Campaigns & Programs

February Campaign - Love Yourself

With the pandemic still in full swing after nearly a year of isolation, CCI saw an opportunity to remind the community to love themselves. Throughout the month of February, CCI shared messages and images to encourage individuals to extend the kindness, compassion, and love that they show others to themselves by taking care of their physical and mental health, and celebrating all that makes them unique. These stressful and unusual times can make it hard to remember that you have to put your oxygen mask on first before helping others. CCI says, “don’t forget about number one.”

Condom week

Valentine’s Day presented an opportunity for CCI to focus some time on Family Planning projects while ushering in Condom Week with educational information about condoms. Through a Condom Week video campaign, patients were reminded that condoms are an effective method for preventing pregnancies and some sexually transmitted infections. The videos highlighted how to appropriately use condoms and internal condoms, as well as why they are helpful. Http://bit.ly/ccicondomweek

Act Out

Chef Anthony Shows Children How to Make a Healthy Meal

Chef and healthy lifestyle advocate, Anthony Thomas, joined kids from CCI’s nutrition program for a healthy cooking demonstration. Chef Anthony published The Little Vegan Chef, a vegan cookbook for children, last year. During the cooking demonstration, the chef showed CCI’s littlest patients how to make healthy, vegan jackfruit tacos.

Thank you, Glenstone!

Glenstone Museum, a contemporary art museum in Potomac, Maryland, reached out to CCI early this year to offer lunch to all of CCI’s medical, dental and WIC sites. Although the museum had been temporarily closed, their talented staff wanted to continue serving the community. They selected multiple community organizations in the region, including CCI, to hand deliver meals to their staff. CCI staff were grateful to have a healthy meal!