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More than 500 people raced shopping carts down the sidewalks, streets and alleys of Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood Saturday, March 1, 2008, as part of a food drive that combined athleticism, alcohol, trickery and lavish costumes.
Eighty-three teams completed the approximately five mile course, raising over 2,000 lbs. of food (see comment for more info ) --more than doubling last year's participation and intake.
The Chiditarod, an event with roots in Chicago's Burning Man Festival community, is part of a loose, national network of urban shopping cart races that have sprung up in the last ten years. Ten reporters embedded with teams in the 2008 Chiditarod. The videos above tell their stories.
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32 weeks 1 day ago
The Warriors are the team to watch tomorrow. No stoppin em...no sabotage...no tricks....they are out to win.
31 weeks 6 days ago
Actually, our name was Henrietta Pussycat says "Meow Meow Meow Meow Die". Still, we had so much fun, we'll forgive this one.
31 weeks 5 days ago
This event went off fantastically, and I can't imagine how we'll ever top the amount of AWESOME that was displayed this year. Props to every participant; it was UNBELIEVABLY EPIC.
Chiditarod '08 = pee-your-pants excitement... well done all!
31 weeks 5 days ago
This was a terrific year for the Chiditarod. The work done by Method Reporter was fantastic. A special thanks goes out to Angela for all her hard work. We'll be your wingmen any day.
31 weeks 5 days ago
This event collected way more than 2,000 lbs of food!
Last year, the intake was 2,300 lbs. That entire haul fit into the back of a hatchback. This year, that same hatchback was filled, an SUV was filled, a Chevy pickup was over flowing, and all that food was what remained AFTER a south side church (connected through Burners Without Borders) brought a cargo van, completely filled it, and began turning food away.
We actually have no idea how much food was brought in because we were completely overwhelmed (logistically and emotionally) by the volume of the donations!
The food from the hatchback, SUV, and pickup went to the food pantry at Onward Neighborhood House in the Ukrainian Village. Our entire pantry will be stocked 2x over!! Thank you to everyone. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
31 weeks 5 days ago
Thanks for the info, Jen. I've added a link to your comment into the text above.
31 weeks 5 days ago
Thanks for correcting our team name. That was quick. Is it true they had to turn away food? That's horrible. We raised a lot of food, and it'd be sad to see it go to waste.
Thanks again for everything, though. I love the event, and I loved our video. Paul did a great job.
31 weeks 5 days ago
Mr. Rogers, why were you cutting yourself? Inquiring minds want to know!
This question inspired no end of debate in the editing room this weekend.
Do you need an intervention of some sort?
31 weeks 5 days ago
I cut myself because we had stiff cardboard to make an ear for Henrietta Pussycat and only an exacto-knife in order to cut it. Don't you worry your little hearts, Methods Reporter, Mr. Rogers ended up being OK.
31 weeks 4 days ago
Thanks so much for covering our team! We had so much fun participating in the Chiditarod and working with Satta & Hilary!
xo,
Loco Chanel/ Windy City Rollers
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