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		<title>What Can You Give As Gift Donations</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people prefer clothes as gift donations. Every family has children and children grow rapidly. Mostly, the parents buy big size clothes and shoes for them but after six month, the children have to leave recently bought shoes and clothes. Instead of throwing them to the garbage you can seal in big plastic bags and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/food-banks/what-can-you-give-as-gift-donations.html/attachment/food-donations1" rel="attachment wp-att-117"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-117" title="food donations" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/food-donations1-250x166.jpg" alt="food donations" width="250" height="166" /></a>Some people prefer clothes as gift donations. Every family has children and children grow rapidly. Mostly, the parents buy big size clothes and shoes for them but after six month, the children have to leave recently bought shoes and clothes. Instead of throwing them to the garbage you can seal in big plastic bags and donate to charitable organization. Of course, the people affected by any kind of natural disaster, need clothes according to the season. Obviously, winter garments for winter season and summer garments for summer season, if you donate against season then clothes out of season will be of no use. If you do not have children then you can buy several clothes on sale or on discounts for charity.<span id="more-116"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As well as food, you can donate food as gift donations. Select the food for donation, which remain fresh for a long time. You can choose biscuits, chips, sealed buns, cheese, fruits, dry fruits, vegetable, and tin foods. The things, which do not remain fresh, will be harmful. In case of any calamities, mostly people suffer from stomach diseases due to their diet. You can also provide medicines for donation. Mostly or people suffer from stomach disease, allergies, cold, fever, sore throat, headaches, and vomiting. Therefore, these are the main minor diseases and the medicine recommended for the diseases are not so expensive, you can donate carton of medicines very easily.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Water is one of the basic needs of human. You can donate gallons and gallons of water for donation. You can donate juice packs, cold drinks, sealed milk, and coffee as gift donations. If the people are of hilly area then your coffee proves to be very fruitful for them. You can also donate cash, whenever you are selling your any electric appliances or any furniture, you can donate the money to charitable organizations.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/food-banks/what-can-you-give-as-gift-donations.html/attachment/olympus-digital-camera-2" rel="attachment wp-att-118"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-118" title="food donations" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/food-donations2-250x187.jpg" alt="food donations" width="250" height="187" /></a>Charities for children To donate a crash is the best gift donation for helpless people. They can use the cash for any purpose, to buy medicines, food or save it for any emergency. Homeless people have nothing to do. You can donate your magazines and books to entertain people. These are the things, which are easily available. You can select gift donations from your own home and from market as well. All these things are not so expensive and accommodate your budget.</p>
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		<title>Why Food Equality Resides Only in the Burbs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The media and health industry like to talk a lot about the obesity epidemic, and how to curb it, Americans need to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less processed foods. It sounds easy, and for many of us is a completely attainable and realistic goal, but for many Americans who live in low-income [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/?attachment_id=110" rel="attachment wp-att-110"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-110" title="food equity" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/food-equity1-250x187.jpg" alt="food equity" width="250" height="187" /></a>The media and health industry like to talk a lot about the obesity epidemic, and how to curb it, Americans need to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less processed foods. It sounds easy, and for many of us is a completely attainable and realistic goal, but for many Americans who live in low-income communities, it&#8217;s just plain not an option. There is a growing disparity of food prices, quality and grocery store availability in the United States between inner-city and suburban communities, and the effects are becoming more apparent with each passing year. It has nothing to do with willpower, laziness or even lack of nutrition education. For families in low-income neighborhoods, like so many things in life, getting a nutritious meal all comes down to money.<span id="more-109"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The World Food Summit of 1996 defined food security as &#8220;all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life&#8221; The World Health Organization (WHO) adds that in addition to having food availability at all times, food security also means being given access to these foods at affordable prices and understanding nutritional concepts.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It seems like a simple concept- who doesn&#8217;t have access to food?- but food insecurity is prevalent in low-income neighborhoods. Food security and access to grocery stores varies greatly between low income and suburban neighborhoods. Suburban neighborhoods statistically have numerous supermarkets that tend to have higher quality products, nutritionally speaking, where lower income communities are overrun by convenience stores that sell low quality, high calorie, nutritionally void food items for low prices.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There have been multiple studies on adults and adolescents that charted the connection between neighborhood income and resident&#8217;s access to grocery stores, and their consumption of fruits and vegetables, and high calorie and high fat snacks. The results indicated that neighborhoods with complete access to supermarkets tend to choose healthy products and overall have a better food quality intake.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Chung and Meyers conducted a study in the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan area where about 50 grocery store item prices were compared from 55 different stores in the area. The results indicated the poor tended to pay a little more for their groceries, and that larger chain grocery stores, where the prices are less expensive, were not located in the poorer neighborhoods, period.