The Chicago Bulls have always had a reputation for giving generously to the community. This year – especially with COVID 19 and despite its challenges – they did so even more.
What better time to engage in the selfless act of gift giving to those less fortunate than ourselves than during Christmas? This has been a tradition of the Chicago Bulls for many years and with the full and generous support of its players and partners, the team embraced many locals with gifts.
These 1,000 Chicagoans received an array of gifts. Different people received different packages which had one or more of the following:
- Annual Holiday Meal
- Bulls sweatshirts
- Thanksgiving meal baskets
- Gift Cards
- Holiday meals for youth
- Holiday care packages
- Grocery Gift Cards
- Bulls gears
Some of those involved in the generosity were:
- Zach LaVine
- Jewel-Osco
- Otto Porter Jr.
- Thaddeus Young
- Operation Warm
- I Grow Chicago
- The Dovetail Project
- Wendell Carter Jr.
- Lauri Markkanen
- Denzel Valentine
- Chi Gives Back
It was a real team effort. In addition, for some time now already since the pandemic started to hit, Hyde Park restaurants got together with Feeding Frontliners and Kenwood Food Project to give first responders and medical workers meals. Others participating in these endeavors include: Amer Abdullah of Cedars Mediterranean Kitchen which has already fed more than 2,000 first responders, 10 hospitals and four police districts.