Blog # 15

Chiditarod is an annual shopping-cart race/food-drive held in Chicago to help the disadvantaged and needy people of the city.  It is a race through the windy city stopping at 11 check points to collect, at the very least, 42 pounds of non-perishable food in their shopping cart.

Here are some pictures of the event:

Needless to say, the people participating in the race dress up in crazy outfits and decorate their shopping carts accordingly.  The event ended up raising a lot of food and money for the people of Chicago.    

I think this is a great way to run a charity event.  It gets everyone participating and having fun.  It brings people together for a great cause.  Not only that but it is a rather unique way to hold a food drive.  I think getting people to be creative is why this works so well.