</p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify;">&#8216;Myth: Kids will live longer than their parents.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Truth: This generation of children will be the first to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. Diseases such as diabetes and heart disease are now being seen in elementary-aged children versus middle-aged adults.&#8217;</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Supermarket chains like Whole Foods or Stop and Shop set up shop in mid to upper class neighborhoods. In the Boston area, a typical Whole Foods supermarket is located in a neighborhood with an average median family income of $73,000 and the median family income for a Stop and Shop supermarket is $57,000. The median family income for the city of Boston, however, is $44,151.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So where does this leave low-income communities? To buy their groceries from convenience stores like fast food chains, gas stations and discount outlets with limited options. One can&#8217;t eat fresh fruits and veggies if there is nowhere to get them.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/?attachment_id=111" rel="attachment wp-att-111"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-111" title="food equity" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/food-equity2-250x187.jpg" alt="food equity" width="250" height="187" /></a>Morton and team carried out a study to investigate the association of the local food environment and the prevalence of cardiovascular disease. The researchers analyzed availability of supermarkets, grocery stores and convenient stores in Mississippi, Maryland, Minnesota and North Carolina and the rate of residents&#8217; cardiovascular diseases. The majority of the study population was white, overweight adults. The results indicated that the availability of supermarkets and grocery stores correlated with a decreased prevalence of being overweight while the majority of convenience stores correlated with an increased prevalence of being overweight. The researchers argued that the local food environment should be considered when trying to find solutions to the obesity epidemic.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Did You Know? Overweight kids are more prevalent in low-income neighborhoods and greatly affect African-American and Hispanic children.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">While the availability of supermarkets with nutritious fresh foods is limited to higher income families, fast food restaurants are found on every corner in low-income neighborhoods. For instance, McDonald&#8217;s locations, on average, are found in neighborhoods with a median family income $44,000- the income that is too low for Whole Foods or Stop and Shop to service.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So what does this mean? Dietary patterns are known risk factors for diseases such as obesity, coronary heart disease and diabetes. Furthermore, several studies have shown an economic and racial divide for healthy food access. Residents of rural, low-income and minority communities are regularly ignored by supermarkets and grocery stores, and their health is suffering for it. Obesity is more prevalent among minorities in low-income communities, because they only have access to, and can afford, overly processed, high calorie foods.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>&#8216;Bottom line: Our local, state and national environments influence our health decisions, in particular our access to healthy, quality foods. Supermarkets tend to be located in middle class neighborhoods while fast food restaurants are located in low-income neighborhoods. As a result, an entire population is left without access to healthy foods because of the amount of money they make, which isn&#8217;t the food security all Americans are entitled to.&#8217;</em></p>
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		<title>Partners in Nutrition &#8211; Parents and the School Lunch Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 07:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot has changed over the years within school lunch programs. You might be pleasantly surprised by the lunch program offered at your child&#8217;s school, and if you&#8217;re not, there are ways to take an active role in bringing about valuable reforms. It&#8217;s important to know what you can (and should!) expect from your school [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/free-cooking-classes/partners-in-nutrition-parents-and-the-school-lunch-program.html/attachment/green-apple" rel="attachment wp-att-102"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-102" title="nutrition partners" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/nutritio-partners1-250x187.jpg" alt="nutrition partners" width="250" height="187" /></a>A lot has changed over the years within school lunch programs. You might be pleasantly surprised by the lunch program offered at your child&#8217;s school, and if you&#8217;re not, there are ways to take an active role in bringing about valuable reforms. It&#8217;s important to know what you can (and should!) expect from your school lunch program, how much it should cost, and how to get started pursuing any changes you&#8217;d like to see.</p>
<p><strong>What does today&#8217;s school lunch look like?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">With growing national concern with obesity and developing good eating habits early, a lot of changes have been made to the typical school lunch menu. More emphasis have been given to fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains. Salad bars are becoming increasingly common. Baking food rather than frying is seeing an upturn, and in general healthier cooking and preparation standards are being raised.<span id="more-101"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">National School Lunch Program lunches now have to meet federal guidelines for nutrition. Some of these guidelines include limiting fat, maintaining appropriate portion sizes, and providing recommended amounts of vitamins, proteins, dairies, grains, fruits and vegetables. Each school lunch will contain milk, a vegetable, fruit, grains, and meat or a meat alternative.</p>
<p><strong>How much will the school lunch program cost me?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Taking advantage of the school lunch program can be a good choice financially as well as nutritionally. According to the School Nutrition Association, the average cost for a school lunch was just over two dollars. That&#8217;s a pretty good deal, considering the average cost of packing a lunch yourself will cost you, on average, almost three and a half dollars. If you&#8217;re in a low income bracket, you can also apply for free or reduced-price lunches. If your family is at 130% of the poverty level or below, you&#8217;ll be able to get free lunches. If you&#8217;re between 130% and 185% of the poverty level, you can qualify for reduced price lunches. In that case, each meal will cost at or below 40 cents.</p>
