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| Alicia's House's newly remodeled space showcases the organization's awards. |
We had the privilege of visiting Alicia's House Food Pantry Tuesday morning when we dropped off our Thanksgiving Food Drive donations. We were immediately greeted with a warm welcome from Juan and Stella Hernandez, co-founders of Alicia's House. While giving us a tour of their newly redesigned food pantry, we heard stories of struggles and triumphs of running a food pantry in South Chicago Heights.
Alicia's House Food Pantry is an organization close to
Central Collision's heart because it feeds the hungry in our local communities. Alicia's House works to alleviate hunger by providing food at no cost to low-income residents of Crete, Beecher, Steger, Monee, University Park, Grant Park and South Chicago Heights. They recently expanded their efforts to provide toiletries, laundry detergent and flu shots to residents in need.
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| Central Collision delivered 3 truck loads of food as a result of its food drive. |
Since Alicia's House beginning in 2001, Central Collision has been supporting the food pantry with our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. We reach out to past and current customers, employees, business partners and the local community to participate in the food drive by donating non-perishable food items.
Exceeding our previous year's donations, we gathered 1,428 food items in our six offices. Central Collision matched all donations, bringing our grand total to 2,856 items donated.
“We have
great people who are fortunate enough to give back and are happy to do so,”
said Mike Caruso, owner of Central Collision. “Their generosity exceeds my
expectations every year.”
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| Mike and Nancy Caruso, owners of Central Collision, present their food donations to Alicia's House Food Pantry. |
Located at 17 Paulsen
Avenue in South Chicago Heights, Alicia’s House Food Pantry accepts food,
clothing and toiletry donations year-round. The food pantry also collects winter coats, gloves, scarves and clothing.
Consider donating to Alicia's House Food Pantry this holiday season. One small donation can make a local family's holiday complete.
