2011: Annual Report | Direct Grants | Matching Grants

2011 Matching Grants

The Sara Lee Foundation's Matching Grants Program is designed to support employees' contributions to a variety of nonprofit organizations. Through the program, which matches their personal donations, Sara Lee employees are encouraged to participate in the allocation of Foundation funds.

Listed below are the organizations we have funded in our fiscal year 2011 in the Matching Grants Program.

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Advocate Charitable Foundation - Park Ridge, IL
Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization - Clinton, NY
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc - Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Green Bay, WI
American Cancer Society, Inc. - Birmingham, AL; Florence, AL; Oakland, CA; Tampa, FL; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Tinley Park, IL; Owensboro, KY; Grand Rapids, MI; Kansas City, MO; Tupelo, MS; Dublin, OH; Green Bay, WI; Waukesha, WI; Wausau, WI
American Diabetes Association, Inc. - Alexandria, VA
American Family Children's Hospital - Madison, WI
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention- New York, NY
American Graduate School of International Management - Glendale, AZ
American Heart Association, Inc. - Fayetteville, AR; Bonita Springs,FL; Marietta, GA; Topeka, KA; Oklahoma City, OK; Dallas, TX; Glen Allen, VA
American Lung Association - Urbandale, IA; Chicago, IL; Springfield, IL
American National Red Cross - Washington, DC; Rome, GA; Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA
American Parkinson's Disease Association - Staten Island, NY
America's Second Harvest of Greater St. Joseph - St. Joseph, MO
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association - Minneapolis, MN
Angelman Syndrome Foundation, Inc. - Aurora, IL
ARC - Salisbury, NC
Ataxia Telangiectasia Children's Project, Inc. - Coconut Creek, FL
Auburn University Foundation - Auburn University, AL
Augustana College Association - Sioux Falls, SD
Autism Speaks, Inc. - Los Angeles, CA
Avera Health Foundation - Sioux Falls, SD
Avery Coonley School - Downers Grove, IL

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Baker University - Baldwin, KS
Bayless Consolidated School District - St. Louis, MO
Benet Academy - Lisle, IL
Berry College, Inc. - Mount Berry, GA
Best Buddies International, Inc. - Miami, FL
Bethel College - North Newton, KS
Better Government Association, Inc. - Chicago, IL
Between Friends - Chicago, IL
Big Brothers and Sisters - Chicago, IL; St. Joseph, MO
Boise Public Schools Education Foundation, Inc. - Boise, ID
Boys & Girls Club - Florence, AL; Carbondale, IL; Chicago, IL
Boys Latin School of Maryland, Inc. - Baltimore, MD
Brigham Young University - Rexburg, ID; Provo, UT
Brighter Beginnings - Oakland, CA
Buena Vista County Hospital Foundation - Storm Lake, IA
Buena Vista University - Storm Lake, IA

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Cabrini-Green Legal Aid Clinic, Inc. - Chicago, IL
Carnegie Institute - Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA
Carter Center, Inc. - Atlanta, GA
CASA Belvedere the Italian Cultural Foundation, Inc. - Staten Island, NY
CASA Kane Co. - Geneva, IL
CASA of Northwest Arkansas, Inc. - Springdale, AR
Casey County Community Ministries - Liberty, KY
Catherine McAuley High School - Brooklyn, NY
Catholic Memorial High School - Waukesha, WI
Center for Coordinating Action for Children's Health - Naperville, IL
Center for Enriched Living - Riverwoods, IL
Center on Halsted - Chicago, IL
Chicago Bar Foundation - Chicago, IL
Chicago Children's Museum - Chicago, IL
Chicago Horticultural Society - Glencoe, IL
Chicago House and Social Service Agency - Chicago, IL
Chicago Theatre Group, Inc. - Chicago, IL
Chicago Zoological Society - Brookfield, IL
Children's Hospital and Health System Foundation, Inc. - Milwaukee, WI
Children's Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati, OH
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation - Philadelphia, PA
Children's Memorial Foundation - Chicago, IL
Children's Miracle Network - Salt Lake City, UT
Children's Tumor Foundation - New York, NY
Chinese Fine Arts Society - Chicago, IL
Cincinnati Association for the Performing Arts - Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati Playhouse In the Park - Cincinnati, OH
Colgate University - Hamilton, NY
College of DuPage Foundation - Lisle, IL
College of the Holy Cross Trustees - Worcester, MA
Community House - Hinsdale, IL
Conley Outreach Community Services - Elburn, IL
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc. - Atlanta, GA
Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services - Chicago, IL
Cor Jesus Academy - St. Louis, MO
Cornell University - Ithaca, NY
Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar - Forest, VA
Creighton University - Omaha, NE
Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America - New York, NY
Culinary Institute of America - Hyde Park, NY
Cure Childhood Cancer, Inc. - Atlanta, GA
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Bethesda, MD; Richmond, VA

