February 2019 Newsletter
Participants in YC2, the Foundation’s youth philanthropy initiative, have selected teen mental health as their funding focus.
January 2019 Newsletter
Local Foundations Partner to Fund West Suburban Community Health Workers Community Memorial Foundation and Healthy Communities Foundation have jointly invested $535,000 in a pilot program to engage a community health worker network in the Western Suburbs. Community Health Workers, or CHWs, are frontline public health workers with established, trusted relationships within their communities. These relationships […]
Local Foundations Partner to Fund West Suburban Community Health Workers
Community Memorial Foundation and Healthy Communities Foundation have jointly invested $535,000 in a pilot program to engage a community health worker network in the Western Suburbs. Community Health Workers, or CHWs, are frontline public health workers with established, trusted relationships within their communities. These relationships enable the workers to serve as liaisons between community members […]
November 2018 Newsletter
YC2 program offers LT & Naz students the opportunity to become #changemakers The Foundation introduced its Young Community Changemakers program to an audience of nearly 100 community leaders at the La Grange Country Club on October 10th. The program, also known as YC2, is designed to educate and empower local youth to become the next generation of […]
Community Memorial Foundation Launches Youth Philanthropy Program
Community Memorial Foundation introduced its Young Community Changemakers program to an audience of nearly 100 community leaders at a launch event at the La Grange Country Club on October 10, 2018. The Young Community Changemakers program, also known as YC2, is a leadership development program designed to educate and empower local youth to become the […]
Healthy Together | October 2018
Healthy Together is a quarterly publication focusing on a specific community health issue and the responsive initiatives that are making our region stronger, healthier and more equitable. FOOD INSECURITY IN OUR COMMUNITY Recognizing & Responding to the Need for Nutritional Assistance Food insecurity, or “the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods,” is considered to be […]
August 2018 Newsletter
Foundations Partner for Community Health Worker Pilot Community Memorial Foundation and Healthy Communities Foundation are partnering to pilot a Community Health Worker initiative in the Western Suburbs. Nonprofit organizations are invited to submit proposals that incorporate community health workers, or ‘promotoras’, into new or existing programming. The American Public Health Association defines a community health […]
June 2018 Newsletter
Suicide | What to do when you need help NOW The recent high profile deaths of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade drew attention to the fact that suicide is growing at an alarming rate in the United States. In the same week they died, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study which revealed […]
May 2018 Newsletter
Implementation Council Update The Regional Health and Human Services‘ Implementation Council met on May 23rd for a progress report on two of the Agenda’s main priorities: Mental Health and Access to Health and Human Services. The Council is comprised of 16 individuals whose main responsibility is to oversee the implementation of various initiatives developed with the Agenda’s […]
Healthy Together | April 2018
Community Memorial Foundation is proud to launch Healthy Together, a quarterly publication focusing on a specific community initiative that’s making our region stronger, healthier and more equitable. INVESTING IN PEOPLE | BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS (BOE) “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” – Maya Angelou Nonprofit […]