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Article: Chicago Tribune Charities Announces Grants of $900,000 to Chicagoland Agencies Fighting Hunger.
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- May 16, 2006
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CHICAGO, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago Tribune Charities, a McCormick Tribune Foundation Fund, announced that 16 agencies committed to alleviating hunger in the Chicago metropolitan area will receive grants totaling $900,000. Chicago Tribune readers' gifts through the newspaper's annual Holiday Giving campaign are a key source of funding for these grants. Grants are approved by the McCormick Tribune Foundation board of directors based on recommendations from foundation staff and a Chicago Tribune Charities advisory committee, which consists of Chicago Tribune employees.
According to national and local studies, the incidence of hunger in the Chicago metropolitan ...