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Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH
Davidson Elementary School - Davidson, NC
De Smet Jesuit High School - Creve Coeur, MO
Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust - Cold Spring, KY
District 300 Foundation for Educational Excellence - Carpentersville, IL
Divine Mercy Catholic School - Merritt Island, FL
Down Syndrome Association - Dayton, OH
Duke University - Durham, NC
DuPage Children's Museum - Naperville, IL
Dyer County High School - Newbern, TN

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Eagle Hill Foundation of Massachusetts, Inc. - Hardwick, MA
Earth-Spirit, Inc. - Nevada City, CA
Easter Seals Alabama, Inc. - Muscle Shoals, AL
Eastern Illinois University Foundation - Charleston, IL
Elliot Point Elementary - Fort Walton Beach, FL
Emanuel Lutheran School - New London, WI
Every Family Education Project - Chicago, IL

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Faith, Hope and Charity of Storm Lake Iowa, Inc. - Storm Lake, IA
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Elk Grove, IL
Family Shelter Service, Inc. - Wheaton, IL
Feed the Children, Inc. - Oklahoma City, OK
Feeding America - Chicago, IL
Focus on the Family - Colorado Springs, CO
Fontbonne University - St. Louis, MO
Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc. - Columbia, MD
Free Spirit Media - Chicago, IL
Freestore-Foodbank, Inc. - Cincinnati, OH
Friends of Foster Children - Arcadia, CA
Friends of Glen Ellyn Library - Glen Ellyn, IL
Friends of the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County - Charlotte, NC
Friends of Wisconsin Public Television, Inc. - Madison, WI

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Gifted Resource Council - St. Louis, MO
Girl Scouts - Appleton, WI ; Chicago, IL
God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc. - Lexington, KY
Grand Valley State University - Grand Rapids, MI
Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Inc. - Yorktown Heights, NY

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Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. - Americus, GA; Memphis, TN
Hamilton College - Clinton, NY
Hand to Hand Hunger Project - Culver City, CA
Handi-Crafters, Inc. - Thorndale, PA
Hands of Hope - Barrington, IL
Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs - Appleton, WI
Harley Helping Hands, Inc. - Chicago, IL
Harvard-Westlake School - Los Angeles, CA
Heifer Project International - Little Rock, AR
Help Hospitalized Veterans - Winchester, CA
Highland Park Elementary School - Muscle Shoals, AL
Hill School - Pottstown, PA
Hillside Middle School - Northville, MI
Historical Society of Ogden Dunes Indiana, Inc. - Ogden Dunes, IN
Hope College - Holland, MI
Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region - Charlotte, NC
Hospice of North Ottawa Community, Inc. - Spring Lake, MI
House Development Corporation - Chicago, IL
Hubbard Street Dance Company - Chicago, IL
Humboldt State University Foundation - Arcata, CA
Huntley Elementary - Appleton, WI

