A Special Father's Day Gift to Show You Care "Health is the Greatest Gift and Happiness the Greatest Wealth" 1. Print the card and cut along the grey outer border.
2. Fold the card in half. It's about the size of a business card.
3. Place wallet size photos on the blank side of the card. 4. Optional Gifts to place inside: Lottery Ticket, Dinner at his Favorite Restaurant, a Day at the Beach,
Voucher to Wash His Car,Family Picnic, Tickets to a Sporting Event, Time Together
Your father will carry around photos of loved ones with health reminders.
A perfect gift for a Special Father.
The Ocean Project and the World Ocean Network has helped coordinate events and activities throughout the world. In December 2008, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution making World Oceans Day officially recognized by the UN on June 8th each year.
Nearly three-quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water. The oceans have played a crucial role in the history and sustenance of all life.
“Together let’s ensure oceans can sustain us into the future. Let us reflect on the multiple benefits of the oceans. Let us commit to keep them healthy and productive and to use their resources peacefully, equitable and sustainable for the benefit of current and future generations.” -Ban Ki-moon
From the Ocean Project: The World's Oceans...
*Generates most of the oxygen we breathe
*Helps feed us
*Regulates our climate
Celebrate World Oceans Day
Why the Ocean?
Goals of World Oceans Day
World Ocean Day encourages us to reach out to young people in our community and help inspire them. Discover the wealth of diverse and beautiful ocean creatures and habitats, how our daily actions affect them, and how we are all interconnected.
Celebrate - whether you live inland or on the coast, we are all connected to the ocean; take the time to think about how the ocean affects you, and how you affect the ocean, and then organize or participate in activities that celebrate our world ocean.
It's up to each one of us to help ensure that our ocean is protected and conserved for future generations. Please don't just leave memories of the wonders of the Oceans for our children and grandchildren.
Disney describes the
beauty and important role the ocean plays in our lives.
Oceans - Disney Nature Trailer
Explore http://www.oneworldoneocean.com/ to learn more about the amazing places and critters through the world's ocean habitats.
1. The oceans occupy nearly 71% of our planet's surface.
2. More than 97% of our entire planet's water is contained in the ocean.
3. Fish supply the greatest percentage of the world's protein consumed by humans. More than 3.5 billion people depend on the ocean for their primary source of food. In 20 years, this number could double to 7 billion.
4. Each year some 70 to 75 million tons of fish are caught in the ocean. Of this amount, around 29 million tons is for human consumption.
5. Eighty percent of all pollution in seas and oceans comes from land-based activities.
6. Death and disease caused by polluted coastal waters cost the global economy $12.8 billion (US) a year.
7. Plastic waste kills up to 1 million seabirds, 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish each year. Plastic remains in our ecosystem for years harming thousands of sea life every day.
8. Over the past decade, an average of 600,000 barrels of oil a year has been accidentally spilled from ships, the equivalent of 12 disasters the size of the sinking of the oil tanker Prestige in 2002.
9. Although coral reefs comprise less than 0.5 percent of the ocean floor, it is estimated that more than 90 percent of marine species are directly or indirectly dependent on them.
10. Species of fish endangered by overfishing are tuna, salmon, haddock, halibut, and cod.
Chocolate Ice Cream Which one to choose?
What meets your needs and taste?
Test the Brands, Read the Portion Size,
Check the Calories and Fat.
Make an Educated Choice.
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries and memorials of soldiers who lost their lives protecting our freedoms. On Memorial Day the flag is raised briskly to the top of the staff and then solemnly lowered to the half-staff position, where it remains until noon. It is then raised to full-staff for the remainder of the day. At 3 p.m. local time, a national moment of remembrance takes place.
Memorial Day often marks the start of the summer vacation season. Families gather together for a long weekend marked by barbecuing, fireworks and trips to the beach. This is an important time to remember food safety practices.
Safe Summer Grilling Advice from the Department of Agriculture
Screen-Free Week (formerly TV-Turnoff, founded 1994) is an annual event in which parents, children, teachers and others across the country turn off screen media (TV, video games, computers, cell phones, etc.) and celebrate the magic of being unplugged. Screen-Free Week is a program of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood.
Screen-Free Week
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no screen time for children under 2 and less than 2 hours per day for older children. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents create an electronic-media-free environment in children’s bedrooms.
The Benefits of Reduced Screen Time
• Reducing screen time can help prevent childhood obesity.
