Volunteers gathered Thursday to pack 500,000 meals for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, in the spirit of unity in which Americans everywhere engaged after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
A total of 1,800 volunteers turned out at Union Station beginning at 9 a.m. for the event.
“It means everything,” said Camerin Mattson, communications director for the Greater Chicago Food Depository. “I mean, those of us who have memories of 9/11 and remember what a shocking and horrifying day it was — how inspiring is it that there’s going to be 1,800 volunteers here today making a difference and turning this into a day that is something that’s positive, that’s giving back?”…