Making a Difference

Several months ago I watched Jamie Oliver’s Food Nation and was shocked to see what our children were being served at school. Since then I have been trying to find away to help fight childhood obesity. Our company has always offered culinary classes for children and recently upon completing a class with 7 years old did we notice that children had very little knowledge of various vegetables, food labels, and stated their favorite food was chicken nuggets and pizza. As work hours have increased, demand on both parents to have to work, nutrition needs taken a back seat to home cooked meals it is inevitable that this habit will be picked up by our children and thus continue the wave of childhood obesity not only today but also in future generations.
Now is the time to stop this chain of events before it is too late! Check with your local school and see what your kids are eating and drinking, make homemade healthy meals and freeze for easy reheating, get the kids off the couch or chair and away from the computer and get them outside in the fresh air, schedule weekends of fun outdoor activities from walking, swimming, playing athletic games, or even just walking around the neighborhood.
Part of our responsibility as a company is to do our part so we have joined with the 100 Mile Club (http://www.100mileclub.com) a great organization that is a physical fitness and life skills project for all individuals based on the goal of running (or walking) 100 miles at school or work during a single school year. Obesity starts at a young age but also afflicts older persons too. We also are helping by sponsoring the 25 mile station for the first ever 100 mile Ultra marathon that will start in Corona, CA and end 30 hours later in Santa Monica, CA. All funds raised will be donated to the 100 Mile Club if you would like to donate to stop childhood obesity click here (http://www.active.com/donate/plumstation25).
If we all do just one thing to curb this epidemic we can ensure a healthy future generation.