Gifts that Make a Difference

There are gifts you can purchase to support causes; gifts to educate and foster awareness and gifts to show you care about a loved one's health. These gifts make a difference in a person's  life. The gifts listed below is just samples of what is available. Please check the websites to view the entire catalogs.

Shop UNICEF

American Cancer Society

Feeding America

The Humane Society of the United States Shops

National Nutrition Month Catalog

Produce for Better Health Foundation Catalog: Fruits and Veggies Matter

and more....

Gifts to Support a Cause

 Shop UNICEF

Nutrition Gifts
UNICEF Cards and Gifts

UNICEF 2011 Children's Art Wall Calendar

Nursery Tales Around the World Book

Kids Around the World

 

American Cancer Society Store

Daffodil Bear by Boyds, Limited Edition

Zippered Tote- Purple

 

Feeding America

Looking for a meaningful holiday gift for a friend or family member this year? Honor them by giving a gift in their name to feed families facing hunger across America. Plus, your donation is 100% tax deductible. If you would like to give your gift over the phone please call 1-877-902-7552. Team members are available to take your call Monday through Saturday 8am - 11pm EST, and Sunday noon - 9pm EST. All tribute cards will be placed in the mail within 2 business days of your donation and mailed via First Class postage with the U. S. Postal Service. Give Hope, Spread Joy

The Humane Society
of the United States Shops

The Humane Society is the nation's largest animal protection organization. They work to reduce suffering and improve the lives of all animals by advocating for better laws; investigating animal cruelty; encouraging corporations to adopt animal-friendly policies; conducting disaster relief and animal rescue; and providing direct care for thousands of animals at our sanctuaries, emergency shelters, wildlife rehabilitation centers, and mobile veterinary clinics.

Take Me Home Tee

Take Me Home features a colorful crew of fur babies patiently waiting to be next in line for a warm and loving home. Created by passionate animal artist Marie Mason, this tee was inspired by the ongoing and daunting task of finding loving homes for countless four-legged friends. These colorful graphics are featured on a soft cotton tee that is one in a series of rescue-inspired tees.

The Dog Store

Kool Dogz Ice Treat MakerTM. Create your dogs own mouth-watering snack by simply filling the bucket kit with water and adding his own favorite toys and treats. Once frozen, simply remove from bucket and place on stand with grounded extension rod. What a clever way to keep your pooch hydrated and happy for hours of outside play!

Superb Seat Belt/Harness. Buckle up for safety! Keep your pet from becoming a dangerous projectile in the event of a collision or a dangerous distraction to the driver.

The Cat Store

Desk Kitty Caddy. This Desk Kitty Caddy is the ideal solution for any office or home where cats and computers need to live in harmony. To protect against losing data due to curious paws, the occasional spill, or to reclaim your full workstation, clamp this comfy bed to your desk or simply place caddy on top of it. Cats are drawn to the soft cushion bed and the high walls are perfect for nesting. You'll rest assured knowing that your valuable data will not be fair game for your kitty's next keyboard adventure.

Gifts to Educate and Foster Awareness

National Nutrition Month Catalog

 Check out the 2011 National Nutrition Month® catalog for an exciting array of products featuring the vivid Eat Right with Color graphic. Perfect for colleagues and clients alike!

Hand Sanitizer
U.S. made 2 oz instant hand sanitizer. Perfect for the car, office, schools, and is refillable. Aloe moisturizer and citrus scent. Laminated full color label shows your “Eat Right” pride

Classroom Kit

Includes 2 large Posters, 100 Kid Stickers, 30 Pencils, 30 Bookmarks, Reproducible Masters, and a Teacher's Guide. Designed to get kids interested in nutrition and physical activity.

Classic T-shirt
Our 2011 white t-shirt is sure to become one of your favorites. Made of heavy 100% preshrunk cotton with seamless ribbed collar and double-needle stitched hemmed sleeves and bottom for better wear. Small now available — great for kids! S, M, L, XL, XXL (add $3 for each XXL)

Brown Laminated 100% Recycled Shopper
Reusable shopping bag is perfect for all your grocery essentials. Large main compartment and generous gusset for maximum capacity. 23 1/2" shoulder straps. This product is made from 100% PET recycled fabric. 13" x 15" x 8"

Produce for Better
Health Foundation Catalog

Fruit and Veggie Color Champions Plush Character and Activity Book
The Color Champions™ come alive with these soft plush characters!
Now you can have your very own set- collect all 5 characters.
They come in their own clear backpack with 2 activity books,
The Quest for Color! and Mystery of the Color Clues!
Puppets are approx. 6" to 8"

For questions or assistance,
call M-F 8:30am-6pm EST (888)391-2100.