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Illinois Wesleyan University - Bloomington, IL
Imani Pearls Community Development Foundation - Chicago, IL
Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impared - Indianapolis, IN
Indiana University Foundation - Bloomington, IN
Interlochen Center for the Arts - Interlochen, MI
International Rescue Committee, Inc. - New York, NY
International Wolf Center - Minneapolis, MN
Iowa State University Foundation - Ames, IA
Isle of Wight County Education Foundation - Isle of Wight, VA

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John Brown University - Siloam Springs, AR
John G Shedd Aquarium Society - Chicago, IL
Junior Achievement of OKI Partners - Cincinnati, OH
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International - Chicago, IL; St. Louis, MO; Bala Cynwyd, PA; Columbia, SC; Menasha, WI

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Kansas State University Foundation - Manhattan, KS
Keep A Child Alive - Brooklyn, NY
Kenyon College - Gambier, OH
Kidney Trust - Burlingame, CA

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Lakeview Pantry - Chicago, IL
Lam Foundation - Cincinnati, OH
Lance Armstrong Foundation - Albert Lea, MN
Larrabee Safety Education - Clintonville, WI
Lazarus House - St. Charles, IL
Leadership Greater Chicago, Inc. - Chicago, IL
Lehigh University - Bethlehem, PA
Leslie Shankman School Corporation - Chicago, IL
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Inc. - Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; Natick, MA; Pittsfield, MA; St. Louis, MO; White Plains, NY; Cincinnati, OH; Harrisburg, PA; Richmond, VA; Brookfield, WI
Link Unlimited - Chicago, IL
Lions of Illinois Foundation - Sycamore, IL
Literacy Volunteers of America - Naperville, IL
Little Company of Mary Hospital Foundation - Evergreen Park, IL
Living Well Cancer Resource Center - Geneva, IL
Lookingglass Theatre Company - Chicago, IL
Loving Care Hospice, Inc. - London, OH
Loyola Academy - Wilmette, IL
Loyola University of Chicago - Chicago, IL
Lycee Francais De Chicago, Inc. - Chicago, IL
Lyric Opera of Chicago - Chicago, IL

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Make A Wish Foundation - Phoenix, AZ; Appleton, WI
March of Dimes Birth Defects National Foundation - Sioux City, IA; White Plains, NY; St. Joseph, MO; Sioux Falls, SD; Green Bay, WI
Marian High School - Bloomfield, MI
Marianjoy Foundation, Inc. - Wheaton, IL
Marine Mammal Center - Morro Bay, CA
Mars Hill Bible School - Florence, AL
McKendree University - Lebanon, IL
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - New York, NY
Memphis Family Shelter - Memphis, TN
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls - Chicago, IL
Metro Squash - Chicago, IL
Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI
Milwaukee Rescue Mission - Milwaukee, WI
Mississippi State University Foundation, Inc. - Mississippi State, MS
Missouri Western State College - St. Joseph, MO
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, Inc. - Norwalk, CT
Muscular Dystrophy Association - Tucson, AZ; Mooresville, NC; Fort Worth, TX
Mutual Ground, Inc. - Aurora, IL

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National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. - White Plains, NY
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Arlington, VA; Appleton, WI
National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Little Rock, AR; Chicago, IL; Kansas City, MO; St. Louis, MO; Paramus, NJ; New York, NY; Cincinnati, OH; Philadelphia, PA; Hartland, WI
National Museum of Mexican Art - Chicago, IL
National Park Foundation - Washington, DC
National Public Housing Museum - Chicago, IL
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States - Charleston, SC
National Wildlife Federation - Reston, VA
Nature Conservancy - Albert Lea, MN
Nazareth Academy - LaGrange Park, IL
NCO Youth & Family Services - Naperville, IL
Neediest Kids of All- Cincinnati, OH
Nephcure Foundation - Berwyn, PA
Nettelhorst Elementary School - Chicago, IL
Nichols School of Buffalo - Buffalo, NY
North Park Elementary School Association - Chicago, IL
Northern Illinois Food Bank - St. Charles, IL
Northshore University Health System - Evanston, IL
Northwest Arkansas Children's Shelter, Inc. - Bentonville, AR
Northwest Arkansas Food Bank - Bethel Heights, AR
Northwestern Memorial Foundation - Chicago, IL
Northwestern University - Evanston, IL