<p><strong>How can I get my child&#8217;s school to serve healthier lunches?</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/free-cooking-classes/partners-in-nutrition-parents-and-the-school-lunch-program.html/attachment/nutritio-partners2" rel="attachment wp-att-103"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-103" title="nutrition partners" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/nutritio-partners2-250x174.jpg" alt="nutrition partners" width="250" height="174" /></a>If you have concerns about the food being served at your child&#8217;s school, the first step you should take is to get in contact with the school&#8217;s food service director. Before you meet with the food service director, there are a few things you should do in order to come in prepared. First, make sure to visit the school cafeteria yourself. Seeing firsthand exactly what your child&#8217;s options are will help you point out specific areas in which you&#8217;d like to see change. You can also try talking to the parents of other children at the school to see how they feel about the program, and if they&#8217;d be willing to join you in petitioning for changes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Once you&#8217;ve taken these steps, make an appointment to speak with the school&#8217;s food service director. It might help to write down everything you wanted to address before you go in, so you won&#8217;t have to worry about forgetting anything or glossing over things too generally.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Being proactive about your child&#8217;s school lunch program can be a very rewarding experience, not just for your own child, but for your whole community. Stay informed and involved, and remember that together, you and your child&#8217;s school can be partners in your child&#8217;s nutrition!</p>
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		<title>Your Roadmap for Wealth and Poverty</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 08:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether or not you share my Faith, really doesn&#8217;t matter. You will find that no matter the source of wealth building tips, the basic laws governing wealth and poverty are universal.  You may have already noticed, the majority of all valid literature surrounding wealth building instruction, teach common findings that come straight from the Bible, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/food-banks/your-roadmap-for-wealth-and-poverty.html/attachment/wealth-status1" rel="attachment wp-att-96"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-96" title="wealth status" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/wealth-status1-250x187.jpg" alt="wealth status" width="250" height="187" /></a>Whether or not you share my Faith, really doesn&#8217;t matter. You will find that no matter the source of wealth building tips, the basic laws governing wealth and poverty are universal.  You may have already noticed, the majority of all valid literature surrounding wealth building instruction, teach common findings that come straight from the Bible, although the words are changed to reflect our generations. All of the solid teaching points to a few simple principles that cannot be ignored, if you are looking to generate wealth, and stay away from poverty.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I have read several books, and listened to many audio&#8217;s on success, but nothing has impacted me as greatly as Biblical direction. I decided to share the steps that I have learned with you, and put it as plainly as I can. I hope this impacts you as greatly as it did me.<span id="more-95"></span></p>
<p><strong>Seven Steps To Poverty</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>1. Laziness.</strong> Success and wealth will never be attained if you don&#8217;t work. &#8220;A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.&#8221; Proverbs 6:10-11</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2. Undisciplined living or seeking pleasure will bring upon poverty.</strong> When you seek to satisfy your desires, you can easily spend your profits as quickly as you make them. If you have never made a decent income before, or had nice things, it is easy to spend all of your money on material possessions, or to focus on your image, rather than being responsible with what you have, and investing for your future. Thus explaining the reason that most people who come into money by either winning it or inheriting it, are flat broke a few years after.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>3. Pride.</strong> Be careful of this, because right when you think you&#8217;ve got it all, a major setback awaits. The type of pride I am talking about is when you take all the credit for any amount of success you do gain. The self absorbed thoughts of a pride filled person sound something like this &#8211; look at what I did, I can&#8217;t believe how easy this is, I have better talents, etc. The truth is, nobody ever achieves a great level of success and wealth, without the help of key people; humility goes a long way.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">4. Concealing your errors, and failing to admit when you are wrong. This is the excuse maker, the being right fighter, and the one who spends more time covering up mistakes to avoid looking bad. Never admitting your mistakes allows you to never truly learn.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>5. Loving monetary wealth.</strong> Chasing the almighty dollar in terms of wealth, and forgetting your priorities leads to poverty. What many Christians fail to understand is that money is not the root cause of the problem; the love of money is, because when money is your main desire, finding a stopping point is a challenge. This leads to greed, and no matter how much you make, you will never be satisfied or content.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>6. Selfishness and stinginess.</strong> Most of the time this happens when a person tries to protect what they have, so they don&#8217;t lose it. When you focus on loss, guess where that leads you&#8230;to losing it. What you focus on most is what you will attract.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>7. Fear.</strong> Far too often people do not pursue their dreams boldly, because of fear of rejection, fear of what people might think, fear of failure, and even fear of success.</p>
