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Being Able to Get My Heath Data Helps Parents and All Caregivers

August 26, 2015
It’s back-to-school time, and busy parents are trying to cross everything off their seemingly endless checklists before the first day of school. One thing on many of those lists? Physicals and vaccinations. Many schools and sports programs require proof of children’s vaccinations and physician...
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Debra L. Ness
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Are you at a threshold, too?

August 25, 2015
Yesterday we attended a moving "Ceremony of 13" at our church for my teenage son. Cultures around the world share a tradition of marking the transition from childhood to adulthood beginning at age 13 (in the Jewish tradition this is called a Bar or Bat Mitzvah). Our ministers shared why it's key to...
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Renee Trudeau
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7 Back-to-School Tips to Help You Stress Less and Find Your Center

August 25, 2015
Whether your kids are toddlers or teens, the start of a new school year offers the opportunity for a fresh start and a chance to do things differently. If you’re feeling some anxiety around all the transitions, scheduling, juggling and driving that usually accompany a new school year, take a deep...
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Renee Trudeau
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A Year in the Family Garden: Planting Fall Veggies

August 21, 2015
It's still sweltering in my neck of the woods, but the long days of summer will quickly turn into the brisk days of autumn. And the fall garden offers some real treasures, which can be both fun to grow and super healthy. Think lettuces, radishes, and many of the plants in the brassica family...
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Community Eligibility: Improving Child Nutrition to Create Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids #FoodFri

August 21, 2015
Community eligibility is an incredibly important provision in the fight against child hunger. It gives schools, with a large number of low-income children and teens, the ability to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students. Join #FoodFri to discuss community eligibility on August 21, 2015,...
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Migdalia Rivera
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Your voice needed! Help 500K uninsured North Carolinians get health coverage.

August 20, 2015
“The health and economic security of more than 120,000 low-wage parents is at risk in the insurance coverage gap due to politics surrounding Medicaid expansion.” ~ Laila A. Bell, Director of Research and Data at NC Child It’s common sense: When families have parents who are insured, the entire...
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Felicia Burnett
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Feeding hungry kids with Community Eligibility (and how you can help)

August 20, 2015
One in five kids in the US are food insecure, meaning they don’t always know where their next meal is coming from. (Source: Feeding America ) That’s why child nutrition programs like school meals and WIC make so much sense. We've seen some exciting progress around school meals in recent years, as...
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Karen Showalter
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Breastfeeding Sans Chocolate

August 17, 2015
It's national breastfeeding month so I wanted to share my experience as a breast feeding mama. This journey has been a beautiful one and I hope to continue to breastfeed till my little one is a about a year. Being a solely breast feeding mama has its challenges. I love breast feeding my baby. The...
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Rachel Negron
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Good Food Force Update: Tomato tips, federal nutrition programs & more!

August 17, 2015
Greetings! We hope you're enjoying the final weeks of summer, before school and fall kicks into high gear. This week we're talking about the importance of supporting federal nutrition programs, sharing easy ways to extend the tomato harvest, and highlighting an amazing on-the-ground event organized...
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Karen Showalter
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America's Wonder Women & The Battle For Equal Green(s)

August 14, 2015
Cleats were part of my life before books. As a young female athlete, I learned to play soccer before kindergarten. Hooked from the moment my foot first kicked a ball, I've loved experiencing the benefits of being part of a team who wins, loses, attacks, defends, laughs, cries, and everything in...
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