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Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, Inc. - New York, NY

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Page-Robbins Adult Day Services, Inc. - Collierville, TN
Palmer Home for Children - Columbus, MS
Pathways Center - Glenview, IL
Patrick Henry College - Purcellville, VA
Pediatric Low Grade Astrocytoma Foundation, Inc. - Chappaqua, NY
Peer Services, Inc. - Evanston, IL
Pennsylvania State University - University Park, PA
Peoples Resource Center - Wheaton, IL
Pheasants Forever, Inc. - Ida Grove, IA; Lakeside, IA
PKD Foundation - Kansas City, MO
Planned Parenthood Association - Chicago, IL
Points of Light Foundation - Atlanta, GA
Pony Bird, Inc. - Mapaville, MO
Pregnancy Care Center, Inc. - Cincinnati, OH
Public Action to Deliver Shelter, Inc. - Aurora, IL
Purdue Foundation, Inc. - West Lafayette, IN

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Ravinia Festival Association - Highland Park, IL
Reeths Puffer Education, Inc. - Muskegon, MI
Regents of the University of Michigan - Palatine, IL
Ronald McDonald House Charities - Oak Brook, IL; Memphis, TN
Roosevelt University - Chicago, IL

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Saint Marys College - Notre Dame, IN
San Francisco AIDS Foundation - San Francisco, CA
San Ramon Valley Education Foundation - Danville, CA
Scecina Memorial High School - Indianapolis, IN
Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders - St. Louis, MO
Sejong Cultural Society - Glenview, IL
Shady Side Academy - Pittsburgh, PA
Shoals Crises Center, Inc. - Florence, AL
Shorter College, Inc. - Rome, GA
Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children - Greenville, SC
Smile Train, Inc. - New York, NY
South Mecklenburg High School - Charlotte, NC
South Side Day Nursery - St. Louis, MO
Southern Illinois University Foundation - Carbondale, IL
Southern Methodist University - Dallas, TX
Southside Pregnancy Center, Inc. - Oak Lawn, IL
Special Children's Charities - Chicago, IL
Special Gifts Theatre, Inc. - Northbrook, IL
Special Olympics, Normal, IL; Raleigh, NC
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, Inc. - New York, NY
Spring Road Elementary School - Neenah, WI
St. Ambrose University - Davenport, IA
St. Baldricks Foundation, Inc. - Monrovia, CA
St. Joan of ARC Catholic School - Lisle, IL
St. Joseph's Academy - St. Louis, MO
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Memphis, TN
St. Louis University - St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Zoo Foundation - St. Louis, MO
St. Martha's Hall - St. Louis, MO
St. Mary of Gosytn - Downers Grove, IL
St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance - Phoenix, AZ
St. Mary's High School - St. Louis, MO
St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Little Flower School - Indianapolis, IN
St. Xavier High School - Cincinnati, OH
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resources, Inc. - St. Louis, MO
Supersibs - Palatine, IL
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation - Chicago, IL; Grand Rapids, MI; Cincinnati, OH; Dallas, TX
Susquehanna University - Selinsgrove, PA

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Tariq Khamisa Foundation - San Diego, CA
Temple University - Philadelphia, PA
Texas A & M University - College Station, TX
Thiel College - Greenville, PA
Thunderbird School of Global Management - Glendale, AZ
Trinity International University - Deerfield, IL
Trustees of Union College - Schenectady, NY

