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Obama Volunteers at a Chicago Food Bank

November 27th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under


President-elect Barack Obama, center, his wife Michelle Obama, left, and daughter Malia, 10, center, greet people at a food bank at St. Columbanus Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago, Nov. 26, 2008. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)

Tom DeFrank of the New York Daily News was today’s pool reporter covering Barack Obama’s visit to a food bank, after the president-elect held a news conference announcing more members of his economic team. He writes:

Exiting the podium after meeting the press, Obama was asked his plans for tomorrow and replied that he and Michelle are hosting “a whole bunch of people” at their home.

Five minutes after the press conference concluded, the President-elect left the Hilton at 10:08 a.m. and arrived at his home 11 minutes later. The motorcade departed again at 10:55 with Michelle and the girls in tow and arrived at 11:03 at Saint Columbanus Catholic Church, a South South parish that operates a food bank every Wednesday.

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  1. Comment by Himmelstange on 27 November 2008:

    A wonderful gesture do this thing on Thanksgiving. I never saw Bush doing such things before. Fabulous!!!

  2. Comment by Baby on 19 August 2009:

    I agree, Obama is a big deal not only for US but for the world.