Advocates For Community Wellness takes a wholistic approach to wellness. This is why we have created our Culture of WELLTH Initiative. Wellness is more than simply being in good physical and emotional health. Our educational programs strive to incorporate all 8 aspects of wellness: physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, occupational, financial, and environmental.
Healthy Families Equal Healthy Communities Wellness Initiative
Healthy Families Equal Healthy Communities Wellness Initiative
Education is key, and this is why we have created our Healthy Families Equal Healthy Communities Wellness Initiative. The Wellness Initiative objective is two-fold: 1) provide health education and resources to improve health and wellbeing and 2) help families in underserved communities achieve the opportunity to be as healthy as possible with health education. This annual initiative offers a series of hands-on cooking classes, monthly wellness workshops and other outreach community programs.
Our Programs & Services
Absol-delicious | Eat Well for Better Health (A Lifestyle Nutrition Program)
The Absol-delicious Eat Well for Better Health program offers free, hands-on or virtual cooking classes that teach families to prepare low-cost, nutritious, plant-based meals. Led by a nutrition educator and culinary instructor, classes are fun, interactive, and focus on building healthy eating habits, cooking skills, and nutrition knowledge
Cancer disparities are significant in Chicago’s African American communities, with Black women facing the highest breast cancer death rates and shortest survival times in the U.S. This new free program aims to support African American women diagnosed with any form of cancer support services focused on physical, nutritional, and emotional well-being during and after treatment.
​​Along the Journey: Cancer Survivorship Support Program
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Mental Health & Wellness Program
The Well-Woman Wellness Promotion Program supports women in underserved communities by improving health literacy and access to care. Through partnerships, it offers free in-person or virtual workshops on disease prevention, chronic conditions, nutrition, mental health, and recommended screenings, along with healthcare navigation.
Well-Woman Wellness Promotion Program
We seek to destigmatize mental health by increasing health literacy and helping individuals in minority communities understand that mental health is an essential part of well-being. These workshops help to connect community members and their families with mental health resource education in the local community to improve wellbeing.
Cancer affects everyone differently, with underserved communities in the U.S. facing a greater burden. These free community-based workshops focused on breast, lung, colorectal, prostate, and cervical cancers, covering risk factors, early signs, lifestyle modification for risk reduction. It also provides support resources for those diagnosed and referrals for free or low-cost screenings.
They All Matter: Cancer Awareness Workshops
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Financial Wellness Workshops
These workshops provide education to increase financial literacy to help community members and their families understand the basics of good money management, how to budget, how to save and how to spend money wisely.
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