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September 2023 Talking Points: Food and Nutrition Services help schools provide healthy meals
According to the Food Research and Action Center, children and adolescents who eat breakfast (either at school or at home) are significantly less likely to be overweight, while skipping breakfast is associated with a higher risk of obesity.
August 2023 Talking Points: CFI clients get ride on adaptive bikes
On July 11, the Wisconsin Bike Federation visited the CFI campus and worked with clients in the LIFE Services and Brain Health areas about bicycle safety.
July 2023 Talking Points: Summer Meals Program kicks off
For more than 15 years, MCFI, the Hunger Task Force and several other local partners have worked together with the Summer Meals Program.The program aims to provide free meals for families at more than
June 2023 Talking Points: MCFI participant is an inspiration, a survivor
Tristen Campbell is a survivor and an inspiration. In a three-year span, he had three strokes, including one while on the operating table undergoing brain surgery in 2019.Tristen, now 33, was born with
May 2023 Talking Points: Music therapy connects clients in emotional way
MCFI, an affiliate of Centers for Independence, has offered music therapy for more than 20 years, providing multiple clinical benefits for people with physical or developmental disabilities, neurological
April 2023 Talking Points: MCFI participants experience equine-assisted therapy
MCFI, an affiliate of Centers for Independence, and its Brain Health program travel to MKE Urban Stables each week to interact with the different animals housed at the stable. The participants walk with
