The COVID-19 pandemic has had a large effect on lives worldwide and here in Chicago, as elsewhere in the US, the financial toll has been tough for many to bear. The Greater Chicago Food Depository has been one of the main sources of aid for many Chicagoans in these tough times but they have dealt with restrictions due to the coronavirus that has made things tougher for them to operate.
Due to social distancing guidelines, there is less space for the workers to make the "grab-and-go" bags that are the most convenient ways to serve people at this time.
The United Center stepped up big-time in allowing The Greater Chicago Food Depository to use their space for their workers and to store a large amount—774,840 pounds to be exact—of food.
Greater Chicago Food Depository senior manager Greg Trotter said in a statement to the Chicago Sun-Times, "There’s still going to be a long tail on this crisis...Our neighbors are going to need our help for a long time. We’re bracing for that reality.”
The 20,917-seat United Center looks much different than it would have things been on schedule, as the Bulls would have been taking on the Brooklyn Nets at the UC on April 11. But in this new reality, the United Center is instead finding a great use as a central hub for The Greater Chicago Food Depository.
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