by COFI Admin | Aug 30, 2016 | City of Chicago, Health, Food, and Recess
The heat of summer did not stop COFI Food Ambassadors from getting the word out about the Free Summer Meals program through a partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Across three Chicago communities: Chicago Lawn, Woodlawn and Belmont Cragin, the...
by COFI Admin | Aug 12, 2015 | Health, Food, and Recess, In the Media
The CDC’s Division of Community Health published a short report on the success of POWER-PAC’s Recess for All! Campaign. The document highlights parents’ efforts to work together to bring recess to 236,450 Chicago Public School students. As the CDC points...
by COFI Admin | Jul 22, 2015 | Health, Food, and Recess, In the Media
In partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the Illinois No Kid Hungry Campaign, POWER-PAC leaders and COFI launched the 4th year of the Food Ambassador Project. Food Ambassadors work during the summer months to spread the word to families about free...
by COFI Admin | Jun 15, 2015 | Health, Food, and Recess
For the 4th consecutive year, POWER-PAC and COFI have partnered with the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the Illinois No Kid Hungry Campaign to run the Food Ambassador outreach project. Parent leaders go door-to-door throughout Chicagoland to spread the word about...
by COFI Admin | Mar 1, 2015 | Health, Food, and Recess
Heather Bunker, Co-Chair of POWER-PAC’s Recess, Food and Health Committee, and COFI organizer Patricia Islas joined advocates from the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the Illinois No Kid Hungry Campaign for a 3-day National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference. They met...
by COFI Admin | Aug 1, 2013 | Health, Food, and Recess
Everyday in Chicago, one out of four children wake up not knowing if they will have enough food to eat. For the second year in a row, COFI and POWER-PAC have teamed up with the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the No Kid Hungry Campaign to go door-to-door in three...
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