CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Chicago community organizations came together on the Lower West Side Saturday to send newly arrived migrants into the New Year with a full stomach.
“Everything you need, we have it,” said local chef Michael Airhart. “We just want them to come into the New year with a good, hot, amazing meal.”
Airhart, the founder of a local nonprofit called Taste for the Homeless, told WBBM that this hot meal — served on a very cold sidewalk outside the migrant shelter on South Halsted Street — matched his organization’s mission: Who are we as human beings if we ignore the suffering of others?
Founded in 2015, Airhart has long served the local population in need and was among the first on scene when buses filled with migrants first began arriving in 2022. On Saturday, his team provided a Chicago-style, pre-New Year’s meal to remember.
“We have everything from soul food, baked …