Happy Thanksgiving,
Shane / Lili / Rob
MISSION
Our mission is to provide a Thanksgiving basket to struggling families within the Chicagoland to bring a sense of hope, knowing that someone within their community cares about them. We’ve created this charity with the purpose of bringing together people who recognize the beauty of viewing the world as we do – and who share a desire to help others – knowing that the gift is in the giving.
VISION
The Basket Brigade was inspired by Tony Robbins childhood experience, growing up in a struggling family when someone knocking on his door with a Thanksgiving basket of food and forever changed his life. This simple gesture of giving turned into an unforgettable memory and led Tony to share his story with others, who would then be able to affect even greater amounts of people in communities throughout the nation. Our vision is to grow our community of volunteers so the gift of giving can grow, and support thousands of struggling families each year at Thanksgiving with the vision that someday these family members can pay forward.
Can you help us get Thanksgiving dinner to 100 more families by sharing this post with your Facebook friends? Just $50 can provide a Thanksgiving meal for a family of 5! Please consider supporting the Thanksgiving Basket Brigade by making a monetary donation that will provide grocery store gift cards to Chicago families in need. Every dollar counts. Thank you! https://www.chicagobasketbrigade.org/
Happy Autumn!
We have received so many inquiries about the Chicago Basket Brigade for this year.
With the current climate in Chicago, we will be going with a COVID-19 safe plan to allow us (you, our great volunteers and contributors) to continue to serve our community during this challenging time. Please join us in donating to serve those who really need our help.
Your donation will be used to purchase gift cards from local grocery stores. Each gift card will be for $50 to feed a family of 5 on Thanksgiving Day. Monetary donations are the most efficient way to help and the most needed. Please go to our website www.chicagobasketbrigade.org and click on the donate button, it is that simple.
Thank you for your continued support and supporting this mission!
Next year we intend to be back creating baskets and delivering to families once again.
Can you help us get Thanksgiving dinner to 100 more families by sharing this post with your Facebook friends? Just $50 can provide a Thanksgiving meal for a family of 5! Please consider supporting the Thanksgiving Basket Brigade by making a monetary donation that will provide grocery store gift cards to Chicago families in need. Every dollar counts. Thank you! https://www.chicagobasketbrigade.org/
🦃 Thanksgiving is less than three weeks away and for many Chicago families, putting Thanksgiving dinner on the table this year is more daunting than ever. Did you know that $50 can provide a Thanksgiving meal for a family of 5? Please consider supporting the Thanksgiving Basket Brigade by making a monetary donation that will provide grocery store gift cards to Chicago families in need. https://www.chicagobasketbrigade.org/
Chicago Thanksgiving Basket Brigade is back! We have created a COVID-19 safe plan to serve our community during this challenging time.
This year, donations will be used to purchase gift cards from local grocery stores. Each $50 gift card will feed a family of 5 on Thanksgiving Day.
Can you help support our communities that need us more than ever? Every dollar matters! https://www.chicagobasketbrigade.org/
We need more drivers! Please register to deliver baskets to families in need! www.chicagobasketbrigade.org
We reached 1,000 families!!! Thank you!
We have 500 families that still need to be sponsored, $30 per family. Will you please help us with sponsoring more families and inviting those you know to sponsor families? Thank you!
www.chicagobasketbrigade.org
We Need Sponsors!
With only 18 days to go before our basket-filling event, we still need a lot more funds to be able to put food in our baskets to deliver to families in need. Please tell your friends, family and co-workers to join you in sponsoring families! www.chicagobasketbrigade.org
Another great way to support is to get businesses/organizations to join in donating ~ businesses you own, work for or visit. Business Sponsorships start with sponsoring 100 families! Please PM us here or email us at [email protected] if you know of a business who would like to be a sponsor! Thank you!
Thank you to 3 of this year's sponsors!
Absolute Medical, Cyberhull and Barnett Capital
General Volunteer Registration opens Today, Friday, November 1st at Noon! Be sure to donate and sponsor families while you are there! 😀
We always need more drivers too 🚙!
Welcome Back!
We are actively engaged in preparing for this year's Chicago Basket Brigade! AND We Need Your Help!
Please go to our website and generously donate to feed families in need in the Chicagoland area this Thanksgiving!
We are approaching the 25% mark of having the funds to put food in the baskets, and we need your generous donation to make this happen! Please go there now and support us in feeding 1500 families! It starts at only $30 per basket - feeding a family of 5! Thank you in advance! www.chicagobasketbrigade.org
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We are thankful for YOU!
We have a lot of be thankful for. We are grateful for having our largest Basket Brigade ever since we first started in 2009, which would never have been possible without all of your help!
We are thankful for all of our volunteers, loyal supporters, all of our hundreds of private donors, and sponsors like Cinespace Chicago Film Studios who have been gracious hosts for us two years in a row!
All of YOU helped us make a massive impact on the entire city helping surprise 10,000 people with a Thanksgiving meal. We may never know what impact this random act of kindness will have but it is our hope that down the road at some point they will pay it forward when they can, spreading a ripple of positivity all over Chicago.