<p><strong>Seven Steps To Wealth and Prosperity</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/food-banks/your-roadmap-for-wealth-and-poverty.html/attachment/wealth-status2" rel="attachment wp-att-97"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-97" title="wealth status" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/wealth-status2-250x187.jpg" alt="wealth status" width="250" height="187" /></a><strong>1. Work with a spirit of excellence.</strong> Whether you are still working for a boss, or running your own business you want to strive for excellence in all you do. This is the opposite of being lazy and half-hearted. Promotions in jobs or in business do not come to those who don&#8217;t give 100% effort or produce good work. If you want doors to open for you, and for people to prefer to do business with you above anyone else, you must evaluate your attitude and the quality of your work.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2. Understand your money is not your money.</strong> As quickly as that money transferred to your hands, it can transfer to another. Your finances are to be used for a higher purpose, than for only your material desires. When you build wealth, use your wealth to help others. It doesn&#8217;t mean you should live in poverty, because you were designed to live in abundance, however, it simply means don&#8217;t forget to give, and to help those less fortunate than you. Living for your own personal desires is a path to greed and destruction, through haste and unwise expenditures. Be a generous and cheerful giver. You ever wonder how the truly wealthy can continue to give so much of their wealth away and still produce more? They understand the laws of reciprocity. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Give generously, and you shall receive like measure.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>3. Plant in fertile ground.</strong> In short, you must understand that not every seed you plant will bear fruit. Through labor, and experience you learn where fertile soil is, and where you should plant your seeds so they may reach maturity. This can be accomplished by gaining wisdom, and increasing your abilities. When you increase your knowledge and abilities, it makes it easier to continue to invest in the right things, and produce results. For instance, investing in seminars to increase your abilities would be a smart decision, while shopping for the latest sleek Mercedes you&#8217;ve always wanted would not be smart, unless you have no debt and can afford to pay without financing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>4. Living in the present, and planning for the future.</strong> Most families today, are living in debt, slaves to their visa or mastercard, because they already spent next week&#8217;s paycheck. There is a season of feast and a season of famine. If you are in a time of plenty, be careful, because you will face a time of famine. For those that are experiencing the famine season, congratulations because you are being prepared for plenty. How you proceed amidst each season, will determine the amount and length of your plenty, and also, how long you will wander in the wilderness of lack. If you follow these wealth laws, you can continue to prosper even in a famine. If you are in a famine, but continue to fail these laws, you will be tested again and again until you can get it right. That&#8217;s the great news, you can always try again. The important point is, learn to live in the now, within your means, while preparing for the future. &#8220;Go to the ant, sluggard; consider her ways and be wise; who having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provides her food in the summer and gathers her food in the harvest.&#8221; Proverbs 6:6-8</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>5. Prosper where you are planted.</strong> No matter where you are right now, you need to do your absolute best with what you have been trusted with, or you will not advance. If you are not being responsible with the $30,000 you make each year, how can you be trusted with six or seven figures?  If you have a job you hate, and all you do is complain about it, you&#8217;ll remain there until you learn to do your best with where you are at. We can&#8217;t expect advancements in our life, when we are ungrateful, and abuse the things we do have . Think of it as a constant test. &#8220;Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.&#8221; Luke 16:10</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>6. Ask, Seek, Knock.</strong> Please note the reference to activity. It is not enough to wish for wealth, accomplishing your goals requires action. Don&#8217;t be afraid to ask for what you want. Who gets wealth?  The individuals who spend time planning, and follow the plan with persistent action. &#8220;The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.&#8221; Provers 21:5 Develop a plan, and work it consistently and unwearyingly.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>7. Mistakes and failures are stepping stones to success and wealth.</strong> I remember hearing the words&#8230;he who makes the most mistakes will find the most success.  So often people are afraid to make mistakes, afraid of failure. See your failed attempts as learning opportunities, embrace them; it was a failed business which was the catalyst for my current venture of the past nine years. We have so many fine examples of leaders throughout history who achieved amazing levels of success, but you won&#8217;t find one of them that did it on the first try. You will have a much greater appreciation for the success you do achieve, when you have experienced the agony of defeat first. A wise man learns from his mistakes, and continues to move forward and strive for success.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My final point on wealth and poverty is to live with an attitude of gratitude. Waking up everyday honestly thankful for all things, the good, the bad, and the ugly, forces your thoughts to remain positive. Gratitude removes the ability to whine and complain if things are not moving quickly enough for you, and you will be more open to identifying when true opportunities present themselves. Wealth is not a monetary amount, but rather the ability to live in a constant state of gratitude. My belief is that we are designed to live abundantly, and wealth and poverty is a choice you can make, so choose wisely.</p>
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		<title>Introduce Education to Help Prevent Poverty</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[These days, it seems that as the rich keep getting richer, the poor are still getting poorer. Third world nations are most affected by poverty, a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, and education. And though the world produces enough food to feed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/food-banks/introduce-education-to-help-prevent-poverty.html/attachment/poverty-in-america1" rel="attachment wp-att-90"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-90" title="poverty in america" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/poverty-in-america1-250x161.jpg" alt="poverty in america" width="250" height="161" /></a>These days, it seems that as the rich keep getting richer, the poor are still getting poorer. Third world nations are most affected by poverty, a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, and education. And though the world produces enough food to feed all inhabitants, impoverished people in the developing world cannot afford it and some don&#8217;t even have access to it. People are going hungry, and poverty is the principal cause of this hunger. It is becoming more and more evident that the key to help prevent poverty is education, across all sectors of humanity.