Cole Kmet raises his arm and acknowledges the cheerswhile serving meals with fellow Bears players Kyle Monangai and defensive end Daniel Hardy, right, at the Salvation Army Chicago Temple Corps Community Center on Dec. 9, 2025, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet, running back Kyle Monangai and defensive end Daniel Hardy served about 130 meals at the Salvation Army Chicago Temple Corps Community Center on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, in Chicago.
Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet, running back Kyle Monangai and defensive end Daniel Hardy serve a holiday luncheon to people at the Salvation Army Chicago Temple Corps Community Center on Dec. 9, 2025, in Chicago. They served about 130 meals to people young and old. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)Chicago Bears running back Kyle Monangai gets his photo taken with Michelle Wilder, center, her daughter Nala Pointer and two grandchildren, Ade Pointer, 8, and Amir Jones, 4, following a holiday meal at the Salvation Army Chicago Temple Corps Community Center on Dec. 9, 2025, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet gets his photo taken with fan Norman Ferguson following a holiday meal at the Salvation Army Chicago Temple Corps Community Center on Dec. 9, 2025, in Chicago. Ferguson gushed about the players and said it took him two weeks to pick out his outfit which included a Bears santa hat and other swag. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)Chicago Bears running back Kyle Monangai chats with Annette Carr following a holiday meal at the Salvation Army Chicago Temple Corps Community Center on Dec. 9, 2025, in Chicago. They served about 130 meals to people young and old. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)Bears running back Kyle Monangai, left, and defensive end Daniel Hardy joke with people as they serve a holiday meal at the Salvation Army Chicago Temple Corps Community Center on Dec. 9, 2025, in Chicago. They served about 130 meals to people young and old. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)Decked out in a leopard-pattern shirt, Linda Nevel, second from the right, makes Chicago Bears running back Kyle Monangai and defensive end Daniel Hardy laugh as they serve up a holiday luncheon to people atat the Salvation Army Chicago Temple Corps Community Center on Dec. 9, 2025, in Chicago. Nevels lives in an ajoining senior building and said, “I don’t know nothing about football or who they are, but I’m glad they came here. It’s wonderfult they took the time come.” On the left is tight end Cole Kmet. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)Chicago Bears running back Kyle Monangai, left, and defensive end Daniel Hardy joke with people as they serve a holiday meal at at the Salvation Army Chicago Temple Corps Community Center on Dec. 9, 2025, in Chicago. They served about 130 meals to people young and old. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)