Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Community Initiatives

Healthy Workplace

• MyHealthMatters Kishwaukee Hospital

Healthy Collaborations

• Community Health Network
• CATCH®
• DeKalb County Partnership for a Substance Abuse Free Environment
• Live Healthy DeKalb County

Healthy Mother Baby

• Kishwaukee Hospital Breastfeeding Center
• Baby Friendly® Hospital Designation
• Milk Depot

Healthy Youth

• Leishman Center Kids Can Cook
• Sunbeatables Program
• Thinkfirst Injury Prevention Program at Kishwaukee Hospital
• Kishwaukee Hospital Handwashing Kits

Tobacco Education And Prevention

• Tobacco Cessation Programs at Kishwaukee Hospital and Valley West Hospital
• Tar Wars®
• CATCH My Breath

Healthy Lifestyle

• Leishman Center for Culinary Health
• Kishwaukee Hospital Diabetes Education
• Spanish Language Programming

Healthy Investments

• Community Grants for Greater DeKalb County

Educational Classes

Kishwaukee Hospital has a variety of educational classes offered to the community such as childbirth education, safe sitter essentials, blood pressure clinics and more.