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Glen Ellyn Cares! GoFundMe Started To Help Local Businesses
The fundraiser will help buy meals from local restaurants to donate to hospital workers during the coronavirus crisis.
GLEN ELLYN, IL — In the midst of the new coronavirus crisis, the Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce has started the Glen Ellyn Cares! GoFundMe. The fundraiser is being used to help struggling local restaurant owners by buying meals to be donated to staff at local hospitals.
The restaurants will deliver individually packaged meals to workers at Northwestern Hospital, AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center GlenOaks and other hospitals.
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In the GoFundMe! description, the organizer wrote, "This is a great way to thank our frontline workers who need our support, while helping our local Glen Ellyn area restaurants who need our patronage. The residents of Glen Ellyn want to do what they do best, help each other!"
Click the link to donate to the Glen Ellyn Cares! GoFundMe.
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If you're a restaurant owner who wants to help with the effort, you can email: glenellycares@gmail.com.
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