How Kohl's is Helping Us Save Lives
The American Cancer Society has been one of Kohl’s “Hometown Partners” since 2010. Kohl’s has committed more than $15 million dollars to fund the fight against cancer in southeast Wisconsin. The first five years of the partnership focused on women’s breast health initiatives. In 2015, ACS and Kohl's partnered to create the Kohl's Healthy Families program, which removes barriers to cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer for communities bearing a disproportionate cancer burden in southeastern Wisconsin.
Kohl's Healthy Families programming currently includes:
- Healthy Eating & Active Living Grants build partnerships with organizations to provide education about the connection between healthy eating and active living to prevent cancer or cancer recurrence. Programming offers cooking demonstrations, nutrition education, and opportunities to be physically active within the community. A learning collaborative provides grantees technical support and networking opportunities while fostering the sharing of best practices. Community listening sessions engage grantee target communities and solicit feedback.
- Educational Materials:
- The Healthy Families Guidebook contains practical tips and tools to support healthy eating and active living to reduce cancer risk. American Cancer Society screening guidelines are included. Information is presented in an easy-to-understand format with recipes, exercise ideas, and stress management tips for the entire family.
English Kohl’s Healthy Families Guidebook
Spanish Kohl’s Healthy Families Guidebook
- The Heal After Cancer for Cancer Survivors Booklet provides healthy eating and active living suggestions to support cancer survivorship.
Kohl’s Heal after Cancer Guidebook
- The Healthy Families Guidebook contains practical tips and tools to support healthy eating and active living to reduce cancer risk. American Cancer Society screening guidelines are included. Information is presented in an easy-to-understand format with recipes, exercise ideas, and stress management tips for the entire family.
- Community Engagement opportunities provide information and resources about lowering cancer risk, finding cancer early, and supporting survivors and caregivers.
- A Food Insecurity Forum convenes community partners to build capacity in addressing food insecurity in neighborhoods identified as food deserts.
- A pilot project supports two cancer centers in identifying and implementing solutions to Address Food Insecurity Among Cancer Patients.
- A Cancer Screening Learning Collaborative virtually convenes health systems and supports efforts to improve cancer screening rates. Provider education sessions examine ways to reduce barriers, utilize culturally tailored materials and messaging, and support the implementation of evidence-based interventions while sharing best practices.
- Community health workers provide a critical link to vulnerable communities by connecting residents to needed health resources. Educational opportunities and resources focused on cancer prevention, screening, and after-diagnosis support Community Health Worker Development.
- Kohl’s Sponsorship of three select Relay for Life Events in Southeastern Wisconsin (Hartford-Slinger, Racine, Union Grove) and the Milwaukee Making Strides Against Breast Cancer engages communities in the fight against cancer.
To learn more about the partnership, please contact us.
Kohl’s is proud to continue our partnership with the American Cancer Society to ensure that Milwaukee-area families have access to information and resources. We hope to make a positive difference in the lives of Wisconsin families by encouraging healthy habits through the Kohl’s Healthy Families program.