<span id="more-89"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is well known that no country can succeed if its citizens are not educated. While education can help prevent poverty, it is also a key to creating wealth. Impoverished children are usually less healthy, their language skills less developed, and they are usually socially, emotionally and physically unable to go to school. What schools that do exist usually require fees that are above the average family&#8217;s income. Less than half of Africa&#8217;s school-aged children will ever get to see the inside of existing learning facilities.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Without the funding and resources needed, children will continue to grow-up and become another statistic of poverty. On the flip-side, children who do receive education can get better-paying jobs, have better access to nutrition, are better able to prevent illness and combat abuse, and in turn, are more likely to educate their own children. This spreads to that child&#8217;s family and community, effectively helping to prevent poverty.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/food-banks/introduce-education-to-help-prevent-poverty.html/attachment/poverty-in-america2" rel="attachment wp-att-91"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-91" title="poverty in america" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/poverty-in-america2-250x166.jpg" alt="poverty in america" width="250" height="166" /></a>Global poverty is an issue that we face every day, wherever we live. When most of us think of poor people, we picture that little child living in impossible living conditions in a village in southern Africa, crying. More and more groups are cropping up to help prevent poverty around the world, not only in the United States. They are taking steps to solve hunger problems by educating those affected on how to grow their own food, sanitize utensils to prevent illness and even identifying employment opportunities to help parents provide food for their children.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">New schools are being built to educate young children, successfully planting the seeds to grow a self-sustaining community in which they live. But though this new knowledge can only solve some problems, many more problems exist for Africa&#8217;s people. Education is just a small step towards their sustainable future.</p>
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		<title>How to Prevent Emotional Eating in Your Children</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered how emotional eating becomes a habit? As parents, we are role models for children, either good or bad and unfortunately, it is usually us who teaches a children the concept of emotional eating. Remember when your babies were learning to walk. Or when your toddler fell over because they tried to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/nutrition-lessons/how-to-prevent-emotional-eating-in-your-children.html/attachment/children-emotional-eating1" rel="attachment wp-att-82"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-82" title="children emotional eating" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/children-emotional-eating1-250x167.jpg" alt="children emotional eating" width="250" height="167" /></a>Have you ever wondered how emotional eating becomes a habit? As parents, we are role models for children, either good or bad and unfortunately, it is usually us who teaches a children the concept of emotional eating. Remember when your babies were learning to walk. Or when your toddler fell over because they tried to walk or run too fast.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Do you remember seeing a baby trying to walk for the first time? Definitely a case of practice makes perfect. Initially they learn to stand and wobble and then fall down. It is also a time in which tears are common. Sometimes because the child is startled by the fall other times they hurt themselves by hitting body parts on floors or furniture. The child will cry for a few minutes, but soon determination makes them try again and eventually they succeed.<span id="more-81"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But there is another side to this story. Within seconds of the child falling a parent or other adult will usually reach out and try and comfort the child and this is great. It&#8217;s important to comfort the child and reassure them that it everything is okay. But how we comfort them can have far reaching and unforeseen effects on the child. Do we simply cuddle them, or do we reach for a treat like a cookie, the pacifier or a bottle of milk.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If our response is the latter then there are lessons the child will learn from this, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>If you feel upset, eating is comforting.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">It&#8217;s NOT okay to show your emotions. Shove something in your mouth to replace those feelings quickly.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">If no food was offered then the child could be comforted by the hug from the adult. The pain or fright soon goes away and the crying stops. But instead the child is being taught the concept of comfort eating. Even worse if they were given a sweet treat then they have been given a taste for sugar and that becomes addictive in itself.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/nutrition-lessons/how-to-prevent-emotional-eating-in-your-children.html/attachment/children-emotional-eating2" rel="attachment wp-att-83"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-83" title="children emotional eating" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/children-emotional-eating2-250x141.jpg" alt="children emotional eating" width="250" height="141" /></a>Here is another example, this time for an older child. Their room is a mess and we want them to clean it up. So we offer them a candy and a soda if they will clean up. Uh oh&#8230; trouble brewing again! The lesson learned&#8230; When you work or achieve something, eat a sweet treat to reward yourself!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, unless we later study food and nutrition, then the food lessons we are taught as children are passed on to the next generation. Why? Because we don&#8217;t know any better ourselves!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As you can see, we need to consider what food lessons our children learn from our actions:</p>
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<li>Do we food to bribe our children to do things?</li>
<li>Do we use food to comfort our children?</li>
