Healthy Child Healthy World November 7, 2007

Reinforcing the belief that healthful living must begin at home, Dior Builders and Terrell Goeke, Inc. proudly partner for an evening benefiting Healthy Child Healthy World (HCHW) on Wednesday, November 7. This eco-friendly affair will be held in the Terrell Goeke showroom, suite 105, in LuxeHome at the Merchandise Mart and will include gourmet healthy hors d’oeuvres, exciting raffle prizes and a fabulous silent auction. Highlights include special guest, renowned environmentally responsible architect and interior designer, Peter Pfeiffer, of Barley & Pfeiffer Architects. Pfeiffer has spent the better part of the past 20 years developing pragmatic methods to “mainstream” Green building. Additionally, this event will outline Healthy Child’s educational efforts, entitled “The 5 Easy Steps,” which emphasize the simple, positive solutions to create a healthier lifestyle for families and children. Tickets are $50 and all proceeds benefit HCHW.

As a national, non-profit 501(c) 3 leader for nearly two decades, Healthy Child Healthy World has become the nation’s leading organization of its kind, and helps millions of parents, educators, health professionals, and the general public, take action to create healthy environments and embrace green, non-toxic steps. The HCHW mission is simple: To educate the public about how to reduce and eliminate environmental toxins in their environments. Founded by Nancy and Jim Chuda in 1991 after their daughter Colette died from Wilm's tumor — a rare form of non-hereditary cancer, Healthy Child has since become a resource for millions of people worldwide. HCHW exists because over 125 million of America’s children now face a historically unprecedented rise in chronic disease and illness such as cancer, autism, asthma, birth defects, ADD / ADHD, and learning and developmental disabilities. Credible scientific evidence increasingly points to environmental hazards (more than 85,000 chemicals for use in cleaners, pesticides, plastics, personal care and industrial products) and household chemicals as causing and contributing to many of these diseases.