 Gifts made possible
through Corporate Sponsors

Kraft Foods: Huddle to Fight Hunger  

Kraft Foods is gathering resources, voices and communities through the Huddle to Fight Hunger program. With the help of some of the world’s best known brands, as well as generous Americans, Kraft Foods will give as many as 20 million meals or more to Feeding America in 2010.

 

HUDDLE TO FIGHT HUNGER: The Playbook

Gifts to Show You Care
About a Loved One's Health

National Handwashing Awareness Week December 5 - 11, 2010

Will Sawyer, MD is a Family Physician and the creator of the Henry the Hand Foundation and Henry the Hand Champion Handwasher.

Goal: To improve health by making us more aware of the role our hands play in the spread of disease.

Mission: To propagate Henry the Hand's 4 Principles of Hand Awareness throughout the United States and the world!
1. WASH your hands when they are dirty and BEFORE eating.
2. DO NOT cough into your hands.
3. DO NOT sneeze into your hands.
4. Above all, DO NOT put your fingers into your eyes, nose or mouth!

Henry the Hand Champion
Handwasher School Visit

Dr. Will has created a wonderful website for children and educators. The site contains posters, coloring books, school programs, tips on Food Safety and a lot more. Visit Henry the Handwashing Champion.

Turkey Basics, Safety and Health; Protesting Turkeys; Vegetarian Turkey; and a Thanksgiving Wish

Turkey Basics and Safety 

Learn the basics for storing, handling and preparing the holiday bird and prevent foodborne illness.

The USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline

The USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline can help answer your questions about
the safe storage, handling, and preparation of meat, poultry, and egg products.

Thanksgiving Gluttony without the Guilt


Controlling Thanksgiving Portion Size



Protesting Turkeys
You Can't Gobble Me by the Turkey Singers.

The Turkey Lady sings "I Will Survive"

Vegetarian Turkey

made from Kidney Beans, Pinto Beans, White Beans, Carrots,

Cherry Tomatoes, Blackberries, Banana and Orange Slice.

A Thanksgiving Wish
Each year we make a list of all we are thankful for and at the dinner table we share our list. Some are quite touching and others humorous, but one item is always on our list - "We our thankful for the support and love of our family and friends."

We want to wishing you and your loved ones a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving.
        - Sandra and Jake Frank

Thanksgiving Song
by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Universal Children's Day November 20, 2010

Universal Children's Day

The future of tomorrow are the children of today.The world is fighting to meet the target of reaching the eight Millennium Development Goals by marking Universal Children's Day on November 20th.

A review of organizations dedicated to improving the quality of Children's lives. Presented through songs, news reports, mission statements and children.

WHO (World Health Organization)

United Nation

American Dietetic Association, Kids Eat Right
UNICEF. Voices of Youth

Free the Children

We Day

Centre for Child Honouring

 

By resolution 836(IX) of 14 December 1954, the General Assembly recommended that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children. It recommended that the Day was to be observed also as a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives of the Charter and the welfare of the children of the world. The Assembly suggested to governments that the Day be observed on the date and in the way which each considers appropriate. The date 20 November, marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.

In 2000 world leaders outlined Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015. Though the Goals are for all humankind, they are primarily about children.

WHO (World Health Organization). 10 Facts On Nutrition

1. Malnutrition is a major contributor to the total global disease burden. More than one third of child deaths worldwide are attributed to undernutrition. Poverty is a central cause of undernutrition.

2. A key indicator of chronic malnutrition is stunting - when children are too short for their age group compared to the WHO child growth standards. About 178 million children globally are stunted, resulting from not enough food, a vitamin- and mineral-poor diet, and disease. As growth slows down, brain development lags and stunted children learn poorly. Stunting rates among children are highest in Africa and Asia. In south-central Asia 41% are affected.

3. Wasting is a severe form of malnutrition - resulting from acute food shortages and compounded by illness. About 1.5 million children die annually due to wasting. Rising food prices, food scarcity in areas of conflict, and natural disasters diminish household access to appropriate and adequate food, all of which can lead to wasting. Wasting demands emergency nutritional interventions to save lives.

