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Co-Host Cook Time Remmi Smith
"The only thing that keeps you from getting success is yourself. If you don’t go after it, if you don’t take a step forward, you’re just taking two steps back because you’re really not doing anything.”
— Remmi Smith, 14, of Tulsa, who has published a cookbook and has a line of Italian salad dressing at some local supermarkets.
Cook Time with Remmi started out with my mom and I having some fun and filming me cooking in our kitchen. We put up a website and started airing the segments. Concerned about the childhood obesity epidemic we wanted kids to see that cooking is fun. Eventually a local cable channel started airing the cooking segments multiple times a week. This led to a second cooking series,”The Culinary Kid” and we partnered with Oklahoma State University Arts Program (OSUIT) to create a show where Remmi learned cooking methods that are similar to the ones the students at the OSUIT Culinary Program learn.
Things were pretty low key until 2012, I was named “Student Ambassador for Health and Wellness” for Sodexo Education. This led to my first contract, and in June I got my first paycheck! As the ambassador, I get to work with Sodexo’s 500 executive chefs giving them a kids perspective on nutrition. My recipes are served in all of Sodexo’s schools in North America. I am the face of their “Fresh Pick” Program and I have created 3 cooking series for them which airs daily in the cafeterias in front of 3.5 mmillion students!

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10-Year Celebration of Joshua’s Heart Foundation & Kids Making a Difference in Communities
How Joshua’s heart is training leaders for tomorrow. Kids making a difference in the community join the show:
Colin Wanless 10 years old just started a Chapter- How important it is for youth to be involved and why start young.
Thalia Castro and Jordan Wong-how can we use gaming to help those in need? The impact of youth on giving back, solving issues, how difficult it is to volunteer and be in school.
Joshua Williams is a Ransom Everglades high school student from South Florida who discovered his passion for philanthropy when he was 4 and a half-years-old. Believing that no child should ever go hungry, for the past nine and a half years, Joshua has been dedicated to helping to “stomp out world hunger” through his organization Joshua’s Heart Foundation, (JHF) and he is working hard to end worldwide hunger one community at a time. He empowers and engages young people ages 2 and up to find their passion or purpose and use it for the better good. Alone we can do so much but together we can move mountains states Joshua.
Joshua recently appeared in “The Way Kids See It,” a documentary short film launched by Unilever that captures ideas and inspiration for creating a brighter future from children all over the world. The film features children whose positive outlook inspired Project Sunlight, a long-term Unilever initiative to motivate millions of people to live more sustainably by inspiring them to build a brighter future for children, and highlights the hopes, dreams and plans that they have for a better world.
About Joshua’s Heart Foundation
Joshua’s Heart Foundation was founded in 2005 in Miami, Florida and is dedicated to the fight against global hunger and poverty. JHF has two primary goals: to “Stomp out World Hunger” and to “Break the Cycle of Poverty”. JHF is a 501(c) 3 non-for-profit organization, which empowers, needy people to improve their quality of life, by providing items of basic necessities, such as groceries, and by effectively engaging and educating communities at home and abroad about committing to fight hunger and poverty on global basis. JHF is a youth run organization dedicated to stomping out hunger. To date JHF has distributed over 1 million pounds of food to families in need in South Florida, Jamaica, Africa and India. A Jr. Advisory Board of 80 youth ages 9-18, and 5,500 youth volunteers called elves.
Joshua has received numerous awards for his work some national award include -
• Youngest recipient of the Champion of change award given by the white house for strengthening food security in the U.S.
• CNN Heroes Young Wonder
• BET Shine A light Honoree
• TheGrio 100 History Makers in the Making
• Bammy Awards
• Presidential Volunteer Service Award
• Three Dot Dash Global Teen Leader
• Jefferson Awards for Impact
• National Prudential Award
Joshua is the chief change maker, Founder and President of JHF, advocate for the needy, motivational speaker, sits on several national boards, travels local, national and international to create awareness and motivate others.

