TWiB is away for a little while during spring break. Please enjoy this vintage non-birding post. Early in my time as a staffer at a nonprofit organization, I was on the hunt for a story to feature in our newsletter. So I headed to a church basement food pantry in the Canaryville neighborhood. It was just before the Great Recession, yet pantry lines were long all across Chicago. The pantry in Canaryville, a working class enclave on the South Side, was doing a booming business.
This essay makes me feel hopeful There are many good people in our communities doing good work Thanks for the reminder
This is such an inspirational piece, thank you for sharing. 😁