Dion’s Chicago Dream launches Feed the Dream fundraising competition

CHICAGO — Dion’s Chicago Dream, a nonprofit taking a fresh approach to eliminating food insecurity, launched the Feed the Dream fundraising competition to raise $1 million to deliver healthy, high-quality produce to 1,000 Chicagoland households every week for one year.

Dion Dawson, founder of Dion’s Chicago Dream, experienced homelessness and food insecurity both as a child and as a Navy veteran. He started Dion’s Chicago Dream to ensure Chicagoland residents don’t have to worry like he did about where to get their next healthy meal. Every month, Dion’s Chicago Dream provides 30,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to more than 725 households across 26 Chicagoland neighborhoods through its Dream Deliveries program.

an individual. Ask your friends, family, and co-workers to join you,” said Dawson. “Feed the Dream is about fun, community building, and making the world a better place. Every $1,000 you raise will feed one household for an entire year. Sponsor a household or even an entire block. The need is great and every dollar counts — plus there are prizes!”

Prizes and sponsorship packages will go to the top individual fundraisers and fundraising teams. So far, Feed the Dream sponsors include the Chicago Bulls, the Sky Cares Foundation, Envisible, and PILLARS, while the Weiss Family Foundation kicked off the fundraiser with a $20,000 donation and the Thierer Family Foundation followed with its own $10,000 donation.