Successful ART @ Dignity Diner Opening!

The art show hosted by Dignity Diner and MGRF's CareTeam was a success! Friday November 6th, Dignity Diner and the CareTeam opened the doors of the Holy Covenant UMC to the neighborhood and other supportors to show off the wonderful work our artists do each week. Annually, the CareTeam organizes an art show to showcase Dignity Diner patrons and their artwork.

Many of the artists were able to interact with members of the community and talk about their art. Additionally, most sold some of their pieces! For a chance to get your own originial art from Dignity Diner, please see our Etsy.com page at http://www.etsy.com/shop/dignitydinerart.

Through the generous support of Northside Prep, we furnished 5 doors with artwork. Following the theme of 'home' artwork was also displaying on coat racks, chairs and coffee tables. We invited our guests to see what a typical Diner table looks like, to join us in creating a community art piece and to read short biographies of the artists.

Work that was not purchased Friday evening is available on the ART @ Dignity Diner Etsy page at http://www.etsy.com/shop/dignitydinerart. Your support of both artists and the Diner is greatly appreciated. For more information about ART @ Dignity Diner and other CareTeam events, please visit http://www.mgrf.org/careteam.

CareTeam & CPS

In addition to our Summer of Service Program we are so thankful for the opportunities to blend our volunteer events with Service Learning Curriculum happening at Chicago Public High Schools throughout the school year.

In our events dealing with Hunger & Homelessness we've had great new connections with young Service Leaders in our programs and a lot of new thank-yous!

Thank YOU to,

• Northside College Prep for hosting a Day of Service and including both our (g)love program and Dignity Diner programs in your day. Students were able to support the programs at their school site.
• Students & Leaders of the Mather High School Debate Team for joining us each week at Dignity Diner Art.
• DuSable Campus Community School for bringing (g)love to their afterschool fashion design program.

We are thankful for the opportunities to invite your student's voices into our programs and provide them with real-life experiences that round-out their classroom study.