• Children who spend less time watching television in the early years tend to do better in school, have a healthier diet, and are more physically active.
Hazards of Too Much Screen Time
•Adolescents with a television in their bedroom spend more time watching TV and report less
physical activity, less healthy dietary habits, worse school performance, and fewer family
meals.
• Children with a television in their bedroom are more likely to be overweight.
Alternative Activities During Screen-Free Week
Prepare a family meal together.
Take a walk in the park.
Join a family fitness group.
Plant a vegetable garden or grow a fruit tree.
Visit the zoo.
Plan a picnic or barbecue.
Go to a museum.
Take a nature hike.
Organize a scavenger hunt.
Learn yoga.
Go dancing.
Volunteer for a community or charitable organization
Mr. Potato Head is a beloved American toy. He has gone through many changes, but over the last few years, he has become involved in physical fitness and healthy eating. In this birthday video, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head discuss cutting back on salt, butter, and sour cream and increasing their physical activity.
Mr. Potato Head Celebrates his Birthday with an Important Health Message
History
Mr. Potato Head was invented by George Lerner in 1949 and first manufactured and distributed by Hasbro in 1952. Mr. Potato Head made his debut on April 30, 1952 as the first toy advertised directly to children on television. Before this, all toy advertising was directed to parents. This commercial revolutionized marketing. Over one million kits were sold in the first year.
In 1952, the original Mr. Potato Head kit provided separate plastic parts to be stuck into a real potato or other vegetables. By 1964, due to government regulations, Hasbro was forced to include a plastic potato "body" in its kits. This change was due to choking hazards and sharp pieces.
Special Appearances and Awards
1987. Mr. Potato Head gives up his pipe to Surgeon General C. Everett Koop in Washington, D.C. and became the "Spokesspud" for the American Cancer Society's annual "Great American Smokeout" campaign.
May 1, 1992. Mr. Potato Head turns 40 years old and receives the President's Council for Physical Fitness award at the third annual Great American Workout.
1995. Mr. Potato Head made his Hollywood debut with a leading role in the Disney/Pixar movie, Toy Story.
1996. Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head joined the League of Women Voters and their "Get out the Vote" campaign. 1997 Mr. Potato Head became the "spokesspud" for Burger King’s new French fries campaign. 1999. Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head starred in Toy Story 2. March 24, 2000. Mr. Potato Head is inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame. February 12, 2002. Mr. Potato Head rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. 2002. On his 50th birthday, Mr. Potato Head is awarded his own official AARP card. 2002. The Rhode Island Legislature gave the approval to feature Mr. Potato Head on a state auto license plate in order to raise money for charity. 2005. Mr. Potato Head became the national “spokesspud” for the United States Potato Board. 2010. Mr. Potato Head appeared in Toy Story 3.
2011 Hasbro unveils a new, noticeably thinner Mr. Potato Head at the 2011 International Toy Fair convention in New York City.
Vintage Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Commercial
Toy Story 2 Bloopers with
Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head
Resources.
Hasbro, Inc. is a branded play company providing children and families around the world with a wide-range of toys, games and other family entertainment. Hasbro is the manufacturer of Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head. Hasbro has a long tradition of supporting children worldwide through a variety of philanthropic programs. Their mission is to assist children in triumphing over their life obstacles and to bring the joy of play into their lives. Visit Hasbro Community Relations to learn about the many programs Hasbro supports.
Do you eat when you are anxious or excited? Does food make you feel better? If so, you may be conditioned to turn to food for comfort. April is Emotional Overeating Awareness Month.
For many people, eating is something to do when you're bored, tired, anxious or dealing with emotions. Often these behaviors can lead to overeating. But eating to cope with emotions can lead to more negative feelings (guilt, lack of personal control and poor self-esteem) and perhaps to a cycle of mood-triggered eating.
If you eat because of emotions, start keeping a food record of what you eat, when you eat and why you eat. Recognizing what triggers eating can often make it easier to make changes.
Calgary Dietitian Andrea Holwegner speaks on Emotional Eating
Global Child Nutrition Month and the Global Child Nutrition Foundation is running a month-long campaign to help raise funds and awareness for school feeding programs in developing nations.
The Global Child Nutrition Foundation was created in 2006 with the mission of expanding opportunities for the world’s children to receive adequate nutrition for learning and achieving their potential. It continues and expands upon the work of the Global Child Nutrition Forum, formerly conducted by the School Nutrition Association (SNA). Created in 1946, SNA advocates healthy nutrition for every child in the United States.
