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"Mmmmm... breakfast!"

I forgot to eat yesterday!  I didn’t realize until this morning that I was so busy all day, I never had a chance to eat.  Today wasn’t much better – only had time for a yogurt and coffee while on the way to my “Good Day Chicago” live shot in suburban Glenview.

In the news business, you often don’t know where you’ll be going or what you’ll be covering until that day.  If there’s breaking news, you might even get diverted to something else entirely.  The Fox Chicago camera guys are always saying, “Go to the bathroom when you can and eat when you can because you don’t know when the next chance will happen.”

Sean sets up the live truck after his Reese's breakfast.

Cameraman Sean Gibbons keeps an emergency stash of prepared foods in his backpack. But most of it is smashed and likely long expired.  “How’s that taste?” I ask, regarding the mangled Reese’s peanut butter cup he downed while driving.   He deadpans, “It tastes smashed and stale.”  But it’s enough to fuel him through the morning shift.

A long line & wait for the Mobile Food Pantry.

By this afternoon, I was in Gary, Indiana to shoot a story set to air next week. Nothing like a reality check to put things in perspective. We followed NW Indiana Food Bank workers to a mobile pantry site where a long line awaited their arrival.  For some people, it’s their first time requesting food aid. Each person received a big box of non-perishable items and even some fresh bread and vegetables.

Most of us have never known true hunger.

Got a hunger to help?  Click here to join our Fox Chicago/Jewel-Osco “Give a little. Feed a lot” campaign.  I’ll be live in Glendale Heights tomorrow morning during “Good Day Chicago”.