Healthy West Chicago Advisory Board

Healthy West Chicago is directed by an Advisory Board made up of individuals and institutions invested in improving nutrition and physical fitness for people who live and/or work in West Chicago. This team meets monthly and includes representatives from the following organizations:

  • People Made Visible

  • Mexican Cultural Center

  • American Heart Association

  • West Chicago Community High School District 94

  • West Chicago Public Library District

  • Western DuPage Chamber of Commerce

  • Community Member at Large

  • Northwestern Medicine

  • City of West Chicago

  • Educare of Western DuPage

  • WeGo Together for Kids

  • West Chicago Elementary School District 33

  • DuPage County Health Department

  • West Chicago Park District

Task Force

The Healthy West Chicago Task Force is focused on achieving healthy community goals and ensuring a high quality of life for all community residents and stakeholders. The mission of the Task Force is to serve as an implementation team on the ground in the West Chicago community advancing the Healthy West Chicago Action Plan. Goals include supporting policies, systemic changes, providing educational programs and messaging that encourage a healthy community.

  • Active Transportation Alliance

  • American Cancer Society

  • American Heart Association

  • Aramark Food Service (Dist. 33 contractor)

  • Benedictine University

  • Benjamin School District 25

  • Bluestem Communications

  • City of West Chicago

  • Community Churches

  • Community Residents

  • District 33-West Chicago Elementary Schools

  • District 94-West Chicago Community High School

  • DuPage Health Coalition

  • DuPage County Health Department/FORWARD

  • DuPage County Forest Preserve District

  • Educare of Western DuPage

  • First United Methodist Church (Green Disciples)

  • Glen Arbor Church

  • Metropolitan Mayors Caucus

  • Mexican Cultural Center DuPage

  • Northern Illinois Food Bank

  • Northwestern Medicine

  • People Made Visible. Inc

  • People’s Resource Center

  • Puente del Pueblo

  • Quest, Food Service (Dist. 94 contractor)

  • Real Life Church

  • SCARCE

  • The Conservation Foundation

  • The GardenWorks Project

  • The Kitchen Table

  • United Way of Metropolitan Chicago

  • University of Illinois Extension

  • Wayne Township/WAYS

  • WeGo Together for Kids

  • West Chicago City Museum

  • West Chicago Park District

  • West Chicago Public Library District

  • Western DuPage Chamber of Commerce

  • Western DuPage Special Recreation Association

  • Wheaton Academy

  • Wheaton Bible Church

  • Winfield Township

  • Zellmer Childhood Disease Foundation