Put Dinner on the Table at Bethel Family Programs

Eliminate city obesity! Teach our urban kids to cook and eat nutritiously!

Eliminate city obesity! Teach our urban kids to cook and eat nutritiously!

Many, many groups and individuals have contributed to making our old equipment room off the gym into a shining new kitchen.

Once completed, this kitchen will house cooking classes for children and parents, as well as nutritious dinner and snack items for our Open Gym youth. We will eliminate their usual gym dinner of hot chips or juice from the corner store!

Though much has already been raised or granted to the $10,000 project, we need an additional $1,300 to make the kitchen subfloor fully safe for use.

1. Approximately 21% of African-American children ages 6-18 are overweight.

2. Roughly 80% of African-American women are overweight or obese.

3. The Puerto Rican community in Humboldt Park has the highest incidence of diabetes among Puerto Ricans in the US or Puerto Rico.

4. We need to immerse our kids and families in nutritious food!