From the entire Chicago Basket Brigade team we wish you a very happy Thanksgiving!!
Share with us below with something that you’re thankful for this Thanksgiving and we’d greatly appreciate it if you share your memories with us on social media with our hashtag
What an amazing day of giving back! On behalf of the entire Chicago Basket Brigade team we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of our loyal supporters and volunteers that donated their most valuable resource, your time, to help members in need within our community.
Close to 1000 of you showed up this morning to help us surprise 2100 families in need all over our city to ensure they can have a warm Thanksgiving dinner together. Thanks to your giving spirit we collectively made an impact on close to 10,000 people today!
Thank you for helping us put the GIVING back into Thanksgiving. We wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving with your families!
Prepping and planning for the big day tomorrow!! 🦃
Amanda Puck and her AMAZING team at Mariano's in Bucktown helping us load up all of the food for this Sunday!
Less than 3 days away from our big assembly day!! Get excited and inspired to help us recreate the magic of the day of selfless giving helping our fellow Chicagoans by doing a search of our hashtag on social media, , and see what kind of impact we are making.
We want to thank Mariano's for helping us big time this year and providing us with all of our food and turkeys that will be warming up 2100 surprised families all over the city this Thanksgiving! 🦃
Thanks to LYONSCG’s generous donation 100 more families will be surprised with a bountiful basket full food for Thanksgiving this year!
We still need more families sponsored and less than 14 days left!
If you know of any other businesses that would like to donate or if you would like to make an individual donation you can do so on our website.
www.chicagobasketbrigade.org
Thank you to our long time supporter and local business, General Iron Industries! Thanks to their generous donation 167 more families will be surprised with a Thanksgiving meal this year!
We still have a ways to go to meet our goal this year and only 17 days left!
If you’d like to help our cause by making a donation and/or volunteer to drive and help deliver these baskets of food you can do so on our website.
www.chicagobasketbrigade.org
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Aside from pumpkin pie, what’s your favorite dessert or dish? 🦃
Volunteer registration is NOW open!! 🎉 🦃
www.chicagobasketbrigade.org
Be like this little man, Austin, and help show love around the city this Thanksgiving by surprising families going through a rough patch with a basket full of food! 🦃
All it takes is $30 to help a family of 5.
https://www.chicagobasketbrigade.org/sponsor-a-family/
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"Don't forget to show love..."
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Love this idea.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Thank you for your continued support of the Chicago Basket Brigade! NOW is the time to sponsor families in need!
We are about to place our food orders to feed these families in need - and we need more families sponsored to be able to order the food to fill the baskets.
Will you help?
Please go to this link to sponsor families and encourage your family & friends to do the same. Feel free to share it on social media as well.
https://www.chicagobasketbrigade.org/sponsor-a-family/
We need to have at least 1,250 families sponsored to be able to order the food.
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
Driver registration is NOW open!! Sign up to help us deliver baskets of food. This is one of the most rewarding parts of the day as you get to see the surprised and grateful reactions of the families we serve. Sign up now! 🙂 🦃
https://www.chicagobasketbrigade.org/volunteer/
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What an amazing day of giving back! On behalf of the entire Chicago Basket Brigade team we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of our loyal supporters and volunteers that donated their most valuable resource, your time, to help members in need within our community. Close to 1000 of you showed up this morning to help us surprise 2100 families in need all over our city to ensure they can have a warm Thanksgiving dinner together. Thanks to your giving spirit we collectively made an impact on close to 10,000 people today! Thank you for helping us put the GIVING back into Thanksgiving. We wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving with your families!
What a heart warming day!! On behalf of the Basket Brigade Team we want to thank our premier sponsors Pangea Real Estate, Conagra Brands and Cinespace Chicago Film Studios as well as our many other event sponsors to help make this year's event a success! Most importantly thank you to all of our volunteers who showed up today in the hundreds to give your time to those in need and helping us put the GIVING back into Thanksgiving. Thanks to all of your help and hard work we collectively made a direct impact on over 6,000 people today!! #chibasketbrigade
The Chicago Basket Brigade team hard at work all day today prepping for the big day tomorrow! For al of our registered volunteers we'll see you tomorrow! And as a way of giving back and showing our appreciation for your support and donating your time please join us at our volunteer appreciation party tomorrow from 1-4 at The Yard House at 1500 N. Clybourn for complementary food!
WGN 9. Great to share what we did today with so many viewers. That's how we influence in a positive way!
Our Goal this year: 1,500 families. Please sponsor a family and/or volunteer. Thank you! http://www.chicagobasketbrigade.org/sponsor-a-family/
We reached out to 850 families in 2013. Help us reach our goal of 1,500 families in 2014!
300 volunteers created Thanksgiving Dinner Baskets and delivered directly to 518 families! Congratulations to all involved. Volunteer next year by signing up on our email list www.chicagobasketbrigade.org "Like" our page https://www.facebook.com/basketbrigade Thank you Russell Perry for filming and editing this video. [email protected]
Tony tells his personal experience delivering food to families.
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