GCNF is dedicated to helping countries develop and operate successful, sustainable, school feeding programs. GCNF provides training and education to support the development of community-based school feeding programs that respond to the nutritional needs of children while considering local cultural and community values.
On April 4, 1932, Vitamin C was first isolated by CC King at the University of Pittsburgh. Food Sources. Vitamin C is abundant in many fruits and vegetables.
Health Benefits of Vitamin C There is numerous research on the health benefits of vitamin C; many conflicting results. Vitamin C cannot prevent the common cold but may help reduce complications. Vitamin C helps in wound healing, aids in the absorption of iron, and promotes a healthy immune system.
Ways to increase Vitamin C Intake: •Add bell peppers, broccoli, collard greens, tomatoes to pasta, rice, soup, or salad. •Snack on strawberries, kiwi, oranges, or papaya. •Add cabbage leaves and tomato slices on a sandwich.
The first full week of April was declared National Public Health Week in 1995. The goal is to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving our nation.
The American Public Health Association (APHA) serves as the organizer of NPHW and develops a national campaign to educate the public, policymakers, and practitioners about issues related to each year's theme. APHA creates new NPHW materials each year that can be used during and after NPHW to raise awareness about public health and prevention.
Our connection to Earth and nature is undeniable: Our planet's gain is everyone’s gain.
Biodiversity – the rich variety of life on Earth – continues to decline year on year. We must urgently prioritize our planet’s biodiversity and nature. #Connect2Earth was created to organize our efforts, allowing us to shed light on topics impacting our planet’s well-being.
How do you #Connect2Earth? Get involved now by starting conversations, sharing your thoughts, and spreading the word about our connection to this place we call home.
Around the globe, food production, distribution, management, and waste threaten wildlife, wild places and the planet itself.
Today, 7.3 billion people consume 1.6 times what the earth’s natural resources can supply. By 2050, the world’s population will reach 9 billion and the demand for food will double.
Food production is sufficient to provide for all, but it doesn’t reach everyone who needs it. About 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted each year—four times the amount needed to feed the more than 800+ million people who are malnourished.
By improving efficiency and productivity while reducing waste and shifting consumption patterns, we can produce enough food for everyone by 2050 on roughly the same amount of land we use now. Feeding all sustainably and protecting our natural resources.
WWF works to secure a living planet that will sustain a more affluent population. From refining production and distribution to combating waste and environmental impacts, we want to improve how the world grows, transports and consumes this precious fuel.
Official Earth Hour 2019 Video: #Connect2Earth
Within hours, people in a record 134 countries and territories across the globe will switch off their lights for an hour in a unified show of support for action towards a sustainable future for our planet.
Healthy Diet for a Healthy Planet
About Earth Hour
Earth Hour is a global initiative in partnership with WWF (World Wildlife Fund). Individuals, businesses, governments and communities are invited to turn out their lights for one hour on Saturday March 24, 2018 at 8:30 PM to show their support for environmentally sustainable action. In 2010, Earth Hour created history as the largest voluntary action ever witnessed with participation across 128 countries and territories and every continent, including the world’s most recognized man-made marvels and natural wonders in a landmark environmental action.
About WWF WWF is one of the world's largest and most experienced independent conservation organizations, with over 5 million supporters and a global Network active in more than 100 countries. WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption. The event will cross the globe over 24 hours, from the first lights being dimmed in Fiji and New Zealand to lights being turned on again in Samoa. The transition will last longest in Russia, where 11 time zones are covered. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has pledged his support for Earth Hour saying: “Let us join together to celebrate this shared quest to protect the planet and ensure human well-being. Let us use 60 minutes of darkness to help the world see the light.”
Pecans are a good source of fiber and protein. They
are sodium-free and cholesterol-free. A healthy snack, but watch the portion size.
Pecan Day is a commemoration of the plating on a pecan tree by George Washington at the Mount Vernon estate March 25th 1775. The pecan tree sapling was given to him by Thomas Jefferson, who had planted a few pecan trees from the southern US at Monticello, VA.
The pecan is native to southern North America. First cultivated by Native Americans,
There are many ways people can enjoy pecans – like grabbing a handful to munch on, adding them to salads, making a pecan pie, eating pecan crusted fish or having pecan ice cream.
Butternut Squash with Pecans
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