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Give thanks, give food & get on board Chicago Trolley!

This holiday season Evanstonians are invited to board the second annual Give Thanks, Give Food food drive in Chicago. Just bring a non-perishable food item to the Magnificent Mile Trolley stop on 401 N. Michigan (November 1 – 24) and receive $5 off the regular price of an Explore Chicago ticket to Chicago Trolley’s Signature Hop-On, Hop-Off Sightseeing Tour.  

“Chicago Trolley aims to fill an entire trolley with non-perishable items in order to give back to the city that we tour each and every day,” explains President of Chicago Trolley Co. Jim Schwartz. “On Monday, November 25, it will be our privilege to have Chicago Trolley employees deliver all collected food to the Greater Chicago Food Depository just in time for the Thanksgiving Holiday.”

The Greater Chicago Food Depository is a nonprofit food distribution and training center providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger in the community. The Food Depository distributes donated and purchased food through a network of 650 pantries, soup kitchens and shelters to 678,000 adults and children in Cook County every year. 

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The Signature Hop-On, Hop-Off Sightseeing Tour covers 13 miles with 13 stops, giving patrons the option of visiting Chicago’s hottest retail, cultural and family attractions. Among the stops on the Signature Tour are Skydeck Chicago, the famed museum campus (Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium), the historic Chicago Theater, Millennium Park, Water Tower Place, The Art Institute, Navy Pier and the John Hancock Observatory. The full downtown tour is approximately two hours riding time, with all day access to hop on and off. Tours operate daily with vehicles departing the designated stops every 25-30 minutes from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. year round. The last boarding call is 4 p.m. daily during the winter months. There are no tours Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

For more information, visit www.chicagotrolley.com or call 773-648-5000.

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