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Uhlich Children's Advantage Network - Chicago, IL
Unc Center For Public Television - Research Triangle Park, NC
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR
University of Central Florida Foundation, Inc. - Orlando, FL
University of Chicago - Chicago, IL
University of Illinois Foundation - Champaign, IL
University of Kentucky - Lexington, KY
University Of Memphis Foundation - Memphis, TN
University of Minnesota Foundation - St. Paul, MN
University of Missouri - Rolla, MO
University of Missouri - St. Louis, MO
University of New Hampshire Foundation, Inc. - Durham, NH
University of North Alabama Foundation - Florence, AL
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill, NC
University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame, IN
University Of Richmond - Richmond, VA
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation - Columbia, SC
University of St. Thomas - St. Paul, MN
University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN
University of Texas - El Paso, TX
University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT
University of Washington Foundation - Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, WI; LaCrosse, WI; Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Foundation, Inc. - Oshkosh, WI
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Foundation, Inc. - Stevens Point, WI

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Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN

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Wake Forest University - Winston Salem, NC
Washington and Lee University - Lexington, VA
Wabaunsee Community College Foundation - Sugar Grove, IL
Waukesha Catholic School System - Waukesha, WI
Waukesha Science Technology Engineering and Math Academy, Inc. - Waukesha, WI
Wayne State Foundation - Wayne, NE
WBEZ Alliance, Inc. - Chicago, IL
Wellness Community of Greater St. Louis, Inc. - DesPeres, MO
Wellness House - Hinsdale, IL
West Chester University Foundation - West Chester, PA
Western Michigan University Foundation - Kalamazoo, MI
Whitfield School, Inc. - St. Louis, MO
William Rainey Harper College Educational Foundation - Palatine, IL
Window to the World Communications, Inc. - Chicago, IL
Windward School - Los Angeles, CA
Winter Park Playhouse, Inc. - Winter Park, FL
Wisconsin Public Radio Association, Inc. - Madison, WI
Wolf River Area Healthcare Foundation, Inc. - New London, WI
Women's Health Foundation - Chicago, IL
Worcester County Food Bank, Inc. - Shrewsbury, MA
World Bicycle Relief - Chicago, IL
World Wildlife Fund, Inc. - Washington, DC

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Xavier University - Cincinnati, OH

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YMCA - Charlotte, NC
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, IL
Young Adult Institute, Inc. - New York, NY
YWCA - Chicago, IL; St. Joseph, MO

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Zanmi Sasye-Partners With Sassier, Inc. - Glencoe, IL
Zeigler Library Foundation, Inc. - Royalton, IL

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Community Spotlight

Chicago Sinfonietta

The Chicago Sinfonietta is a mid-sized professional orchestra that serves as a model for inclusiveness and innovation in classical music by fostering talented soloists, composers and musicians of color. Its 2011-2012 concert season features the debut of its new Music Director, Mei-Ann Chen, nine subscription concerts and two non-subscription concerts. The Sara Lee Foundation is sponsoring: Maestro Chen's inaugural concert, the Dia de los Muertos concert, and Concert IV, a tribute to Grace Bumbry's White House Performance for President and Mrs. Kennedy.

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Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana Backpack Program

In the Sara Lee community of Harahan, LA, backpacks are stocked with nutritious, child-friendly, and easy-to-prepare items from each food group that are discretely distributed on Friday's or the last day before school vacation. The Backpack Program ensures that children at chronic risk of hunger have enough to eat at home, so that they arrive at school on Monday mornings ready to learn. According to a recent report by Feeding America, Louisiana has the highest rate in the country of early childhood hunger; this program is one way that Sara Lee partners in our communities to address critical needs.

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Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre's 2011/2012 Owen Theatre Season features the New Stages Series and two world premiere plays by diverse playwrights, including Danai Gurira's The Convert and Cándido Tirado's Fish Men. The Goodman is Chicago's oldest and largest not-for-profit resident theater and is committed to developing new work and cultivating emerging theater artists. The Owen Season will support the work of an outstanding group of female and minority artists, engage and entertain diverse audiences, and foster a celebration of Chicago's rich cultural heritage.

