On June 9th, the Healthy Schools Campaign held our annual benefit, Cooking up Change, at Kendall College’s Riverworks Campus. A sold out gathering of nearly 300 people attended the benefit and enjoyed the savory food prepared by Kendall College’s culinary arts students, the lively cooking demonstration by Rick Bayless and his daughter Lanie, the exciting silent auction, live jazz music, and mingling among new and old friends. We exceeded our financial goals and raised more than $55,000 to support our efforts to promote policies and model programs that allow students and staff to learn and work in a healthy school environment.

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Many thanks to all of our guests, the Benefit Committee and Host Committee Members, our generous Sponsors and Silent Auction donors, President Tullman and Dean Koetke from Kendall College, Lisa Gershenson and Sue Enright and their wonderful catering students, and Rick and Lanie Bayless. We also want to thank our distinguished Cooking up Change Co-chairs: U.S. Senator Richard Durbin, Illinois State Senator Miguel del Valle, and Stephen Saunders, President of the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.