{"id":263158,"date":"2025-09-29T06:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/263158\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T06:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:40:18","slug":"first-ever-great-chicago-bed-race-raises-money-for-families-transitioning-from-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/263158\/","title":{"rendered":"First-ever “Great Chicago Bed Race” raises money for families transitioning from homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"

First ever Great Chicago Bed Race held in West Town <\/p>\n

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First ever Great Chicago Bed Race held in West Town<\/p>\n

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A race held on the city’s West Side on Sunday was perfect for those who just want to stay in bed.<\/p>\n

Dozens of people gathered for the first-ever Great Chicago Bed Race in West Town.<\/p>\n

Teams of five transformed bed frames into decorated racecars, then competed in a head-to-head 75-yard sprint down Walnut Street.<\/p>\n

The event wasn’t just good fun but also raised awareness and money for the Chicago Furniture Bank.<\/p>\n

“Chicago Furniture Bank provides free furniture to folks experiencing poverty,” founder Elle Ullum said. “We furnish 4,000 homes a year. We do that through donated furniture.”<\/p>\n

Those furnished homes will help families transitioning out of homelessness.<\/p>\n

Anyone with, for example, a couch or a kitchen table they’re looking to donate can have it picked up. The bank asks for a suggested donation of $100 to $200, depending on the item.<\/p>\n

For those who missed the race but still want to help, they can donate at the Chicago Furniture Bank’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Great Chicago Bed Race to take off in West Town<\/p>\n

03:11<\/p>\n

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CBS Chicago Team<\/a><\/p>\n

The CBS Chicago team covers breaking news, weather, groundbreaking investigations, and dedicated community reporting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First ever Great Chicago Bed Race held in West Town First ever Great Chicago Bed Race held in…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":263159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818,8437],"class_list":{"0":"post-263158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois","11":"tag-west-side"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115286221181235043","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}