Healthy Child Healthy World Timeline
2009
September
- Eat Healthy, an online health and nutrition resource, is launched.
April
- Paperback edition of Healthy Child Healthy World, Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home by Executive Director/CEO Christopher Gavigan is released.
February
- WebMD and Healthy Child collaborate to re-launch the HealtheHome program, a virtual tour of toxic home hazards, nationally on WebMD.com
January
- The National Children’s Study launches with Healthy Child as a national supporter.
2008
September
- Healthy Child, the Environmental Working Group, and The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics host a lecture and educational event, “What’s Going On? Toxic Chemicals in Our Toys, Cosmetics, and Bodies”, in Los Angeles, CA.
June
Launch of the Wee Generation Baby Bag, a collaboration with Seventh Generation, Rickshaw Bags, architect William McDonough, and Healthy Child to produce the world’s first entirely sustainable diaper bag.
May
- Healthy Child collaborates with Anna Getty to launch and publicize May as annual Pregnancy Awareness Month.
- Christopher Gavigan’s book, Healthy Child Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home, wins the iParenting Media Award for Excellence in 2008.
April
- The book, Healthy Child Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home, by Christopher Gavigan launches nationally in hardcover.
- Launch of the Healthy Home in Austin, Texas
2007
December
- Healthy Home Party Kit program, an at-home education kit, launches. CHEC Report is re-launched as a monthly newsletter called Healthy Child Times
October
- Debut of “The 5 Steps” Public Service Announcement video.
September
Project 710, a LEED certified green home in Venice, CA, is built. The proceeds from the launch party and home tours benefit Healthy Child Healthy World.
August
- Healthy Child, Breast Cancer Fund, and Environment California co-host a rally and press conference in Douglas Park, Santa Monica Environment California to apply pressure to California legislature to support Toxic Toys Bill – AB 1108, which was signed into law on October 14th, 2007.
July
Healthy Child, Seventh Generation, and InStyle Magazine, with singer Sara Evans, host an Eco–Baby Shower in Nashville, Tennessee for Sheryl Crow and son Wyatt.
May
- Christopher Gavigan recognized in Elle Magazine as a Green Award winner for 2007.
- Recorded introduction for educational DVD funded by Shaklee CEO and Healthy Child Board Member, Roger Barnett.
February
- Educational DVD “Creating Healthy Environments for Children” launches nationally.
2006
September
- Healthy Child is officially rebranded, no longer using the name Children’s Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC), and re-launches website. The rebrand was informed and overseen by Cronan, a firm specializing in brand strategy, identity, and naming.
August
- Dr. Alan Greene joins CHEC’s Advisory Board.
June
- Healthy Child hosts a gala honoring William McDonough, Dr. Philip Landrigan, and Arianna Huffington and presents them the 2006 Environmental Leadership Award in Los Angeles, California.
May
- The Blue Butterfly Campaign launches with spokespeople Amy Brenneman and Laura Dern promoting “The 5 Easy Steps” reaching over 139 million people.
2005
November
- CHEC hosts an educational evening in New York City to spread awareness about children's health and honor Ray Anderson, John Adams, and Maria Rodale for their important roles for improving environmental health.
October
Founders, Nancy and Jim Chuda showcase their Green Home. In collaboration with Los Angeles Magazine, they open it to the public for educational tours.
2004
- CHEC hosts an educational event honoring Dr. Clive Robbins, Whole Foods, and founding board member and celebrity advocate for CHEC, Olivia Newton-John for their service on behalf of environmental health. It takes place in Los Angeles, CA.
2003
October
- Kelly Preston is featured in the CIGNA Power of Caring series in Time, Sports Illustrated and People magazines, reaching over 90 million readers.
September
- Cedars Sinai Medical Center of Los Angeles provides new parents with CHEC's video on preventing exposure to toxins in and around the home, Not Under My Roof! Protecting Your Baby From Toxins At Home.
July
- CHEC's comprehensive and user-friendly guidebook, Household Detective: Protecting Your Children From Toxins At Home, is re-released.
June
- CHEC Board Member Erin Brockovich is featured on 7 million Organic Valley milk cartons that help to educate consumers that "choosing organic is an easy way to protect our children's health."
May
CHEC partners with Earthbound Farm, the nation's largest organic produce company, and five other top organic food and natural product brands to increase membership and encourage consumers to buy organic.
2002
October
- CHEC celebrates its 10th-year anniversary with a benefit concert, One World One Child, in Beverly Hills, CA.
June
CHEC launches the Erin Brockovich Action Kit, 10 easy steps that everyone can take to support children’s environmental health.
May
- CHEC launches the Health-eNews, a free email newsletter sent twice monthly containing news briefs and tips.
February
- Kelly Preston launches CHEC's HealtheHouse, an online portal identifying environmental health hazards, on Good Morning America and The View.
2001
November
- “Not Under My Roof!” is added to The Newborn Channel programming in over 1,000 maternity hospitals.
- First Steps, a monthly email program enabling parents to receive information throughout their baby's first year of life, launches.
May
CHEC releases a 15-minute special-interest video, “Not Under My Roof: Protecting Your Baby from Toxins at Home”, hosted by Olivia Newton-John and Kelly Preston.
2000
December
- Erin Brockovich joins CHEC's Advisory Board.
June
Jubilation Concert 2000, a fundraiser chaired by Vice President Al Gore, is held at the home of Cindra and Alan Ladd, Jr. in Los Angeles, CA.
March
- The Senate approves an amendment written by Senator Boxer on Pesticide Use in Schools, requiring schools to give parents 48-hour notice before spraying any pesticide that contains a known carcinogen or toxin.
1999
November
- Over 60 national government, academic, medical, and community-based organizations sign on to The Guiding Principles of the Partnership for Children's Health and the Environment.
September
- CHEC and the Institute for Children's Environmental Health (ICEH) co-convene the Children's Environmental Health Summit, in New York.
June
- CHEC creates its Science Advisory Committee of 12 nationally recognized health science experts including Dr. Philip Landrigan and Dr. Harvey Karp.
- CHEC adopts a National Environmental Childproofing Campaign, a multi-media outreach to expand the well-known practice of "childproofing" the home to include limiting unnecessary exposures to environmental pollutants.
1998
February
- The Household Detective Primer: How to Protect Your Children From Toxins in the Home, an introduction to non-toxic alternatives available to parents, is published.
1997
April
President Clinton signs Executive Order 12606 endorsing improved research to protect children and the establishment of new safeguards that consider special environmental health risks.- The Chudas attend a press conference in Washington, DC with Senator Boxer (CA) and Representative James Moran (VA) where the Children's Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), H.R. 2451, is introduced in the House of Representatives.
1996
November
- The first CHEC Report, an educational newsletter to inform parents how they can safeguard their children from environmental toxins, is published.
October
- The Chudas are awarded The California League of Conservation Voters' Environmental Leadership Award for their dedication to children's environmental health protection.
September
Senator Barbara Boxer (CA) introduces in the Senate the Children’s Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) and dedicates the bill to the memory of Colette Chuda.
1994
November
- Handle With Care: Children and Environmental Carcinogens, authored by the Natural Resources Defense Council, is published.
1992
June
- CHEC is created with the mission to inform parents about the preventable childhood health and developmental problems caused by exposure to toxic substances and to educate the public on risk reduction.
- Olivia Newton-John agrees to serve as CHEC’s national spokesperson.
1991
April
Nancy and Jim Chuda establish the Colette Chuda Environmental Fund (CCEF) after their daughter, Colette, dies of a non-genetic cancer.
