Enjoying Christmas Dinner at CCO!
CCO staff member, Chris Ramsey, shared a delicious Christmas dinner in the CCO dining room with Tom, a long-time friend and neighbor. The kitchen lovingly prepared ham, sweet potatoes, beans, and...
View ArticleFlowers Brighten the CCO Dining Room
Flowers brighten the CCO dining room and bring a touch of life and encouragement for our shelter guests, staff and volunteers. On average over 600 people dine at CCO on any given day. We are grateful...
View ArticleHunger & Food Assistance
In the 1960’s John F. Kennedy brought the issue of hunger and poverty to the forefront of American politics. He did so by reestablishing the Food Stamp Program that had begun several decades before....
View Article236,600 Plates of Nutritious Food!
The 2013 Hunger and Homelessness Survey from the United States Conference of Mayors cited that 83% of cities had increased requests for food assistance and 91% reported that they had an increase in...
View ArticleHunger Awareness Month
“For now I ask no more than the justice of eating.” — Pablo Neruda, Chilean Poet, Nobel Prize Winner Join CCO in the fight against hunger in Chicago, where 1 in 6 people experience hunger and food...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from the staff, volunteers, and shelter guests at CCO! We are thankful for your support, involvement, time, energy, and efforts on behalf of the work we do. CCO families and...
View ArticleCelebrate with Us : 2016 Annual Report
Take a moment to celebrate the successes of 2016 with us! We were overjoyed to see 269 shelter residents move from homelessness to housing, 48 people became employed while living at CCO, and over...
View Article200,000+ Plates of Food
200,000+ Meals Served! Fighting Hunger Through Nutrition Each plate of food served in the CCO dining room help to bring nutrition, energy, and well-being to the children, adults, and senior citizens...
View Article22,500 Bags of Groceries
22,500 Bags of Groceries “We do it because we see the need. There are a lot of low-income and needy, elderly people in the Uptown area. There is a lot of food in America and hungry people who need it....
View ArticleThank you Fight2Feed!
Fight2Feed Serves Up a Delicious Mother’s Day Dinner! Fight2Feed has really gone above and beyond again! Thank you to all the Fight2Feed volunteers who purchased, prepped, chopped, simmered, and baked...
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