<li>Do we use food to encourage children to conceal their feelings?</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Learn to understand the lessons your actions teach so you can break the cycle and ensure that your child never relies on emotional eating. Whether you like it or not, as parents you are important role models for children.</p>
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		<title>Six Juicing Information Lessons for Beginners</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for juicing information you are either contemplating purchasing a juicing machine or you have recently purchased one. Regardless of where you are in the process the good news is that you are headed in the right direction. Once you have made a decision to make juicing a part of your life [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/nutrition-lessons/six-juicing-information-lessons-for-beginners.html/attachment/juicing-information-lessons1" rel="attachment wp-att-75"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-75" title="juicing information lessons" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/juicing-information-lessons1-250x187.jpg" alt="juicing information lessons" width="250" height="187" /></a>If you are looking for juicing information you are either contemplating purchasing a juicing machine or you have recently purchased one. Regardless of where you are in the process the good news is that you are headed in the right direction. Once you have made a decision to make juicing a part of your life you have made one of the most important decisions that you have ever made.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Since you are probably at the beginning of the juicing experience I wanted take a little time to share our story because it may well be similar to where you are right now. In the process I will share some of the important lessons that we learned about juicing along the way.<span id="more-74"></span></p>
<p><strong>1. Too much juicing can cause severe intestinal distress.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My adventure in juicing actually began with one of those &#8220;only available on TV&#8221; offers. And within a few days our brand new &#8220;juicer&#8221; arrived and we began juicing everything in sight. It didn&#8217;t take long to discover that our internal systems are not ready for the sudden introduction of a high percentage of fresh fruits and vegetables. In order to avoid this sudden intestinal distress go at it easy at first.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Veggie juicing is rougher on the system than fruit juicing. So begin with fruit juicing and gradually add in vegetable combinations. Fruit juicing is also more pleasing to the palate (at least from my perspective.)</p>
<p><strong>2. Juicing boosts energy and helps you to feel better almost instantly.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">With that first lesson under our belts (so to speak) we proceeded to try the recipes that came with our juicing machine. That&#8217;s when the magic began to happen. Almost instantly we experienced more energy and felt better.</p>
<p><strong>3. It is easy to lose interest in juicing.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Despite the fact that we were juicing we didn&#8217;t really understand what we were doing. There is so much more to juicing then just following the recipes. Unfortunately, after a few weeks we lost interest. My wife said that the preparation, and in particular, the cleaning of the device was too much trouble.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Then a friend recommended a high-end blender so&#8230;we bought one which resulted in the juicer being tucked away on a shelf.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Our intentions were good. What we really wanted to accomplish was to tap into the powerful nutrition benefits of raw foods. Both of us had experienced some health problems that could be brought under control by the addition of more fresh fruits and vegetables into our diets.</p>
<p><strong>4. Blenders and juicers are two completely different devices.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We thought (and we were wrong) that a blender was good substitute for juicing. Cleanup was, in fact, easier. But, as we quickly learned, blending and juicing are not the same.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The primary difference between the two devices is that blenders grind and turn food materials to mush. Juicers extract juice from fresh produce. Admittedly, both devices have their place and you can use both for accessing the healthy nutrients in raw foods. Continue to use your blender for healthy smoothies and fresh produce recipes that require blending.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It didn&#8217;t take us long to realize that blenders and juicers are totally different devices with differing functions. As a result the juicer was removed from the shelf and put back into service. The benefits outweighed the hassle of preparation and cleaning.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>5. To maintain interest in juicing you must learn more than how.</strong> You must learn why and what to juice.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.dashofchange.com/nutrition-lessons/six-juicing-information-lessons-for-beginners.html/attachment/juicing-information-lessons2" rel="attachment wp-att-76"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-76" title="juicing information lessons" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/juicing-information-lessons2-250x156.jpg" alt="juicing information lessons" width="250" height="156" /></a>Without question, juicing recipes are helpful for getting you started. But to really get into the power of juicing you will benefit greatly from studying and learning as much as possible about nutrients, what they do for the body, and then which fruits and vegetables provide the nutrients your body needs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When you become armed with good information on the sources of nutrients and their benefits you can concoct powerful juicing recipes that are targeted to your specific concerns. Once armed with good information creating your own recipes couldn&#8217;t be easier.</p>
