2012 Update, New Funding Focus and Staff
After a successful four year cycle on Healthy Children, we are transitioning into funding the new 2012 focus on Promoting Resilience in Children Experiencing or exposed to Trauma. Click here for more information.
We are excited to share more exciting growth within the organization. The foundation is pleased to welcome Dr. Kathy W. Dames as director of development. “Kathy brings a diverse background and extensive knowledge of fundraising for non-profits and program development to the foundation. Her efforts will play an important role in growing our giving program so that we gain the capacity to fund the work of more organizations,” shares Executive Director, Iris Krieg. “The foundation works to truly impact communities with lasting solutions that can change a child’s life.” I am delighted to be a part of such an extraordinary mission,” adds Dames. Click here to read more.
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Agency note: the Bright Promises Foundation works by RFP to select grant-recipient agencies from a pool of invited applicants. It does not select unsolicited proposals.
According to Voices for Illinois Children, nearly half the children in Illinois are either obese or at risk for becoming obese. The rate of obesity is greater for children from low-income families and African American and Latino children are at greater risk than other groups. Recent studies have shown that obesity in children has doubled over the past three decades.
The Surgeon General has warned that without change, the rates of preventable disease and death caused by obesity could soon overtake those caused by cigarette smoking. It has been predicted that today’s children will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents because of poor lifestyle habits, marking the first decline in life expectancy in the modern era.
