Lending a helping hand to Chicago鈥檚 homeless
Peter Caruso supports an organization in need during the COVID-19 crisis.
Peter Caruso, an Executive Vice President on JLL鈥檚 U.S. Retail Brokerage team, has been volunteering for nearly five years with The Chicago Help Initiative, a not-for-profit organization that provides meals and social services to the homeless, underprivileged and jobless citizens. Earlier this March, the setup was a little different.
鈥淣ormally, there鈥檇 be many volunteers lined up, serving hot food onto hungry people鈥檚 plates,鈥� said Peter. 鈥淭his time, in accordance with government regulations, there were less than 10 of us preparing bagged dinners to-go.鈥�
The Chicago Help Initiative normally hands out a gift with meals, and the organization knew hand sanitizer would be the most helpful. After making many calls to source the 鈥渓iquid gold鈥� with no luck, they settled on handing out bars of soap. But Peter didn鈥檛 give up.
Peter learned Chicago-based KOVAL Distillery had suspended their spirits operation to produce hand sanitizer for hospitals and organizations in need. He moved quickly to get the non-profit on KOVAL鈥檚 distribution list, resulting in a donation of five gallons of hand sanitizer.
鈥淚t鈥檚 days like this that really put life in perspective,鈥� said Peter. 鈥淚鈥檓 very fortunate for what I have and even more fortunate to be able to volunteer my time.鈥�
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