Chicago Trolley kicks off the holiday season with a month-long food drive
Chicago Trolley Food Drive Offers $5 Off Explore Chicago Ticket With Non-Perishable Food Item
Drive for holiday cheer with Chicago Trolley this November by filling an entire trolley with food
| CHICAGO, IL—Chicago Trolley Co. is kicking off the holiday season with a month-long food drive this November. Patrons are invited to bring a non-perishable food item to the Millennium Park Chicago Trolley kiosk (Randolph St, at Chase Promenade) for $5 off the regular price of an Explore Chicago ticket to Chicago Trolley’s Signature Hop-On, Hop-Off Sightseeing Tour. Chicago Trolley’s goal is to fill an entire trolley with food items to be dropped off to the Pro Labore Dei Mission on Saturday, Dec. 1. Now is the time to take advantage of Chicago’s best tour, while simultaneously bringing families holiday cheer!The Signature Hop-On, Hop-Off Sightseeing Tour covers 13 miles with 14 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 beginning at 9 a.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. Explore Chicago Tickets are $35 for adults; $25 for seniors (65+) and $17 for children 12 and under (children under 3 ride free). Chicago Trolley will be accepting non-perishable food items through Nov. 30 and is offering a $5 ticket discount applicable to Explore Chicago tickets to every passenger who brings a food item. The drop off location and ticket discount is only available on site at the Millennium Park kiosk. For more information, visit www.chicagotrolley.com or call 773-648-5000.Pro Labore Dei was founded in 2003 by a Nigerian nun, Sister Stella, and a married couple from Palos who wanted to feed the poor and homeless with the little that they had. Today, more than 200 lunches are served every Saturday in Robbins, IL (3323 W. 137th St.) and under lower Wacker Dr. in Chicago. Dinner is also served every other Sunday at a men’s transient hotel located in the south loop on Clark Street.Holiday Lights Tours Begin Nov. 23
The Chicago Trolley Holiday Lights Tour is a lightly narrated 2-hour tour showcasing the best of Chicago’s holiday lights and sights. Passengers will ride a festive Trolley, decked out in tune with the season, and have time to hop off at both the Zoo Lights at Lincoln Park Zoo and the Christkindlmarket, a traditional German American Holiday Market with distinctive crafts, artistic glass ornaments, delicious sweets and holiday food and drinks. The Holiday Lights Tours will run Fridays – Sundays, Nov. 23 – Dec. 23, 2012, and daily Dec. 26 – 31, with three departure times at 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The tour departs from The John Hancock Building. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are available online at www.chicagotrolley.com. |
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