<p><strong>6. Juicing should be a pleasurable experience.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For juicing to be pleasurable add ingredients that pack a powerful punch of good taste. For example, earlier today my wife juiced wheatgrass and kale. Wheatgrass is one of the most nutrient packed foods you can juice but&#8230;it tastes awful. Fortunately kale, also rich in nutrients, doesn&#8217;t really affect taste when combined with other ingredients. Too mask the unpleasant taste of the wheatgrass my wife also combined a fresh pear. Not only was the drink incredibly healthy&#8230; it was also delicious.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Apples, pears, carrots, and pineapple are among my favorites for adding good flavor to combinations that taste bad. In time you will discover your favorites. Just remember&#8230; if you are going to stick with juicing, as you should, then you will want flavor combinations that taste good.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As we have learned, the more you get into juicing the better it becomes. The health benefits are truly amazing. In time you can even get off many of the pharmaceuticals that you now think you couldn&#8217;t possibly do without.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you really want to do something positive about juicing arm yourself with all the juicing information you can find. They don&#8217;t call it &#8220;power juicing&#8221; for nothing.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal and each state government dedicate government aid for single mothers. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is responsible for allocating the government assistance for single mothers programs. DHHS has a federal office, each state has a state Department of Health and Human Services and every county has a local DHHS office. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-70" href="http://www.dashofchange.com/nutrition-lessons/government-assistance-programs-for-single-mothers.html/attachment/food_stamps1"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-70" title="food stamps" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/food_stamps1-250x187.jpg" alt="food stamps" width="250" height="187" /></a>The federal and each state government dedicate government aid for single mothers. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is responsible for allocating the government assistance for single mothers programs. DHHS has a federal office, each state has a state Department of Health and Human Services and every county has a local DHHS office. County offices are sometimes referred to as the Department of Social Services.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Government entities (like DHHS) recognize the additional and unique challenges a single mother faces when meeting the needs of children and offer government aid to single mothers in the form of programs that meet basic needs such as food, shelter, medical care. When a child&#8217;s basic needs are met they do better in school, have higher self-esteem and a better chance of becoming a productive citizen.<span id="more-69"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The goal of this assistance for single mothers is not just to meet the basic needs of a single mum household, but also to hopefully keep a cycle of poverty from forming. The goal is that government aid for single mothers to help children grow, learn and not become a poverty statistic when reaching adulthood.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Medical Care Assistance:</strong> Many single mothers either do not have employer sponsored health insurance for their children (due to none offered) or they cannot afford the health insurance premium along with the other expenses of supporting a household with children. Medical Assistance is available through your local Department of Health and Human Services or Department of Social Services. Some programs offer medical assistance government aid for single mothers and their children (not just the children).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The medical government assistance for single mothers and their children covers routine doctor visits, immunization and health programs, emergency and catastrophic care. Some states require a minimal co pay for prescriptions and doctor visits.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-71" href="http://www.dashofchange.com/nutrition-lessons/government-assistance-programs-for-single-mothers.html/attachment/food_stamps2"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-71" title="food stamps" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/food_stamps2-250x187.jpg" alt="food stamps" width="250" height="187" /></a><strong>Food Assistance:</strong> The food assistance program includes reduced or free school lunches for children, food stamps and the Women&#8217;s, Infants and Children program (WIC). Government aid for single mothers in the WIC program provides nutritional foods (such as cheese, juice, milk and infant formula). A woman receives food vouchers to purchase the foods at the grocery store.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Energy Assistance for Heating:</strong> This program offers heating assistance in the cold months to single moms.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Housing Assistance (HUD):</strong> HUD administers two government assistance programs for single moms to help low income households with renting adequate housing and shelter for children. There are government apartment buildings to help meet the demand for affordable housing; however both of these programs tend to have a long waiting list. Non-profit organizations (such as churches and homeless shelters) try to fill in the void until units are available.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Food, Medical, and Heating government assistance programs are accessible through your local DHHS and one application is all that is needed to apply for these programs. Contact the office in your county for further information and referral to the HUD program.</p>
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		<title>Join Professional Cooking Classes to Polish Your Cooking Skills</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cooking is one that activity which can come to your aid whenever you feel like beating your boredom. It takes very little effort and gives bigger joy to cook your favorite dish. Cooking is one of the best pastime and stress busters as well. You can cook for your kids, your wife, your friends, when [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-65" href="http://www.dashofchange.com/free-cooking-classes/join-professional-cooking-classes-to-polish-your-cooking-skills.html/attachment/cooking-courses1"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-65" title="cooking courses" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/cooking-courses1-250x166.jpg" alt="cooking courses" width="250" height="166" /></a>Cooking is one that activity which can come to your aid whenever you feel like beating your boredom. It takes very little effort and gives bigger joy to cook your favorite dish. Cooking is one of the best pastime and stress busters as well. You can cook for your kids, your wife, your friends, when they seem to carry a bad mood. It just works wonder.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are many people who love to cook good food but lack the skill to do so. Their knowledge is dependent on the online videos and recipe books until they join cooking experts. Those who have taken professional cooking classes feel that specialization cannot be attained by watching others do. Instead of this, one needs to learn the tricks to convert sand into gold which can be done with practice only.