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People's Resource Center

Families who visit People's Resource Center are connected to relevant social services and empowerment programs, all aimed at helping struggling families break the cycle of poverty. Its Food Pantries help low-income DuPage County families make ends meet with: nutrition education and recipes; screening and enrollment in the federal food stamp program; and a monthly grocery cart full of nutritious food– including meat, fresh fruits and vegetables.

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Northern Illinois Food Bank

Northern Illinois Food Bank has seven trucks that pick up frozen meat, produce and baked goods from 121 retail stores, which would otherwise sent to the dumpster. The meat, a valuable source of protein, is evaluated and re-labeled by volunteers before being redistributed in the community through a network of more than 600 partner agencies and food pantries. The Sara Lee Foundation has been a valuable partner in this Food Recovery Program contributing to the recovery of 8.6 million pounds of food in FY11, 43% of which was meat.

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Fresh Food Partnership

The Fresh Food Partnership is a coalition of nonprofit organizations in northwest lower Michigan that serves the Sara Lee community of Traverse City. Working with the emergency food system, it increases access to locally grown, healthy and fresh fruits and vegetables while also supporting local agriculture by purchasing nutritious produce from area farms at fair market prices. Its efforts are supported by a volunteer driven transportation network and the generous contributions of individuals and foundations.

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Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights

Heartland Alliance provides the technical and relational skills refugees need to become self-sufficient. Focusing on refugees who often have college degrees and a formal work history from their home countries, its Professional Skills Development initiative, helps women to re-establish their careers after resettling in the US. Wages for these women with professional skills begin at $15 per hour, a higher rate than basic entry-level, which significantly helps establish a solid path towards self-sufficiency.

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YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

The Y Healthy Kids curriculum helps youth establish lifelong healthy habits, teaches them the benefits of physical activity, and provides important nutrition education. The Sara Lee Foundation sponsors the Healthy Kids Summer program at Kelly Hall in Humboldt Park, an underserved Chicago community where half of the families live below the poverty level. Sara Lee support makes the program available to youth of all backgrounds and helps youth and their families achieve a healthy lifestyle.

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Howard Area Community Center

Howard Area Community Center's SHARP (Seeing Healthy, Active Rogers Park) Kids program hosts a series of participatory cooking classes, in partnership with Share Our Strength's Cooking Matters™. The classes empower families to learn how to prepare healthy foods on a limited budget. Dietitians provide nutrition and physical activity lessons, while Chefs teach cooking skills. Participants eat as a family and go home with a bag of free groceries, allowing them to practice smart cooking at home.

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Lookingglass Theatre Company

Just one week before baseball's opening day, Branch Rickey, General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, calls up Jackie Robinson to break the color-barrier and invite him to play as the Major League's first black ballplayer. J. Nicole Brooks directs Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting at Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre featuring African American personalities including baseball great Jackie Robinson, boxer Joe Louis, entertainer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and actor and activist Paul Robeson.

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Greater Chicago Food Depository

The Greater Chicago Food Depository's Healthy Helpings program brings heat-and-serve meals to older adults in low-income residences, helping them overcome limited budgets and mobility to meet their nutritional needs. Made possible with the major support of the Sara Lee Foundation, the program's balanced meals are prepared with fresh ingredients at the Food Depository and delivered to participating CHA and HUD subsidized apartment buildings. The program currently serves 500 individuals a month and will expand to other agencies that serve older adults.

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Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana's Healthy Living Initiative helps girls lead healthier lives by building their skills and knowledge relating to fitness, nutrition, self-esteem and relationships. Utilizing Girl Scout's century of experience in building girls of courage, confidence and character, in partnership with the Sara Lee Foundation, the Healthy Living Initiative helps girls develop a holistically healthy life that continues into adulthood.

