Healthy eating highlights "Food Day" at Sherman Hospital
Elgin, Ill. - Healthy, affordable and sustainable food will be the focus of the annual "Food Day" celebration at Advocate Sherman Hospital on Oct. 23.
The event will include a farmers market with vendors made possible through a partnership with the Downtown Neighborhood Association of Elgin's Harvest Market. It also coincides with national Food Day, which aims to inspire people to change their diets and eat healthy, as well as push local, state and national entities to improve food policies.
Vendors taking part in the event include Breadsmith of St. Charles; Let's Spice It Up of Carpentersville; Windy Acres Crafts of Elgin; Troggs Hollow Farm of Poplar Grove; Sitka Salmon Shares of Galesburg; D&A Bee Yard of Carol Stream; and Bema & Pa's Products of Hoffman Estates.
Licensed dieticians will also be available to answer questions and provide healthy food recipes and samples. At the Sherman Café, chefs will cook items from the official Food Day cookbook and share the recipes.
Live music will be provided by members of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, master gardeners will share gardening tips, and Food for Greater Elgin will discuss how residents can support the food pantry.
Participants will have the opportunity to win a gift card to Sherman Hospital's Tree House Gift Shop by participating in the recipe scavenger hunt.
"Food Day" will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the lower level of the hospital, located at 1425 N. Randall Road in Elgin.
The event is free and open to the public.
About Advocate Sherman Hospital
Named the fifth most beautiful hospital in the U.S. by Soliant Health and built in 2009, the 255-bed Advocate Sherman Hospital features all private patient rooms, a 15-acre geothermal lake to heat and cool the facility, an advanced Emergency Department with a level II trauma center, a spacious Family Birthing Center and Special Care Nursery, a Heart & Vascular Center, a Cancer Care Center and a bright, open design to contribute to the healing process. Advocate Sherman is a certified Primary Stroke Center, Breast Center and Chest Pain Center, and also received a 2011 Silver Award from Illinois Performance Excellence. In 2012, it achieved Magnet® nursing status - the highest national standard for nursing excellence. Advocate Sherman provides services across the whole continuum of care, including three immediate care/outpatient centers, an imaging center and a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility. Advocate Sherman employs more than 2,200 individuals, has more than 600 dedicated physicians on its medical staff and is part of the Advocate Health Care network. For more information, visit AdvocateHealth.com/Sherman or call (800) 3-Advocate.
About Advocate Health Care
Advocate Health Care, named among the nation's Top 5 largest health systems by Truven Analytics in 2013, is the largest health system in Illinois and one of the largest health care providers in the Midwest. Advocate operates more than 250 sites of care, including 10 acute care hospitals and the state's largest integrated children's network. As a nonprofit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $571 million in charitable care and services to communities across the Chicago area and Central Illinois in 2011.