DuPage Foundation Supports Community Hunger Symposium
The DuPage Foundation is proud to support a Community Symposium on Child Hunger to be held on April 17, 2015, from 7:30 – 11:00 a.m., at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. The event is also being supported by the Gustafson Family Foundation and Northwestern Medicine and is coordinated by Loaves & Fishes Community Services, who received a $5,000 grant from the Foundation for the event.
Keynote speaker for the symposium will be Dr. John Cook, an expert on food insecurity and its effects on children. He is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine and a Principal Investigator for Children’s HealthWatch. Prior to joining Children’s HealthWatch, Cook was the research director at the Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy at Tufts University of Nutrition Science and Policy.
Joining Cook for an interactive panel discussion will be:
• Dr. Sandy Goldberg, moderator, NBC5 Chicago on-air health and nutrition contributor
• Dr. Theresa Hawley, executive director of the Illinois Governor’s Office on Early Childhood
Development
• Dr. Jennifer McNulty, pediatric emergency medicine physician at Edward Hospital
• Dr. Linda Van Horn, professor in preventative medicine-nutrition at Northwestern Comprehensive Center on Obesity at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine
“Food insecurity is a growing issue for many DuPage children,” said Barb Szczepaniak,
Foundation director of programs. “We’re pleased to be part of this effort to shine a spotlight on the need for all children in our community to have full bellies and access to nutritional food so they can learn, thrive and succeed from infancy.”
The event is free of charge and open to the public but pre-registration is requested. To register, visit loaves-fishes.org and click on “Events—Spotlight on Child Hunger.”
About Loaves & Fishes Community Services
Naperville-based Loaves & Fishes Community Services is committed to ending childhood hunger in our communities through its best-in-class food recovery and client empowerment programs. Together with a team of dedicated community partners and more than 1,500 local volunteers, the organization provided groceries and essential supportive services to more than 19,500 suburban Chicago families last year, including 8,500+ children under the age of 18. For more information, visit loaves-fishes.org.
About the DuPage Foundation
The DuPage Foundation seeks to raise the quality of life throughout DuPage County by fostering philanthropy, connecting donors to area needs and building community partnerships. Based on the American virtues of volunteerism and philanthropy, the Foundation fosters a legacy of support for the people of DuPage County by making grants to not-for-profit organizations working
in the areas of arts and culture, education, environment, health, and human services. Since its
inception, the Foundation has built its endowment to more than $61 million and
awarded more than $21 million in grants to not-for-profit agencies serving the residents of
DuPage County and beyond.
Established in 1986, the DuPage Foundation is a publicly-supported 501(c)(3) organization to
which contributions are tax deductible. It was created to benefit the people of DuPage County and receives contributions and bequests into a permanent endowment from individuals, corporations, organizations and foundations wishing to make lasting contributions to the people of DuPage. The
earnings on these funds are then used, in accordance with donor wishes, for the Foundation’s grantmaking and community leadership activities.
For more information about the Foundation, or to arrange future media opportunities, please contact Joelyn Kott, marketing & communications officer, at (630) 665-5556, extension 19, or joelyn@dupagefoundation.org.