The Impact of Our Work

Through participation in Nurture programs, families can break the vicious cycle that keeps them in the resource-limited category:

Nurture Program Results:

2013 Spring Rainbow Day at Hemingway Elementary School – Ketchum, ID

2013 February Family Program – Family Service – Nuestro Center, Highwood, IL

2012 Nov-Dec Family Program – Lake County Health Department & Community Health Center – North Shore Health Center, Highland Park, IL

2012 Fall Taste of Healthy Cooking (Slow Cooker) Class with The Hunger Coalition (Wood River Valley, Idaho)

2012 August Family Program – A Just Harvest, Rogers Park, IL

2012 July/August Slow Cooker Family Program – Lake County Health Department & Community Health Center – North Shore Health Center, Highland Park, IL

2012 Jewish Council on Youth Services Champ Camp, Highland Park, IL

2012 May Family Program – A Just Harvest, Rogers Park, IL

2012 May Grow Your Own Food Education – Lake County Health Department & Community Health Center – North Shore Health Center, Highland Park, IL

2011 – 2012 Nurture Your School Elementary Program – Avoca West, Glenview, IL

2011 – 2012 Nurture Your School Elementary Program – Community School of Sun Valley, ID

2011 – 2012 Nurture Your School Elementary Program – Edison, Morton Grove, IL

2011 – 2012 Nurture Your School Elementary Program – Oak Terrace Elementary, Highwood, IL

2012 April/May Slow Cooker Family Program – Oak Terrace Elementary, Highwood, IL

2012 Spring Middle School Enrichment Program -Community School of Sun Valley, Idaho

2012 March/April Slow Cooker Family Program – Family Service, Highwood, IL

2012 February Family Program – A Just Harvest, Rogers Park, IL

2012 Winter/Spring After School Program – Family Focus, Evanston, IL

2011 November Slow Cooker Workshop – The Hunger Coalition

2011 November Family Program – A Just Harvest

2011 October Reunion Family Program – JCYS Champ Camp

2011 September Family Program-Northfield Township Food Pantry (Sponsored by Glenview Farmers’ Market. Hosted at Wagner’s Farm)

2011 August-September Harvest Recipe Slow Cooker Family Program-Lake County Health Department & Community Health Center-North Shore Health Center

2011 July-August Summer Camp–Family Focus

2011 July Family Program-Northfield Township Food Pantry (Sponsored by Glenview Farmers’ Market. Hosted at Wagner’s Farm)

2011 June-July Slow Cooker Series-North Shore Health Center

2011 Parent Education Session-JCYS Champ Camp

2011 Grow Your Own Food Education Session – Moraine Township Pantry Garden (at North Shore Health Center in Highland Park)

2011 Spring Nurture Your School-Thomas Edison

2010-2011 Nurture Your School-Oak Terrace Elementary

2010 Rice Cooker Series-Northfield Township Food Pantry (at St. Philip in Glenview)

2010 Fall Rice Cooker Series-New Trier Township/Family Network

2010 Fall Rice Cooker Series-Family Focus of Evanston

2010 Summer Grow Your Own Food Program –St. Philip in Glenview/ Northfield Township Food Pantry

(Click here to see Harvest Recipes developed especially for the Grow Your Own Food Program)

2010 Spring Middle School Program- Chippewa (Des Plaines)

2010 Spring Rice Cooker Program- Northfield Township Food Pantry (Adults)

2010 Winter/Spring Rice Cooker/Slow Cooker Program with Family Network

2010 Winter/Spring Prenatal Program with Family Network

2010 Oak Terrace Elementary School Fruit and Veggie Program

Winter 2010 Slow Cooker Initiative- Winnetka Presbyterian Church (Families)

Fall 2009 Teen Mother Program- Family Focus (Teens)

Fall 2009 Family Program- Northfield Township Food Pantry  (Adults)

Fall 2009 Family Program- Northfield Township Food Pantry  (Kids)

Holiday 2009 Parent Education Program- Infant Welfare Society of Evanston (Adults)

Spring 2009 Family Program- Northfield Township Food Pantry  (Adults)

Spring 2009 Family Program- Northfield Township Food Pantry  (Kids)