About 60 Bears employees—including a handful of former players—spent last Friday morning helping to renovate a domestic violence shelter in Waukegan.
During the volunteer visit to "A Safe Place," the group led by Bears chairman George H. McCaskey painted walls, ripped up carpeting, installed a fence and demolished a kitchen. In addition, the Bears are making a $75,000 donation to the shelter to help with the project.
"We had an amazing day where a Halas Hall team of staff as well as [from] Soldier Field came in two huge buses to help us remodel our second floor where we have 10 bedrooms," said Pat Davenport, executive director of "A Safe Place.