Partners and Sponsors

• Children’s Aid Society: For more than 150 years, Children’s Aid Society has worked to fill the gaps between what children have and what they need to thrive. From birth through young adulthood, the Children’s Aid Society addresses all aspects of a child’s development by providing comprehensive support for children in need and their families.

• The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore: The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) is one of the most technologically advanced hospitals for children in the world. CHAM’s unique integration of architecture, technology, education and inspiration is designed to engage children in a voyage of discovery and learning that can last a lifetime.

• FamilyCook Productions: Aims to bring families together around delicious, fresh food while positively impacting their health and well-being. To realize their mission, FamilyCook Productions offers schools, community-based groups, and other organizations field-tested, evidence-based curricula for K-12 that teach nutrition through cooking. In partnership with HealthCorps, their “Teen Iron Chef” program is now in 50 new schools in 11 states.

• NYC Food and Fitness Partnership: By facilitating equitable access to healthy, quality, affordable foods and opportunities for active living, NYC Food and Fitness Partnership aims to engage neighborhoods and communities of the highest need in making the healthy choice the easy choice.

• Strategic Alliance for Health: The Strategic Alliance for Health (SAfH) is designed to leverage the initiatives of its partners, elected officials and agencies and community organizations  in a joint effort to improve the environments, systems, and policies that influence nutrition, health and fitness within schools and the broader community. Best practices are documented and then disseminated to other NYC neighborhoods burdened by persistent health inequities and seeking policy intervention.

Sponsors:

• California Walnuts: The California Walnut Board was established in 1948 to represent the walnut growers and handlers of California. The Board is funded by mandatory assessments of the handlers. The CWB is governed by a Federal Walnut Marketing Order. The Board promotes usage of walnuts in the United States through publicity and educational programs. The Board also provides funding for walnut production and post-harvest research.

• Chipotle: Chipotle centers their business, food and conduct around a single philosophy: “Food With Integrity.” As much as possible, they strive to attain seasonal, family-farmed, sustainable, nutritious, naturally raised, added hormone free, organic and artisanal ingredients. For Chipotle, Food With Integrity means working back along the food chain, returning to where the vegetables are grown, how the pigs are raised and learning how such factors affect flavor and sustainability.

• Chiquita: When someone mentions Chiquita, you probably think just of bananas, but there’s much more to Chiquita! The company also distributes and markets value-added produce including natural fruit ingredients, healthy snacks and nutritious blends of convenient green salads. The company’s products and services are designed to win the hearts and smiles of the world’s consumers by helping them enjoy healthy fresh foods.