Salvation Army collecting coats through Feburary
New and gently used coats can be dropped off at all Jewel-Osco locations.
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New and gently used coats can be dropped off at all Jewel-Osco locations.
The Salvation Army is hosting Breakfast with Santa in Humboldt Park.
Families are invited to enjoy a free pancake breakfast.
The donations provide support to homeless shelters, food pantries, and Christmas gifts for children.
The Salvation Army is not able to conduct its usual red kettle collection due to the extreme cold ahead of Christmas.
Donors have dropped five gold coins and one silver coin in Salvation Army red kettles so far this holiday season.
Someone dropped a one-ounce South African coin worth $1,900 into a kettle outside the Jewel at Village Crossing in Niles.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Albert Ramon meets a young donor for the Salvation Army at State and Washington streets.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Albert Ramon is out ringing the bell for the kettle campaign. He is joined by Kathleen Himes, resource and development coordinator for the Salvation Army.
The money raised by the red kettle holiday campaign goes to help people year-round though food pantries, rent, utility assistance, and children's programs.
Our partnership with the Salvation Army is strong, and we're building an even greater bond by heading outside to ring the bell at one of their red kettles in the Loop. Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon is out at State and Washington, where he met with Salvation Army volunteer Tina Evans, who also has received support from them over her life.
Someone slipped it into a kettle outside of a Jewel-Osco in Batavia. The second is a one-ounce gold Standing Liberty coin, also valued at $2,000. It was dropped inside a kettle at a Starbucks 9 miles away in Geneva.
The Salvation Army said a kettle containing approximately $400 in cash donations was stolen around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday from the corner of State and Randolph streets.
A Salvation Army red kettle was stolen earlier this week in the Loop.
The Salvation Army estimated that they had handed out Thanksgiving meals to a total of 700 people at the Freedom Center as of the early evening.
The City of Chicago on Thursday welcomed some new migrants who just arrived from Central and South America for their first Thanksgiving. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
It was a busy morning in the kitchen at Guaranteed Rate Field, but not to feed baseball fans. The staff of Levy Restaurants was prepping ingredients to make sure everyone can enjoy Thanksgiving dinner.
You will see kettles outside stores across Chicago and the suburbs.
You will see kettles outside stores across Chicago and the suburbs.
The Salvation Army and the Little Village Community Council have stepped up to help. CBS 2's Marybel González reports.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office confirmed the latest group of 103 migrants arrived at Union Station around 3 p.m. Wednesday
The migrants were sent to Chicago from Texas by Gov. Greg Abbott and dropped off Wednesday night. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
The migrants arrived on a bus that let them off outside Union Station Wednesday night.
The migrants arrived on a bus that let them off outside Union Station Wednesday night. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
A new fleet of vehicles called Shuttles of Hope are being sent out for people requesting shelter or wellbeing checks.
