2012 Spirit of Giving Food Drive presented by Dominick's

Dominick's Finer Foods and ABC 7 Chicago team up for the 14th consecutive year to help fight hunger in Chicago during the Spirit of Giving Food Drive.

The eight-week event kicked off on ABC 7's Morning News on Thursday, November 1 and runs through Jan. 2, 2013. Last year, the food drive was extremely successful and helped collect 845,130 meals for hungry men, women and children throughout the Chicago area.

This year, ABC 7 and Dominick's are asking Chicagoans to join in the fight to diminish hunger in our community by choosing one of the "7 Ways to Give."
They are:

1. Fill it: Fill the bins at your local Dominick's with non-perishable items.
2. Like it: "Like" ABC 7 Chicago on Facebook and we'll donate $1 for every new like.
3. Scan it: Purchase food dollars at the Dominick's checkout
4. Tweet it: Follow ABC 7 Chicago on Twitter and we'll donate $1 for every new follower
5. Buy it: Buy pre-packaged "Help Us End Hunger" bags at your local Dominick's
6. Click it: Donate online CLICK HERE
7. Text it: Text "NEED" to 91011

ABC 7 News This Morning kicked off the Spirit of Giving Food Drive on Thursday, November 1. Lauri Sanders, director of public affairs and government relations, Dominick's; Kate Maehr, executive director and CEO, Greater Chicago Food Depository; and Pete Schaefer, president and CEO, Northern Illinois Food Bank, were featured on the morning newscast to talk about how hunger is still on the rise in Chicago and the suburbs and the fact that people from all different backgrounds are relying on food from food drives like this one.

As part of this yearly effort, ABC 7 meteorologist Tracy Butler and anchor Hosea Sanders are helping focus attention on the critical need to fight hunger, with live reports and weathercasts from various Dominicks' stores on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Additionally, Butler and Sanders are appearing in public service announcements supporting the food drive. Butler has helped to spearhead the public service campaign for the Food Drive since 1999.

During this effort to fight hunger in the Chicago area, individuals can drop off nonperishable food items at the ABC 7 Chicago lobby, at 190 N. State Street, or at any local Dominick's location or by making a donation to the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the Northern Illinois Food Bank through Food Dollars, available at the check-out counters of any Chicagoland Dominick's store in $1, $2 and $5 denominations. A complete listing of Dominick's stores can be found at www.dominicks.com.

The Greater Chicago Food Depository is a nonprofit food distribution center that provides food to more than 142,000 people each week through a network of 600 soup kitchens, food pantries and shelters. For more information, visit www.chicagosfoodbank.org.

Northern Illinois Food Bank is a nonprofit organization that distributes nutritious food to all those in need through its network of 665 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and youth sites in 13 counties. The Food Bank helps more than 61,600 people each week. For more information visit www.northernilfoodbank.org.

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