4. Hidden hunger is a lack of essential vitamins and minerals in the diet, which are vital to boost immunity and healthy development. Vitamin A, zinc, iron and iodine deficiencies are primary public health concerns. About 2 billion people are affected by iodine deficiencies worldwide; and vitamin A is associated with more than half a million deaths of under-five children globally each year.

5. The rise in overweight and obesity worldwide is a major public health challenge. People of all ages and backgrounds face this type of malnutrition. As a consequence, rates of diabetes and other diet-related diseases are escalating, even in developing countries. In a few developing countries, up to 20% of children under-five are overweight.

6. Good nutrition during pregnancy ensures a healthier baby. WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for six months, introducing age-appropriate and safe complementary foods at six months, and continuing breastfeeding for up to two years or beyond. About 20% of deaths among children under-five worldwide could be avoided if these feeding guidelines are followed. Appropriate feeding decreases rates of stunting and obesity and stimulates intellectual development in young children.

7. Nutritional problems in adolescents start during childhood and continue into adult life. Anaemia is a key nutritional problem in adolescent girls. Preventing early pregnancies and fortifying the nutritional health of developing girls can reduce maternal and child deaths later, and stop cycles of malnutrition from one generation to the next. For both girls and boys, adolescence is an ideal time to shape good eating and physical activity habits.

8. A lifetime of unhealthy eating and inactivity raises health risks over time - contributing to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and other problems. The global population is ageing: the number of people aged 60 and older will jump from 700 million today to 1 billion by 2020. Nutritional health at older ages will be a critical factor in the state of global health.

9. Nutrition information is required to identify the areas where nutritional assistance is most needed and monitor the progress of change. In 2006 WHO released international child growth standards that provide benchmarks to compare children's nutritional status within and across countries and regions.

10. Public education is another way to improve nutritional health. Starting in China during the Beijing Olympics, and continuing in other countries, WHO and Member States will promote "5 keys" to a healthy diet:

a. give your baby only breast milk for the first six months of life

b. eat a variety of foods

c. eat plenty of vegetables and fruits

d. eat moderate amounts of fat and oils

e. eat less salt and sugars

Resources

Kids Eat Right

November 2010, the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and ADA Foundation officially launched their first joint initiative, Kids Eat Right. The two-tiered campaign aims to mobilize ADA members to participate in childhood obesity prevention efforts, and to educate families, communities, and policy makers about the importance of quality nutrition.

Mission: The Kids Eat Right campaign was launched to support public education projects and programs that address the national health concern of obesity among our children.

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To learn more about the Kids Eat Right Campaign visit:

Website. Kids Eat Right

Website. Kids Eat Right Volunteers

Facebook.  Kids Eat Right

Voices of Youth
More than ever before, young people are recognized as having rights - and as having an active role to play in asserting those rights.

Free the Children

helping Children through Education. Break the cycle of poverty with more than a handout. Build a school or well. It's not charity. It's sustainability.

 

We Day - Your Actions, Your Impact
Thousands of young people went to We Day then stood up and took action. Learn more at We Day 2010 is created by "Free The Children" to celebrate the power of young people to create positive change, We Day is a day-long event that ignites a year-long program for change, called We Schools in Action. In cities across Canada, the event brings inspirational speeches and performances to young leaders. Students then bring that energy home to take action on local and international issues all year long. Free The Children's We Day is the celebration, the inspiration and the vehicle for young people to change the world.

 

"Raffi" (Raffi Cavoukian), C.M., O.B.C. Founder and Chair, Centre for Child Honouring.

"Imagine a new idea as vital as democracy. Now imagine helping it spread quickly throughout the world! Child Honouring is one such idea, an idea whose time has come.

 - Raffi

He is known to millions as "Raffi", a beloved songwriter and performer, author, ecology advocate and founder of Centre for Child Honouring. Child Honouring is a vision for creating a humane and sustainable world by addressing the universal needs of children.

To learn more about the Centre for Child Honouring, please visit the Centre for Child Honouring and join "the compassion revolution."

Covenant for Honouring Children

 

Turn This World Around

Raffi's tribute to humanity's hero sprang from Mandelas call to global leaders in 2000 to turn this world around, for the children. In 2001, Raffi sang this for Nelson Mandela at Torontos Ryerson University. The song expresses the essence of Raffi's Child Honouring philosophy, a children-first paradigm for societal change. A child-friendly world enriches all of us, and offers the best chance to create sustainable cultures. All children want to live in peace, and to follow their dreams.