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Co-Hosts Inventor Lily Born & Songwriter Niki Singh
Co-Host Lily Born: Twelve-year-old Lily Born saw her grandfather, who was suffering from Parkinson’s disease, struggle to use a regular cup, spilling his drink in the process. Inspired to find a solution, Lily used moldable plastic to develop a prototype that was more stable and comfortable to use. The Kangaroo Cup can be used by individuals who suffer from muscular control issues, as well as young children. With the help of her father, she launched a crowdsourcing campaign and eventually raised enough funds to help bring the Kangaroo Cup to market. She launched product directly to the market on the crowdfunding sites Indiegogo and Kickstarter, where she successfully pre-sold more than 10,000 cups. She was chosen as a member of the Independent Youth Teen Network, Selected as Business Insider’s Top 11-year-old in Tech, and was honored as a “Young Wonder” in CNN’s Heroes Tribute. She is the youngest member of the Catalyze Chicago’s Hardware Incubator. www.imagiroo.com
Lily was invited to the White House https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/03/20/meet-exhibitors-2015-white-house-science-fair-1
The Kangaroo Cup is simply a better mug for anyone. Fewer spills on the keyboard at the office, fewer messes at home. Who wants to chase guests around with coasters?
http://www.amazon.com/Imagiroo-K01-Kangaroo-Cup-White/dp/B00WRDS1HM/ref=cm_cr_pr_pl_footer_top?&ie=UTF8
Co-Host Niki Singh: Niki Singh is a 10-year old (4th grader) Indian American girl who has been dealing with bullying, self confidence and self worth issues. To this end, she has written a song entitled, ” My Reflection.” The song is about the importance of inner strength/self confidence (inner beauty) and less about about outward appearance. She wrote this song as she was talking to herself in the mirror. The words are truly empowering for other kids and frankly for a 10 year old, surprising in terms of her ability to express her feeling so eloquently in a lyrical form. She wrote the entire song from lyrics to melody to the arrangement. Her goal for this song, and one of the reasons she went to a studio to record it, is to help other kids realize they are not the only ones who feel insecure at times or feel “down.” Niki’s quote,” Papa, if one kid who is feeling down, listens to this song and starts to smile, I will feel like this song is worth something.” Her goal is to spread that message and encourage kids to focus on whom they are inside.
Niki also has a non profit organization she started “Just Be Me.” The goal of the organization is to help foster awareness and provide support to younger kids (grade school and middle school) to help them understand the importance of self worth and identity… celebrating both what binds us together and what differentiates us…
Her song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v0qeTiJnUg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loeKnDgQW54

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Peace, Love and Joy…
We create these powerful emotions within our hearts to strengthen ourselves and to radiate their frequencies out to the world around us. We model peace, love and joy through our actions. We teach children through our peaceful, loving and joyful presence…
Wendy Fachon, and Gail Ahlers will be running programs through the Pawtucket School Department this summer to promote physical activity and enjoyment of the outdoors. Pawtucket and other communities have a big problem with children getting too much screen time during the day. Gail Ahlers said she and Wendy will make a great combination in empowering Pawtucket youths to have the confidence to think differently through a variety of activities. If you take away a student’s fear, anxiety and self-doubt, behavior often improves and leadership skills emerge, she said.
Wendy Fachon, founder of Rhode Island Netwalking, who says society’s ever-increasing penchant for sitting in front of computer, TV and phone screens is not only causing greater health problems but making people less happy and productive. Wendy and students from Fallon Elementary School are quite a sight walking down the streets of Pawtucket to Slater Park on Thursday afternoons. The goal of the walks? Let kids be kids and expose them to the unexpected adventures of the great outdoors. “Kids these days spend an awful lot of time indoors on computers,” says Wendy. “We want to get them outside and open up their world.”www.netwalkri.com
Gail Ahlers, Artistic Director and CEO moved to Providence from the New York area to pursue a life of art at Rhode Island School of Design. Once there, she discovered sculpture’s endless possibilities and earned her BFA in Light Metals in 1985. Upon graduating from RISD, she studied art history in Paris and received advanced sculpture training at the San Miguel de Allende Institute in Mexico.With expertise in precious metals and sculpture and a De Beers Shining Light Diamond Design Award under her belt, Gail bridged her design talent and artistry in 1989 by founding Ahlers Designs. Gail collaborates closely with each and every client to create original, significant art that honors the special occasion for which it’s made with timeless authenticity.
The Empowerment Factory is a community of leaders, coaches and entrepreneurs teaching programs and workshops that “Create smarter, happier and more empowered people.” We have a wide variety of classes. The founder, Gail Ahlers, says her passion is making art, creating joy and empowering people.www.ahlersdesigns.com/empowerment
By some estimates each year 14 billion pounds of food are sent to landfills. Meanwhile nearly 30 million Americans including 12 million children are at risk of hunger. We Share Hope, a Rhode Island based food rescuer, needs your help to keep this from happening by encouraging organizations to offer food donations which are protected under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act, by volunteering time, by people willing to use their vehicles to deliver food and by offering financial support. http://www.wesharehope.org

