Archive for January, 2010

Building a Healthier Chicago

Neighborhood Nutrition Centers has joined as a Stakeholder with Building a Healthier Chicago.
Building a Healthier Chicago (BHC) is a collaborative of local and national stakeholders working to strengthen efforts to promote the health of Chicago residents and employees.
Through collaboration BHC promotes and tracks the adoption of selected programs, practices, policies, and supportive environments throughout the [...]

United Way Young Leaders Society

NNCenters participated in the Young Leaders Society of Metro Chicago’s Health & Wellness – Focus on Food Deserts workshop at the K.L.E.O Center in the Washington Park community.
Speakers included:
Pastor Torrey L. Barrett, I
Founder and Executive Director
K.L.E.O. Community Family Life Center
Willie B. Cochran
20th Ward Alderman
Dr. Hsin-Yi Chang
Bariatric Surgeon
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
James M. Galloway, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.C., [...]

Echoing Green

We are pleased to announce that Neighborhood Nutrition Centers has been selected to advance to second round applications for Echoing Green’s fellowship program.  This is a great achievement – in an incredibly competitive field.
Out of 1,100 applicants in the first round, only 350 were chosen to make a second round of bidding. The fellowship would [...]