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A Mother’s Day Extravaganza

by ALEX ROGALS May 12, 2021May 12, 2021

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Volunteers hand out gifts to community members on Saturday, May 8, 2021, during a Mother’s Day Extravaganza on Chicago Avenue in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. (Alex Rogals/Staff Photographer)
Keith Duckworth hands out toys on May 8, during a Mother’s Day Extravaganza in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. (Alex Rogals/Staff Photographer)
Attendees look through different outdoor plants and trees on May 8, during a Mother’s Day Extravaganza in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. (Alex Rogals/Staff Photographer)
Earline Vell, left, and Mariel Harris, both from the Austin neighborhood, help hand out items to attendees on May 8, during a Mother’s Day Extravaganza in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. (Alex Rogals/Staff Photographer)
Attendees line up to recieve different gifts and household items on May 8, during a Mother’s Day Extravaganza in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. (Alex Rogals/Staff Photographer)
Al Scott cooks up burgers, chicken and hot dogs for attendees on May 8, during a Mother’s Day Extravaganza on Chicago Avenue in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. (Alex Rogals/Staff Photographer)
A Walgreens truck is seen parked where attendees could recieve the 1-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine on May 8, during a Mother’s Day Extravaganza in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. (Alex Rogals/Staff Photographer)
Attendees fill out the paperwork to receive the vaccine on May 8, during a Mother’s Day Extravaganza on Chicago Avenue in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. (Alex Rogals/Staff Photographer)

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