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America's Second Harvest Greater St. Joseph

Second Harvest Community Food Bank in St. Joseph, Missouri strives to end poverty in Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas. The Sara Lee Foundation has partnered with the Food Bank to support Backpack Buddies, its weekend feeding program. The Backpack Buddies program provides a backpack filled with nutritious, child-friendly food for school children and their siblings to take home each weekend of the school year. Without this program, many of these children would go hungry over the weekend. The program serves nearly 2000 children in 13 counties in their region, and it continues to grow.

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Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency

The Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency runs Meals on Wheels, which helps feed seniors in the Sara Lee community of Traverse City as well as the five county area of Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee, and Wexford counties. Sara Lee's support will provide 2,700 meals for seniors and home bound individuals.

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Chicago History Museum

Out in Chicago on exhibit at the Chicago History Museum May 21, 2011 to February 27, 2012 presents diverse stories and perspectives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and explores issues such as language, gender expression, family relationships, politics and culture. It balances private stories with public perspectives to spotlight the inspiring and charged heritage of this diverse Chicago community, whose history truly belongs to us all.

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Inspiration Corporation

The Women's Initiative at Inspiration Kitchens – Garfield Park, helps women facing homelessness and poverty achieve greater self-sufficiency. This program provides 13 weeks of job training in Chicago’s food service industry and hands-on experience through Inspiration Corporation’s social enterprise restaurant. Every year, graduates represent $900,000 in earnings for this impoverished Chicago neighborhood and the restaurant serves 3,500 free meals to working poor families.

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago

The Healthy Habits program provides youth with knowledge, skills and motivation to make healthier food choices and to increase activity levels. The Healthy Habits curriculum reinforces the relationship between behaviors, choices and health. Young people learn how to determine foods' nutritional value; portion size; environmental cues that prompt eating; and how to eat away from home. Lessons are underscored by the 345,600 nutritious meals served by BGCC each year as well as activities that ensure all youth participate in 60 minutes of physical activity each day.

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Robert Crown Centers for Health Education

The Sara Lee Foundation sponsors Robert Crown Centers for Health Education (RCC) in its efforts to prevent childhood obesity. Sara Lee's grant makes it possible for RCC educators to expand its FIT Curriculum to teach healthy dietary choices and promote physical activity among 7th and 8th graders. Program leaders use "Addy," a highly recognizable icon, to help students retain information about positive nutrition choices, and recognize ways they can implement those choices in their everyday lives.

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Harvesters Community Food Network

Harvesters' Project STRENGTH is a nutrition education program for low-income adults. The eight-week curriculum gives participants in-depth knowledge of a healthy diet, including nutrition facts, safe cooking practices, shopping strategies, and how to make healthy meals on a budget. Each class provides hands-on cooking and food preparation experience and sends participants home with a 20-pound bag of groceries to practice their skills. Eighty percent of participants report a positive behavior change during the eight week course.

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Chicago Public Media

Chicago Public Media's Community News Bureaus are located in diverse neighborhoods across the Chicagoland area. Our reporters collaborate with and learn from local residents to produce stories that reveal the breadth and diversity of the people within our region. The Bureaus are located in specific neighborhoods chosen because they are often underrepresented in the mainstream media. This results authentic, high-quality content, which is a trademark of the critical journalism and information we provide.

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Universidad Popular

Universidad Popular provides a variety of programs to neighborhood residents to help transform lives and strengthen community. The Sara Lee Foundation supports the Health Literacy Initiative (HEALIN), which is a bilingual culturally-sensitive program that equips low-income Latino parents and grandparents with the knowledge and tools to maintain healthy weight, blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol. It includes nutrition education and healthy cooking courses as well as physical activity programs such as yoga, aerobics, soccer, and dance.

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Art Institute of Chicago

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) is a cultural icon in India and Bangladesh. A renowned novelist, poet, musician, and philosopher—the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913—Tagore is responsible for shaping the modern Indian identity. To celebrate Tagore's 150th birthday, The Art Institute will host The Last Harvest: The Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore, which is the museum's first major traveling exhibition from India and will be on view January 29 – April 15, 2012.

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