishable items filled every inch of the normal playing surface.

The food has been relocated to free up space in the Greater Chicago Food Depository’s main warehouse, according to GCFD senior manager Greg Trotter.

* Pic supplied by the United Center. Click it…

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Apr 10, 20 @ 9:34 am

Comments

Beautiful. People care. We’re gunna beat this thing together.

Comment by Biker Friday, Apr 10, 20 @ 9:43 am
Looks like the Rock’s cheat day meal has arrived

Comment by Joey Twoshoes Friday, Apr 10, 20 @ 9:43 am
There are a lot of uplifting images of people doing good work coming out of this time and that is something to cherish. I have to admit when I glanced at the photo when I clicked on this post my first thought was that those boxes were coffins I am very happy that my first impression was wrong!

Comment by former southerner Friday, Apr 10, 20 @ 10:05 am
Are you ready, Nancy? Let me hear you… uh 1… uh 2… uh 3… Take me out to the food bank… take me out for some chow…. Find me some green beans and Easy Mac, I can’t wait for the games to come back. Oh we’ll root, root, root up some legumes. If they’re not fried it’s a shame. For it’s 1…2…3 three meals a day at the old food bank…. Let’s save some lives.

Comment by Ducky LaMoore Friday, Apr 10, 20 @ 11:07 am
Thanks Ducky, that was excellent.

Comment by Proud Sucker Friday, Apr 10, 20 @ 1:15 pm
Excellent, Ducky!!

Comment by d. p. gumby Friday, Apr 10, 20 @ 2:02 pm