Welcome to Pilot Light’s Feeding Minds blog! Here, we get to tell the story of Food Education through in-depth stories from our classrooms, partnership spotlights, new program announcements, and opinion pieces from guest authors and the Pilot Light team. Join us in exploring the power of food to connect, excite, and empower us to build a better future together.
February 4, 2015
By PilotLight
4th Grade Changemakers – Arshawn Cooper
Here is the fifth letter and video in our 4th Grade Changemakers series. Fourth grader Arshawn Cooper from Anna R. Langford Community Academy writes to Mayor Emanuel on the need for more grocery stores in his Englewood community.
Read More >>January 22, 2015
By PilotLight
4th Grade Changemakers – Valencia Kells
Here is the third letter and video in our 4th Grade Changemakers series. Valencia Kells writes to Michelle Obama on the need for more grocery stores in her Englewood community so that people do not have to travel so far to visit the better grocery stores. [need Learn More button, link to Iania Beemon post]
Read More >>January 15, 2015
By PilotLight
4th Grade Changemakers – Latwain Buchanan
Here is the second letter and video in our 4th Grade Changemakers series. Latwain Buchanan writes to Mayor Emanuel on the need for more grocery stores in his Englewood community. Learn More
Read More >>January 8, 2015
By PilotLight
4th Grade Changemakers – Iania Beemon
One of our partner schools this year is Anna R. Langford Community Academy in Englewood. Their fourth graders participated our social studies unit, “Healthy Food for All!”, where they learned about the relationship between food and the civil rights movement. We delivered a series of lessons delivered over a two month period. In one particular activity, the students mapped
Read More >>December 18, 2014
By PilotLight
“Happy Holidays!” from Pilot Light, Starring Ms. Ige’s 4th Grade Class from Anna R. Langford Academy!
Read More >>December 10, 2014
By PilotLight
Feed Your Mind: Recap!
We had a great time at Feed Your Mind! We had chefs from across Chicago serving delicious food, live lesson demonstrations on topics like plate tectonics and poetry, and lots of special guests. We raised over $150,000, which will help us grow to reach more students in more schools throughout Chicago. Thank you for supporting Pilot
Read More >>October 24, 2014
By PilotLight
Pilot Light at Food Day: See the Pictures!
We had great time celebrating Food Day with the Gary Comer Youth Center, The Plaza Project, & Growing Healthy People! Using food as inspiration, our kids wrote poems “You Are What You Eat”, and performed them in our live poetry slam. We finished the event with our apple crunch where everyone took a bite out
Read More >>October 1, 2014
By PilotLight
Pilot Light Joins Chicago Food Day!
Pilot Light is proud to partner in the Chicago Food Day effort as an organization working toward a nation where food is healthy, affordable, and sustainably produced. You can see Pilot Light on October 24th at Two North Riverside at 9:30am. Their chefs and founders, Paul Kahan, Jason Hammel, and Justin Large will be doing an
Read More >>September 10, 2014
By PilotLight
Announcing Our 2014–2015 School Partners!
School is back insession and Pilot Light is excited! We are bringing the Pilot Light curriculum to classrooms at six new partner schools throughout Chicago, reaching even more students with our healthy message. Throughout the fall semester, we will provide six one-hour lessons to 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students at our partner schools.
Read More >>September 4, 2014
By PilotLight
Pilot Light Featured on WGN’s Flavor HD
Pilot Light chef Jason Hammel and Alex DeSorbo-Quinn share about the work Pilot Light is doing in Chicago Schools on WGN’s Flavor HD.
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