Together We Can Change the World

Wendy Jo Peterson, MS, RD Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Expert

Wendy Jo Peterson, MS, RD

Roadie Nutritionist (TM) at Fuelin' Roadie (TM)

Website/Blog. Edible Nutrition
LinkedIn. Wendy Jo Peterson, MS, RD
Facebook. Edible Nutrition
Twitter. @EdibleNutrition
YouTube. wjpertersonrd
Blog. Fuelin Roadie
Facebook. Fuelin’ Roadie
Twitter. @FuelinRoadie
YouTube. FuelinRoadie

“Avoid committing goals to memory. Instead write it out with pride and
post it where it will remind you of the goals you have set.”

Wendy Jo Peterson is the Owner of Edible Nutrition; and is a well-known blogger known as Roadie Nutritionist (TM) at Fuelin' Roadie (TM). Wendy Jo combines her culinary background and her experience as a Registered Dietitian to help her clients meet their nutrition and health goals.

Wendy Jo has over 10 years of experience. Her focus is to help her clients achieve their optimal wellness while meeting their nutrition goals.  As a former culinary arts teacher and swim coach, Wendy Jo utilizes a unique approach to enhancing her client’s health and taps into their edible nutrition!

Wendy Jo received her Bachelor Science in Food Science and Nutrition from San Diego State and completed her internship through Utah State University. She received her Master’s of Science in Nutrition from San Diego State University. In addition, she become a Spanish Linguist. Wendy Jo has formal culinary training from such schools as: Florida Culinary Institute, Scottsdale Culinary Institute, and Johnson & Wales University.

The Roadie Nutritionist (TM) at Fuelin' Roadie (TM) is a website created by Wendy Jo in November 2009. The website is dedicated to musicians and keeping them healthy. She also has a blog which takes you around the country as she describes the music and foods she encounters. It is a wonderful place to visit.

To learn about the nutritional services provided by Wendy Jo, visit: Edible Nutrition.

Welcome to Edible Nutrition's Blog

 

Jill Jayne Rockstar Nutritionist
with the Roadie Nutritionist, Wendy Jo

 

Dear Congress. Please Pass the Nutrition Bill Don't Let Our Children Go Hungry

Dear Congress.

As a registered dietitian and an educator, I know hunger and inadequate nutrition impacts the ability to learn. Hungry children lack concentration, are often irritable and more likely to become ill. In contrast, students who come to class well-nourished have fewer behavioral and attendance problems, and have higher test scores.

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act offers a real chance to improve nutrition for all children. By improving opportunities for healthy meals in and out of school, the bill would take an important step forward in addressing both child hunger and obesity.

The bill would help reduce hunger and increase children's access to healthy meals, including by better connecting eligible children with free school meals. It would also authorize grants to retain summer food program sponsors, improve and expand breakfast programs, and encourage states to develop comprehensive strategies to end child hunger.

Thank you for your consideration of my views on these important issues.

Sincerely,
Sandra Frank, Ed.D., RD, LDN

World Diabetes Day November 14, 2010

World Diabetes Day (WDD) is celebrated every year on November 14th. The World Diabetes Day campaign is led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and its association members. It joins millions of people worldwide in diabetes advocacy and awareness.

World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization. World Diabetes Day became an official United Nations Day in 2007. The campaign draws attention to the issues of importance to the diabetes world and keeps diabetes in the public spotlight.

Diabetes Education and Prevention is the World Diabetes Day theme for the period 2009-2013. The campaign slogan for 2010 is 'Let's take control of diabetes. Now.'

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement to mark World Diabetes Day 2010. World Diabetes Day comes at a critical moment in the global fight against this deadly disease and a host of other chronic illnesses that are causing both untold, needless suffering and holding back the development of many of the world's poorest countries." Hundreds of millions of people worldwide have diabetes, with most living in low- and middle-income countries. In 2005, an estimated 1.1 million people died from the disease, more than half being women. Diabetes deaths are likely to double in the next 10 years without urgent action. To view the entire statement go to the following link World Health Organization.

The Big Blue Test is a program of the Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF). It takes place every November 14 (World Diabetes Day). People with diabetes are invited to test their blood sugar at 2 pm (local time), do 14 minutes of activity, test again and share the results.

Employees at Novo Nordisk in Princeton New Jersey
honor World Diabetes Day 2010 and encourage everyone to get moving!