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Partnering for sustainability & wellness change

By connecting with our community partners, Advocate is able to make positive impacts toward sustainability, wellness, and community health far beyond our primary sites of care.

Local & sustainable food initiatives

Woman volunteering at a sustainable community garden.
  • Smart Farm at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital: A volunteer-run, local nonprofit organization whose mission is to cultivate a healthy, eco-friendly community through education, sustainable gardening practices and donations of fresh vegetables to local food pantries.
  • Natural Prairie and Community Garden at Advocate Sherman Hospital: A 54-bed community garden created in partnership with the University of Illinois Extension and available for employees and community members to grow their own vegetables and learn sustainable gardening practices from master gardeners.  

 

Advocate in action

Group of Advocate employees in action

Demonstrating community support and personal health through participation and sponsorship of local walks to raise awareness and funds for research in heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's and other diseases.

  • Head for the Cure 5K (Head for the Cure Foundation)
  • Heart Walk (American Heart Association)
  • Making Strides Against Breast Cancer (American Cancer Society)
  • March for Babies (March of Dimes)
  • Walk to End Alzheimer's (Alzheimer's Association)
  • Walk & Roll (American Cancer Society)

Inspired to run

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Inspired to Run is a running group dedicated to a healthy lifestyle and to helping others by raising funds for Advocate hospitals and programs.

  • Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle
  • Advocate Dreyer Fox Valley Marathon, Half Marathon and Fall Final 20
  • Bank of America Chicago Marathon

Project C.U.R.E. partnership

Project C.U.R.E.

Advocate is an official donation partner of Project C.U.R.E., the world’s leading medical supply redistribution organization benefiting resource-limited areas across the globe. Surplus medical supplies and decommissioned equipment are donated to Project C.U.R.E., and many Advocate team members also volunteer time at its warehouse, sorting and packing supplies for distribution overseas.