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		<title>Faith and Public Health Leadership Institute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Faith and Community Health Transformation and the MidAmerica Center for Public Health Practice are partnering to offer a Faith and Public Health Leadership Institute for teams of faith and public health leaders working on HIV/AIDS, Emergency Preparedness, Chronic Disease, and Food Access. Project Goal The Institute for Faith and Public Health Leadership...]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagofaithandhealth.org/archives/3154</link>
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		<title>Axelson Funding Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management at North Park University is requesting applications for its prestigious Alford-Axelson Award for Nonprofit Managerial Excellence. The award comes with a $5,000 unrestricted grant.  The deadline for the initial (short) application is January 31, 2012. This award is given annually to two nonprofit organizations that serve the Chicago region...]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagofaithandhealth.org/archives/3112</link>
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		<title>Rethink Your Drink Campaign Launched</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rethink Your Drink Media Campaign  Cook County Department of Public health launched the &#8220;Rethink Your Drink&#8221; Campaign on January 2nd. &#8220;Rethink your Drink&#8221; is part of a county-wide effort to reduce the consumption of sugar-loaded beverages. Sugar-loaded beverages (i.e., sodas, energy drinks, sports drinks) are the single greatest source of calories in the American diet,...]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagofaithandhealth.org/archives/3075</link>
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		<title>Accessibility Grants Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Retirement Research Foundation is pleased to announce the 2012 Accessible Faith Grant Program to enable houses of worship to make accessibility improvements to their facilities.  The program is available to houses of worship in six metro Chicago counties:  Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, and McHenry.  Since the program began nine years ago, the Foundation...]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagofaithandhealth.org/archives/3070</link>
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		<title>Community Garden Seed Grants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A small number of seed grants for community garden and urban agriculture programs in the greater Chicago State University area are available.  They are supported through a grant from the USDA.  A total of $4,500 is available to support projects.  The maximum per project is $1,000.  They are to support work at South Side projects and...]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagofaithandhealth.org/archives/3056</link>
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		<title>Flu Prevention Resources Available Now!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s flu season and there are many things faith communities can do to help keep people healthy, especially those who are most vulnerable.  Click here for lots of resources and ideas.]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagofaithandhealth.org/archives/2942</link>
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		<title>Refugee and Immigrant Communities Look to the Land to Support Health and Safety Needs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As refugee families in the United States begin to assimilate into mainstream American culture, their eating habits similarly evolve, reflecting a departure from their traditional customs. The result of this shift can be alarming, as obesity rates and other negative health outcomes soar in these particularly vulnerable communities. Health experts have discovered that among immigrant...]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagofaithandhealth.org/archives/2910</link>
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		<title>Feastival a great success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a wonderful day at the Feastival Celebration: Nourishing Healthy Communities with Food and Faith on Monday, October 10, 2011.  Look below for materials, resources and links from the day. Also, a HUGE thank you to our excellent partners in this endeavor, faith presenters, and workshop leaders. In  case you would like to work...]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagofaithandhealth.org/archives/2829</link>
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		<title>A Feastival Celebration: Nourishing Healthy Communities with Food &amp; Faith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You might have heard about our upcoming day-long summit called A Feastival Celebration: Nourishing Healthy Communities with Food &#38; Faith.  We have planned a fantastic, hands-on event focusing on the connection between food and faith &#38; healthy, intentional living at the Brookfield Zoo on October 10th.  The agenda features an interfaith exploration of faith practices...]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagofaithandhealth.org/archives/2813</link>
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		<title>Mental Health Ministries e-Spotlight &#8211; Fall 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most recent e-newsletter of Mental Health Ministries is chock-full of resources for mental illness awareness, recovery, depression, trainings, assessments, prayers, liturgies, conferences, etc.  Check it out at www.mentalhealthministries.net.]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagofaithandhealth.org/archives/2792</link>
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