Watch Us Grow, presented by Illinois Farm Families

about the partnership

Illinois Farm Families and the Wolves are partnering to highlight home-grown hockey players and offering a jersey giveaway. At select games throughout the season, fans will get a chance to win a custom jersey by participating in an in-arena trivia contest, focused on local players and Illinois Farm Families trivia questions. Winners will also be chosen through an online contest. Enter to win below!

Did you know that there have been 39 Illinois-born players who have played for the Wolves?

Chris Chelios, a Hockey Hall of Famer and Illinois native, played with the Wolves during the 2009-10 season.

David Gust, an Orland Park, Illinois native, had five goals and seven assists during the Wolves’ run to the 2022 Calder Cup championship.

Illinois food families: growing your food with care

We are Illinois Farm Families and we want you to know more about your food and the people who grow and raise it. In Illinois, 96% of farms are family-owned and operated, not run by faceless corporations. Families just like yours are putting sustainably grown, safe, and healthy food on all our tables.

There are nearly 70,000 family farms in Illinois, growing versatile crops like corn, soybeans, and wheat, plus important proteins and nutrient sources like pork, beef, and dairy, and even specialty crops like pumpkins, peaches, and horseradish. What we grow and how we grow it looks different from farm to farm, but what’s true for nearly all of us, is that we’re doing this for our families. That creates an inherently strong desire to do it in a way that our families – and yours – can be proud of.

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