Join Rocio Velis a bilingual environmental education for this amazing class where she will teach you how to grow microgreens at home. 

Microgreens are one of the nutrient dense foods that will help you to add more nutrients to your daily meals and also, they are fun to grow during the winter months where it's not possible to garden as much anymore.

Únete a Roció Velis, educadora bilingüe del medio ambiente, en una clase en donde aprenderás a crecer germinados.  Los germinados son alimentos de alto contenido nutricional y además son muy divertidos de crecer durante los meses de invierno, cuando ya no se pueden realizar muchas actividades de jardinería. 

West Chicago Fit4Fall 5K

5K Run/Walk and 1 Mile Youth Run

Saturday, September 20, 2025

5K: 8:00 AM

1 Mile: 9:00 AM

Reed-Keppler Park & Illinois Prairie Path

REGISTER HERE

Help us welcome Fall at West Chicago’s Fit4Fall 5k!!! The 5K & 1 Mile Youth Race will start and finish at Reed Keppler Park by Zone 250 at 201 West National Street, West Chicago. This is a 5K Certified course on the Prairie Path! We will have a fun post-race event that you won't want to miss!

The race is being organized by Healthy West Chicago and We Go Together for Kids.

Registration & Fee Structure

• 5K Run Adult (18 and older): $30.00

• 5K Run Adult (18 and older) WC Resident: $20

• 5K Run Student (17 and under) $15.00

• 5K Run student (17 and under) WC resident $10

• 1 Mile Youth Run (10 and under) $5.00

5K runners will receive a Fit4Fall 5K medal and Fit4Fall 5K shirt. The first 75 to pick up the registration package will get a goodie ba.

5K runners will receive a snack at the end of the rice, a medal and a t-shirt.

Families running with 4 or more people will receive $5 off the total at check out!

*Must register by August 23rd to be guaranteed your shirt/size*

Age Groups and Award Categories (In-Person Participation):

5K Trophy: One Overall Male and One Overall Female Winner

5K Medals: All participants will receive a medal post-race

All participants in the 1 Mile Fun Run (10 & under) get a Finisher's Ribbon post-race

Race Day Activities

Interactive Map

All proceeds from the race will be used for Healthy West Chicago sustainability and continuation of community programming.

Thank you to our amazing partners & sponsors!

Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Please contact info@healthywestchicago.org if you are interested in learning more.

Wednesday, September 17, 2025.  From 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Join Healthy West Chicago and West Chicago Public Library in a cooking demo class to learn how to make delicious and nutritious Veggie Spring Rolls.  The class will be with Daniela Limon a Register Dietician and it will be bilingual.

The cooking class will be at the West Chicago Public Library.

Únete a Healthy West Chicago y la biblioteca en una demonstration de cómo preparar rollos de vegetales de primavera. Esta clase sera dictada por la nutrióloga y Register Dietician Daniela Limon.  Ven y aprende como preparar un plato que te ayudara a comer vegetales en una forma divertida.

La clase de cocina sera en la biblioteca de West Chicago.

Queremos invitarte a un espacio para relajarte, soltar el estres y conectar conmigo mismo, a traves de la meditacion y sonidos sanadores de cuencos y otros intrumentos.

Araceli te dara unos tips para que puedas empezar tu practica de meditacion. Y Finalizaremos con un baño de sonido que te ayudara a calmar tu sistema nervioso, llevandolo a una relajacion profunda.

Tenemos algunos mats, pero necesitamos que traigas si tienes un mat de yoga, una cobija y una almohada para la relajación que tendremos al final de la clase.