Gonnella Baking helps tornado victims in central Illinois
Gonnella Baking Co., Chicago, joins Operation Barbecue Relief to provide fresh meals to victims of the tornadoes that ravaged central Illinois on Nov. 17. A truck filled with Gonnella bread is on its way to Washington, Ill., the town that was hit hardest. Between 250 and 500 buildings were damaged or destroyed in this small town of only 15,000 people east of Peoria.
Relief efforts are being spearheaded by members of the Illinois Barbecue Alliance: David Raymond of Sweet Baby Rays, Chicago, and Barry Sorkin, owner of Smoque, Chicago. One of the missions of the Illinois Barbecue Alliance is to use its “common passion and collective resources and skills to provide aid, relief and support wherever it is needed most.”