#FeelGoodFriday: Transwestern Volunteers Repack 9 Tons Of Food For GCFD
More than 50 employees from Taylor Johnson client Transwestern recently teamed up for a volunteer outing benefiting the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
The team, including Transwestern CFO Steve Harding, repacked a whopping 18,418 pounds of sweet potatoes, carrots and other items that will be provided to the nearly 812,000 individuals served by the GCFD’s network each year. Read more in Bisnow and REJournals.com.
Transwestern is also busy organizing a first-of-its-kind commercial real estate hackathon, CREforge, that seeks to identify and leverage synergies between Chicago’s burgeoning tech and real estate communities. The free event, taking place Aug. 26-28 at 200 W. Madison, will include live product demonstrations showcasing the latest in virtual reality, 3D printing and more, as well as presentations by industry experts. For more information, visit www.creforge.com.
Transwestern employees repacked nearly 9 tons of food for the Greater Chicago Food Depository. The center’s services include free meals for area youth during the summer, when just 13 percent of the children who receive subsidized lunches during the school year have access to the district’s summer meals program.