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| WGN-AM's John Williams To Host 'Peanut Butter & Jolly' Holiday Food Drive Tomorrow |
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| Written by Larz | |||
| Wednesday, 30 November 2011 19:34 | |||
WGN-AM's John Williams will be hosting and conducting a holiday food drive tomorrow, entitled "Peanut Butter & Jolly," to benefit Chicagoland food pantries.
 Midday radio host John Williams had found out that food pantries are experiencing an extreme lack of peanut butter, after producer Beth Swierk read a report on the peanut butter shortage yesterday. The shortage is largely due to peanut butter's rising cost. With peanut butter being one of the most requested items at food banks and with it being a kid-friendly source of protein with a long shelf life, he decided to quickly rally his listeners to help out with this problem.Williams is asking listeners (and even non-listeners) to help donate new, unopened containers of peanut butter tomorrow at various drop-off locations all around Chicago and the suburbs. (Smaller bottles of peanut butter work better for the food pantries than the larger ones will.) These donations will then be collected and donated on Friday to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Those donations will then be distributed among their network of 650 member food pantries. The drop off locations and times for John Williams' "Peanut Butter & Jolly" food drive for tomorrow are: WGN Radio Drop off hours: now through Friday at 2:00pm Address: 435 N. Michigan Avenue in the Tribune Tower lobby, Chicago Pear Tree Catering Drop off hours: 9:00am-5:00pm Address: 950 Woodlands Parkway, Vernon Hills Tix4cause Drop off hours: 9:00am-5:00pm Address: 1700 N. Park Street, Suite 104, Naperville Township/Health District Drop off hours: 9:00am-4:30pm Address: 6600 W. 26th St, Berwyn Crestwood Florist Drop off hours: 8:30am-6:00pm Address: 5561 W. 127th Street, Crestwood Bunte Auction Services Drop off hours: 9:00am-5:00pm Address: 755 Church Road, Elgin Christ United Methodist Church of Elmhurst Drop off Hours: now through Thursday at midnight Address: 920 Swain Avenue, Elmhurst Champion Pizza Drop off hours: 7:30am-4:00pm Address: 9910 Main St, Hebron Citizens First National Bank Drop off hours: 8:30am-6:00pm Address: 500 Bob Blair Rd (along Ridge Rd), Minooka Johnny D Tees Drop off hours: 9:00am-5:00pm Address: 49 E. Grand Ave, Lake Villa The Lighthouse Emotional Wellness center Drop off hours: 11:00am-8:00pm Address: 121 S. Wilke, Suite 500, Arlington Heights Martinelli's Childrens Wear and School Uniforms Drop off hours:11:00am-7:00pm Address: 3517 W. 95th Street, Evergreen Park ProLite Glass & Glazing Drop off hours: 9:00am-4:00pm 206 S. Main Street, Algonquin Wired On Bank Lane Drop off hours: 9:00am-5:00pm Address: 636 N. Bank Lane, Lake Forest Team Blonde Drop off hours: 11:00am-7:00pm Address: 7442 W. Madison, Forest Park Hellman Frame Shop Drop off hours: 11:00am-6:30pm Address: 2152 N. Bissell, Chicago Central Dupage Foot and Ankle Drop off hours: 9:00am-7:00pm Address: 1N141 County Farm Road, Suite 100, Winfield Kirschbaum Bakery Drop off hours: 6:00am-6:00pm Address: 825 Burlington Avenue, Western Springs Early Tuesday, the original name of this charitable project was "John Williams' Operation: Peanut Butter." However, soon after that, a caller into Williams' afternoon show suggested the name of "Peanut Butter & Jolly" and the name stuck... like peanut butter to a roof of a mouth. Williams said today in a press release: "Everyone wants gifts at Christmas, but these people just need food. If you give to this campaign, we can all say Merry 'Chrithmath!'"  The Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago's food bank, is a non-profit food distribution and training center, providing food for hungry people, while striving to end hunger in our community. The Food Depository distributes donated and purchased food through a network of 650 pantries, soup kitchens and shelters to 678,000 adults and children in Cook County every year. The Food Depository's programs and services for children, older adults and the unemployed and underemployed address the root causes of hunger. For more information, please visit the Greater Chicago Food Depository website.
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