Food boxes await distribution at Thornton Township's annual Christmas basket giveaway on Dec. 14. (Photo by Thelma Sardin)

Food boxes await distribution at Thornton Township's annual Christmas basket giveaway on Dec. 14. (Photo by Thelma Sardin)

Published on December 21, 2011
From left to right: Lora Oswald, Healthy Places; Dick Malone, YMCA; Commissioner Choucair, Chicago Department of Public Health; Dr. Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General; Joel Africk, Respiratory Health Association and Stephen Vick, YMCA.(Photo Courtesy of CDPH)

From left to right: Lora Oswald, Healthy Places; Dick Malone, YMCA; Commissioner Choucair, Chicago Department of Public Health; Dr. Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General; Joel Africk, …

Published on December 21, 2011
United States Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin was in Chicago recently to push healthy living practices.

United States Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin was in Chicago recently to push healthy living practices.

Published on December 21, 2011
Johnson Publishing Company signed on again this year to help sponsor Operation Hope, a community outreach feeding event by St. Sabina church. Representatives from JPC helped pass out the 2,000 pre-packaged BJ's Market and Bakery restaurant meals of chicken or ham, macaroni and cheese, greens and a corn muffin. (Photo Credit: Rhonda Gillespie)

Johnson Publishing Company signed on again this year to help sponsor Operation Hope, a community outreach feeding event by St. Sabina church. Representatives from JPC …

Published on December 21, 2011
Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina church in the Auburn-Gresham community, directed people Dec. 13 inside BJ's Market and Bakery restaurant toward the free hot meals that were being passed out. BJ's provided enough dinners of chicken or ham, macaroni and cheese, greens and a corn muffin to feed 2,000 people as part of Operation Hope. (Photo Credit: Rhonda Gillespie)

Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina church in the Auburn-Gresham community, directed people Dec. 13 inside BJ's Market and Bakery restaurant toward the free …

Published on December 21, 2011
The line for a free meal wrapped around BJ's Market and Bakery Dec. 13 as St. Sabina church sponsored its second annual Operation Hope. Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina, said the event is as much about feeding the hungry as it is about letting poor people know that they are not forgotten. The community outreach event is a collaborative effort by St. Sabina, BJ's Market, Johnson Publishing Company, WVON-AM/1690, Rush University Medical Center and Terry Peterson. (Photo Credit: Rhonda Gillespie)

The line for a free meal wrapped around BJ's Market and Bakery Dec. 13 as St. Sabina church sponsored its second annual Operation Hope. Rev. …

Published on December 21, 2011
Four decades ago, the U.S. consumer Product Safety Commission mandated child-resistant packaging for some most medicines. Now, some makers of some non-prescription drugs have signed on to make those medication containers child-resistant. (Photo Credit: Cade Martin)

Four decades ago, the U.S. consumer Product Safety Commission mandated child-resistant packaging for some most medicines. Now, some makers of some non-prescription drugs have signed …

Published on December 21, 2011