<span id="more-64"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Cooking is no less than art, so it needs passion in one&#8217;s heart to gather applause for his cooking. The more you put in your heart and soul in an activity, the better your results be. With the development in mass media the world cuisine has been able to reach every nation. Every land has a culture of its own and food forms one of the inseparable parts of it. Initially the food of a country used to be limited till its boundaries only but today the knowledge of every dish from around the world has reached every table through books and internet. It has fueled the sphere of options that lie with us to cook. This massive increase in the cooking options has lead to the growth of professional cooking classes too.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-66" href="http://www.dashofchange.com/free-cooking-classes/join-professional-cooking-classes-to-polish-your-cooking-skills.html/attachment/cooking-courses2"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-66" title="cooking courses" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/cooking-courses2-250x184.jpg" alt="cooking courses" width="250" height="184" /></a>People are keen to learn the way to prepare all kinds of food that they get to eat in restaurants and multi cuisine hotels. The parties are packed with every food whether it is Thai, Mexican, Italian or Chinese. The only place where you can get trained as good as coking professionals is an institute. Cooking centres these days follow a systematic way of study, beginning with the knowledge of various cooking ingredients and their usage. Afterwards they make students practice the cooking lessons under the vigilance of experts.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Professional cooking classes are proving to be most beneficial for those who wish to make a career in this field. Most of these classes can be joined on part time basis. The work schedule of such classes is immensely flexible. You can take up morning or evening session as per your convenience and time. Working people who take classes as a hobby usually set their timings after their day&#8217;s job. It increases the availability of batches in every time slot.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is always better to take the advice before you commit an uncorrectable error. To beat the confusions of adding salt to instead of sugar, you need to go through an extensive course in cooking. It may not make you the world&#8217;s best chef but bring the best out of you for sure.</p>
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		<title>How To Conduct A Cooking Class</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suddenly there is awareness of new cuisines being available in specialty restaurants. People are keen on sampling new dishes and keeping their taste buds alive. There is enough scope for culinary talent to flourish that can help everyone to experience new menus. It helps mums to cook up delectable meals, it helps chefs to make [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-60" href="http://www.dashofchange.com/free-cooking-classes/how-to-conduct-a-cooking-class.html/attachment/cooking-class1"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-60" title="cooking class" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/cooking-class1-250x187.jpg" alt="cooking class" width="250" height="187" /></a>Suddenly there is awareness of new cuisines being available in specialty restaurants. People are keen on sampling new dishes and keeping their taste buds alive. There is enough scope for culinary talent to flourish that can help everyone to experience new menus. It helps mums to cook up delectable meals, it helps chefs to make better versions of well known dishes and today it is no secret that grandmothers are willing to share their secret ingredients and spices.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Vast literatures on cookery books are available. Cookery classes by skilled cooks are common in many neighbourhoods. Some people are taking the trouble of organising classes by inviting chefs from out of town or even holding demonstrations in five star kitchens. Not anyone and everyone can conduct cookery classes. In most cases, special classes require proper venues that will help in conducting the cooking process.<span id="more-59"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It should be easy for participants to watch and later ask questions. Many shopping malls are conducting experimental classes in the lobbies. Not a very good idea but they are only promoting a particular brand of product like oil or spice company.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The best way to organise a cookery class is to have pre-registration and fees for entrants. These way only genuine participants come for the class. The show should also be for the minimum amount of people, so that the chef who is conducting the class gets to interact with them at the end of the show. The class also be organised on a day and time when it will be suitable to all. Regular classes can be organised by teaching new techniques (it cannot be cooking all the time).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-61" href="http://www.dashofchange.com/free-cooking-classes/how-to-conduct-a-cooking-class.html/attachment/cooking-class2"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-61" title="cooking class" src="http://dashofchange.com/images/2011/07/cooking-class2-250x165.jpg" alt="cooking class" width="250" height="165" /></a>Sometimes people need to know how to source the ingredients and how to do pre-cooking. This also becomes a valuable lesson for all the participants. Most cookery classes&#8217; experts teach only how to cook a meal at home. Sometimes cooking for men, children or larger group meals for banquets, parties and catering can also be instructed. This adds spice and value to the cooking class. Sometimes the participants&#8217; can be encouraged to bring their own recipes for the benefit of the others. Sharing different recipes can be a good experience. One can enlist the services of experts in microwave cooking, baking, traditional cooking, tandoori cooking styles, and lesser known ways to enhance the experience.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Some participants may want to join bigger cooking classes or upgrade their cooking skills. A good cooking class teacher will help in getting such participants to join professional courses or seek help from such skilled hotel chefs. Sometimes it is a good idea to introduce new cooking mediums, ingredients and spices to enrich the talents. Every region has its own specialty and can become known through these classes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Conducting cooking classes is fun and one of the most popular hobby classes that add learning and entertainment. There could be separate classes for beginners, advanced students and professionals. As an alternative career it can be fulfilling financially and emotionally. How is that for a secret recipe to success?</p>
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