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Co-Host Teen Activist Rachel Parent Founder of Kids Right to Know From a very young age, Rachel Parent has shown a true compassion for the protection of animals, the less fortunate, and elderly. She attended a small school that encouraged caring for others by sharing her innate talents for singing and the playing guitar with the York Region Police choir. When Rachel was 12 years old, she received an assignment to give a speech for all the students at her School, on a topic that would be of interest to her. Rachel struggled to decide among the many topics that she was passionate about, ranging from GMOs and Animal Cruelty, to Poverty in Canada, and Global Deforestation. Eventually she decided on GMOs, as she felt it represented the most opportunity to change many lives, to better everyone’s health, and help improve our overburdened health care system. During her research in preparation for her speech, Rachel came to understand how deeply GMOs are affecting the entire planet, from humans to bees, the earth, and kids’ futures. It was clear that the situation was urgent and needed immediate attention. She won a medal for her speech. Not long after, when California began working on awareness in anticipation of their GMO Labeling Proposition 37, she recognized it as a perfect opportunity to not only offer support to California, but also to alert Canadian children about the urgency of the GMO problem here at home. This prompted her to organize a GMO Kids Right to Know rally in Toronto, where she gave a speech for a live audience that was documented in a video was posted to YouTube. Since then, she has participated in various health and food-related events, travelled to Brazil’s Amazon forest and Northern areas of South America to witness the devastation to sensitive ecological areas caused by GM soy agriculture, presented to large audiences in company with the likes of Jeffrey Smith from the Institute for Responsible Technology, and even helped bake a massive 48” fresh apple pie (made without GMO Ingredients) which she brought to St. James Park to share with those less fortunate. When not educating people about GMOs, Rachel volunteers in youth organizations around the world, works in her organic garden, enjoys horseback riding, formulating natural cosmetics, and working at an animal sanctuary rescue camp, where she helps take care of tigers, monkeys and lemurs. http://www.kidsrighttoknow.com/

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Joshua William’s Message:
Since I was 5 years old, I have wanted to so something to help the poor. I wanted to do this because I don’t want to see kids suffer. I am going to give people food and things so they can find a way to help themselves. Whenever I work, I will give some of my money to help. I have the liberty to help the poor, you have the liberty too and together we can all male a difference in the world. I need all kids and adults to help me to make a difference. Thank you, Joshua. Stomp Out Hunger: Joshua’s Heart Foundation was born out of a five year-old’s simple wish to feed the hungry. Since then, the Foundation has distributed over 895,000 pounds of food to those in need. With one in six Americans facing hunger today, there’s still plenty of work to be done. By getting involved in Joshua’s Heart Foundation, you play a vital role in fulfilling our mission.
http://joshuasheart.org/
Joshua’s Heart Foundation values:
• Community
We believe that a community effort is vital for the success of our mission to end hunger. We collaborate and build relationships based on trust and honest communication to accomplish our vision of a hunger-free community. With local action, you can have a global impact.
• Awareness
With close to 50 million Americans struggling to get enough to eat, it’s important to increase awareness about these issues. We send out transparent and accurate messages about our cause, highlighting the urgent needs of those struggling with hunger. Help support the Joshua’s Heart Foundation cause by using social media to share our vision and stories.
• Mobilize
We are working hard to mobilize support for hunger relief programs and activities. The majority of our work force is composed of volunteers. Solidarity and collaboration are key to our success.
• Education
It’s important to teach future generations not to make the same mistakes we did. We work on early childhood and youth education programs to break the cycle of poverty.
• Resources
We rely on the generosity of the American people to carry out our charitable work. We assess and evaluate how resources are used achieve our mission on a regular basis. Our efficient and transparent accountability has granted us the public’s trust in our work and stewardship.
Our Practitioners:
Changing the World…One Dragon at a Time
Dagny Grant & Beth Donnelly are radio personalities on I AM U Radio, produced by the I AM Group University; co-writers of the Journey of Joy Series owned and produced by Matrix Productions. Individually, Dagny Grant is the President of Purposeful Greatness as a speaker/author/paradigms coach, as well as the Chief Marketing Officer for the I AM Group. Visit the Purposeful Greatness Page Here Beth Donnelly is a singer/ teacher/director for Jeremiah Productions and The Glory Singers, as well as the Chief Information Officer for the I AM Group. Visit the Jeremiah Productions Page Here.

