Helping kids make healthier choices by connecting the lessons they learn in their classrooms to the foods they eat on their lunch trays, at home, and in their communities.
Your donation can support a lesson, buy a lunch, or sponsor a year of programing. Or, to magnify your impact, become a Pilot Light Partner by making recurring donations to support our work in classrooms and communities throughout the year.
Become a Pilot Light Partner
Make a One-Time Donation
Educators passionate about food and nutrition will be trained in a cohort for the upcoming year.
We encourage you to apply or nominate others who you think would be a great fit.
Become a certified educator.
Bring Pilot Light to your school. Assist with program delivery. Nominate a passionate teacher.
Enlist your favorite Chicago chef.
Attend an event.
Donate generously.
Our ever-growing team needs champions of food and nutrition, who are willing and able to help us achieve our goals.
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Upcoming EventsGood Food EXPO 15th Anniversary Celebration
UIC Dorin Forum
Piece Pizza to Support Pilot Light
Piece Pizza
March 10, 2019
Pilot Light’s partnership with the University of Chicago continues to grow! With thanks to Advisory Board members Dr. Deb Burnet and Dr. Mike Quinn, we are the proud recipients of a grant from the Institution for Translational Medicine at the University of Chicago. Through the $60,000 grant ($18,250 of which will directly support Pilot […]
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