On Saturday, October 2, the Community Development Department with help from the Tommy A. Brown Sports Association and area residents built a new 2,000 s.f. garden at the former Blue Island Rec Center, 141st Street and Francisco. A project of Blue Island’s Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) program, the garden is now ready for planting in spring 2012.

Volunteers from the Urban Forestry Board and Eisenhower HS joined sixth Ward Aldermen Johnson and Frausto preparing the beds and spreading compost. Larry O’Toole of Growing Home and Val Kehoe of Christy Webber Landscapes helped kids plant a winter garden – they were eager to get started… check out the photos!

Thanks to Tommy Brown, his family, and TABSA for hosting a fun afterwork party with great food and tunes – and healthy options! If you would like to sign up for a 2012 plot please call (708) 396-7037 or email the Community Development Department. Thanks also to Doran’s Landscape, Ultra Foods, and El Ranchito.

It’s tea time again! Gather your friends and family for an afternoon full of tea, cookies, and fun at the Blue Island Historical Society. Costumes strongly encouraged! Reservations required.

WHEN
Saturday, October 22, 2011
2:00pm-4:00pm

WHERE
BIHS/Albee House
13018 Maple Avenue
Blue Island, IL

COST
$15 per person

Make reservations by contacting BIHS:
(P) 708-371-8546
(E) events@blueislandhistoricalsociety.com

Blue Island’s Model Communities Coalition hosts 1st Annual, Food Day Healthy Food Drive

From Oct 10-24, we’ll be collecting healthy, non-perishable food items for local food banks.

Food Day is about expanding access to and promoting SAFE & HEALTHY foods, while reducing diet-related disease. So, Please read labels and avoid items with high fructose corn syrup, heavy sugar, and high sodium levels.

• • Canned Fish & Meats (Low Sodium, Low Preservatives)
• • Canned Fruits & Vegetables (Low Sugar & Low sodium)
• • Peanut Butter and other nut butters (Low Sugar)
• • Canned & Boxed Meals (Low Sodium, Low Preservatives)
• • Canned or Dried Beans
• • Whole Grain Pasta & Rice
• • Whole Grain Cereal, Crackers (low sugar)

Food Drop Off Spots

• • City Hall
• • St. Benedicts Church
• • CEDA Head Start
• • Blue Island Public Library
• • Cafe Tenochtitlan
• • Carr Gardens
• • Tommy Brown Sports Association
• • MetroSouth Medical Center
• • Eisenhower High School
• • Beggar’s Pizza (Western Ave Location)

Download the flyer [.pdf]

The Cook County Urban Agriculture Network and its partners are proud to announce the 1st Annual Southland Harvest Festival. We hope you can join us this Sat, October 15, 2011. See details below or download the flyer.

On behalf of the coach Travis Moore and the Eisenhower football program , please join the Cardinals in supporting  Breast Cancer Awareness Month tonight during their varsity contest versus Shepard High School. This is the 2nd season that players will wear pink in recognition of the fight against breast cancer.

Just about everyone knows someone who has been affected by breast cancer. That is why we are proud to join thousands of others committed to fighting this terrible disease.

Throughout October, the Eisenhower football program will celebrate survivors, visit patients at hospitals and turn their stadium pink to show their enduring support. Alongside partners “Race for cure”, they will emphasize the importance of prevention by encouraging all women over the age of 40 to get a yearly mammogram.

Thanks to the passion of our young men, we have the collective strength as a team to connect with millions of people and make a positive difference. Please support the American Cancer Society’s programs to help people stay well, get well, and find a cure. We can fight back against a disease that has taken far too many! – Thank you and GO CARDS….