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Co-Host 14yr. Old Joshua Williams
Joshua William’s Message:
Since I was 5 years old, I have wanted to so something to help the poor. I wanted to do this because I don’t want to see kids suffer. I am going to give people food and things so they can find a way to help themselves. Whenever I work, I will give some of my money to help. I have the liberty to help the poor, you have the liberty too and together we can all male a difference in the world. I need all kids and adults to help me to make a difference. Thank you, Joshua. Stomp Out Hunger: Joshua’s Heart Foundation was born out of a five year-old’s simple wish to feed the hungry. Since then, the Foundation has distributed over 895,000 pounds of food to those in need. With one in six Americans facing hunger today, there’s still plenty of work to be done. By getting involved in Joshua’s Heart Foundation, you play a vital role in fulfilling our mission.
http://joshuasheart.org/
Joshua’s Heart Foundation values:
• Community
We believe that a community effort is vital for the success of our mission to end hunger. We collaborate and build relationships based on trust and honest communication to accomplish our vision of a hunger-free community. With local action, you can have a global impact.
• Awareness
With close to 50 million Americans struggling to get enough to eat, it’s important to increase awareness about these issues. We send out transparent and accurate messages about our cause, highlighting the urgent needs of those struggling with hunger. Help support the Joshua’s Heart Foundation cause by using social media to share our vision and stories.
• Mobilize
We are working hard to mobilize support for hunger relief programs and activities. The majority of our work force is composed of volunteers. Solidarity and collaboration are key to our success.
• Education
It’s important to teach future generations not to make the same mistakes we did. We work on early childhood and youth education programs to break the cycle of poverty.
• Resources
We rely on the generosity of the American people to carry out our charitable work. We assess and evaluate how resources are used achieve our mission on a regular basis. Our efficient and transparent accountability has granted us the public’s trust in our work and stewardship.
Our Practitioners:
Changing the World…One Dragon at a Time
Dagny Grant & Beth Donnelly are radio personalities on I AM U Radio, produced by the I AM Group University; co-writers of the Journey of Joy Series owned and produced by Matrix Productions. Individually, Dagny Grant is the President of Purposeful Greatness as a speaker/author/paradigms coach, as well as the Chief Marketing Officer for the I AM Group. Visit the Purposeful Greatness Page Here Beth Donnelly is a singer/ teacher/director for Jeremiah Productions and The Glory Singers, as well as the Chief Information Officer for the I AM Group.

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Welcome back HealthBarn USA~March National Nutrition Month: “Bite Into a Healthy Lifestyle” plus Spring Gardening
For more than nine years, through kids’ classes and summer camps at NJ Bergen-County based HealthBarn USA; at our elementary and middle school “Try it, you’ll like it!” school assemblies from New York to California; in national appearances such as the Rachael Ray Show and CNN’s House Call with Sanjay Gupta and on networks like PBS and Nickelodeon; speaking engagements from parent teacher organizations to major medical conventions; and through our website, columns and articles, we have been committed to helping families raise their nutrition literacy through hands-on learning about where our food comes from, and why fresh tastes best and is best for our bodies, minds and souls.
As a result of 9 years of empowering 40,000 kids and families to eat and live healthier, our founder, Stacey Antine wrote Appetite for Life: The Thumbs-Up, No-Yucks Guide to Getting Your Kid to be a Great Eater, HarperOne, an imprint of Harper Collins, fall 2012 nationwide in hardcover (soft cover will be on sale fall 2013) and as an eBook. We know parents need proven how-to tools (including 100 kid-tested, familiy friendly recipes) to get their families living healthy and Appetite for Life serves it up simply and with a lot of fun. Click here to hear what moms and kids have to say about the HealthBarn way. HealthBarn USA has emerged as a major force for positive change in the lives of children and their families. Not convinced? Watch kids in action Being a Farmer,Being a Chef, and Being Green – and you will see for yourself why HealthBarn USA is the place to be for having fun while learning to be healthy! http://www.healthbarnusa.com/
Stacey Antine is a registered dietitian who holds a Master’s of Science in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics from New York University. Alarmed by the long list of lifestyle diseases (obesity, heart disease, diabetes, etc.) faced by children today, she founded HealthBarn USA to connect children to natural foods and where they come from. Expanding her commitment to help families eat healthier, she started HealthBarn Foundation and it’s first project Healing Meals, a food gifting program for children with cancer and serious blood disorders.
KIDS ADVISORY COUNCIL:
Carson, President, age 11-the council has officially elected Carson the president of KAC for his seasoned leadership. His smile and excitement for what’s happening at HealthBarn USA and for making new friends is contagious! He loves learning and building things, so constructing a rain barrel for the garden was one of his favorite activities in addition to cooking and eating all of the recipes. At home, he likes to help his mom cook his favorite recipes and is active by being super busy. He’s excited about being on the Council to come up with new ideas to get kids motivated about being healthy because it’s fun.
Ben, Executive Chef began his cooking career at HealthBarn USA when he was only three years old as a Seedling. He came back to the Barn when he was 9 years old as a Young Harvester and summer camper. Ben is blazing new trails as he develops exciting healthy recipes that continue to get double thumbs up from his peers. He thinks of HealthBarn as a second home. His favorite activity is cooking and harvesting from the garden. His top garden picks are zucchini, lettuce, and herbs and his favorite HealthBarn USA recipe is the Chocolate Chickpea Chippers. He says that when he makes the chippers for his family at home they don’t even know that there are chickpeas in them which he thinks is really cool. Ben wants to inform other kids how important living a healthy life-style is and how easy and tasty eating healthy can be.
Lauren, Expert Taste Tester, age 9, has been coming to summer camp for 3 years along with her brother Robert. She really enjoys cooking and tasting different types of food from different cultures. She especially likes Japanese food and lists salmon sushi as one of her favorite foods “ever.” Lauren loves acting and singing and for the past couple of years has participated in a youth performance troupe for a local community theater. For exercise, she enjoys running, basketball and tennis. Lauren has learned so much at HealthBarn USA. She is now a label reader and thinks it is important for kids to know what they are eating, especially if you can’t pronounce the ingredients then you shouldn’t be eating it. Lauren enjoys spending time in the HealthBarn USA garden and looks forward to many summer camp days to come!

