Posts Tagged ‘kids’
A Bake Sale for Japan (video)
June 14, 2011 In North Vancouver, Canada, recently 9 year old Emily held a bake sale to raise funds to help those hit hard by the March 11th earthquake in Japan. She and her younger brother distributed 2-3 dozen homemade flyers in the hopes to entice neighbors to stop by for some home-baked goodies. With [...]
Halloween Fun: Shooting Pumpkins at an Old School Bus (video)
Farmer Don Wachlin draws scores of kids who delight in firing their grapefruit size pumpkins at the old bus.
Let’s Move!
February 09, 2010 Let’s Move!, the new initiative that was kicked off today at the White House by first lady Michelle Obama, Will Allen (Growing Power), Judith Palfrey (president of the American Academy of Pediatrics), and Willis “Chip” Johnson, mayor of Hernando, MS. The purpose of the initiative and website is “to solve the epidemic [...]
Failure to Cultivate: A Response to Caitlin Flanagan on School Gardens
January 12, 2010 Well thought out with good points made in response to Atlantic Journal post yesterday, How school gardens are cheating our most vulnerable students. Chef Kurt Michael Friese, owner and publisher of Edible Iowa River Valley, writes about the importance of school gardens and what children may learn from doing so. “There is [...]


