“The first thing I loved about what Love Fridge [volunteers] were doing is giving access and that’s a part of my mission — to create access in these different areas of Chicago that really could benefit from having colorful meals that were well-thought of,” says Hale, who plans to make 120 meals for various South Side love fridges.
initiative, which distributed over 2,500 meals to children on the South and West sides in the summer. With help from the Promontory restaurant in Hyde Park, Hale and volunteers partnered with other mutual aid food distribution groups, public schools, and families to deliver meals as a way to check in with children and give them relief from pandemic-related news, gun violence trauma, and inadequate access to healthy food.