Drive-through food giveaway provides holiday dinner for 500 families in Elgin
Dressed as Santa Claus, Amber Peters passes out packs of diapers, early learning packets and books for children during the "Uniting for the Holidays" drive-through holiday dinner giveaway Tuesday at the Elgin Sports Complex. Holiday dinners and other necessities were distributed 500 families in need on a first-come, first-served basis. Peters is executive director of Elgin Partnership for Early Learning, which provided the diapers and learning materials for the event.
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More than 350 cars lined up for the "Uniting for the Holidays" drive-through holiday dinner giveaway Tuesday at the Elgin Sports Complex. Holiday dinners and other necessities were distributed to 500 families in need on a first-come, first-served basis. The first car there arrived at noon for the giveaway which was supposed to start at 4 p.m., but got underway about 45 minutes later.