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Special: Integrating Different Healing Modalities in a Clinical Setting
And Qigong Sensory Training Massage for Autistic Kids
Our Practitioner Guest: Maria Broderick is a Harvard-trained developmental psychologist and a state licensed practitioner of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in Massachusetts. She is currently a member of the faculty of the New England School of Acupuncture and previously served as a lecturer on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Maria is a credentialed provider at Boston Medical Center, where she supervises interns in pediatric and adolescent acupuncture services.
In 2008, Maria first learned about Qigong Sensory Training (QST) for Autism and invited Dr. Louisa Silva, QSTI founder and lead researcher, to Massachusetts to learn the therapy directly from her. Currently Dr. Broderick is one of few Master Trainers nationwide and the only Master Trainer on the East Coast. She serves on the Board of the Qigong Sensory Training Institute and is dedicated to disseminating the power of this approach to parents and providers. She has collaborated with Dr. Silva on articles and presentations related to QST.
Maria holds a Master’s degree in Oriental Medicine from the New England School of Acupuncture and a Doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University. Maria’s work in QST is informed by prior work she has done conducting research on the efficacy of holistic approaches to promoting health and well-being at Harvard’s Mind/Body Medical Institute, at Boston area hospitals and research centers, and at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she was appointed a post-doctoral fellow. While a graduate student in Oriental medicine, she received a Schweitzer Fellowship. She remains a Schweitzer Fellow for Life.
Reservoir Family Wellness was founded by Maria Broderick, Ed.D., Lic.Ac. to serve families of children with special needs with an integrative approach to wellness.
http://reservoir-family-wellness.com/

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Emily Kubin has been making a difference in the world, one hat at a time. Creating winter hats, scarves, afghans & gloves for the homeless & working poor. In December 2011, Emily, who was just 17, realized she could help the homeless & working poor in her community of Morristown, NJ, by knitting winter hats for them. On December 27, 2011, Emily’s Hats For Hope Initiative (EHFHI) was born.
In total, Emily has made, collected and donated over 15,000 winter hats! This number does not include the hats donated by her spinoffs nor the hundreds of scarves, afghans, etc that she has donated. Members of Emily’s Facebook group have created approximately 40 independent spinoffs of Emily’s Hats For Hope Initiative in the US, Canada, Denmark, and Australia. Emily’s long-term goal is to have a spinoff in every state & in every country. Hundreds of people from Emily’s Facebook page have sent hats, scarves, afghans, & yarn to us as donations.
Emily has received letters of recognition from NJ Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco, NJ Governor Chris Christie, and Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen. She was interviewed by Roseanne Colletti at NBC Studios in NYC on the Evening Nightly News With Chuck Scarborough in July 2012 and has been interviewed by The Daily Record, The Morris Newsbee, Morristown Patch, Parsippany Patch, and The Star Ledger (NJ newspapers). On March 8, 2013 Emily was interviewed on Ebru Today, an international TV news show. Emily was awarded the 2013 Phenomenal Woman Award, the 2013 Caring Student of the Year Award, the 2013 Points of Light Award, and was a 2013 Huggable Heroes Semi-Finalist. She was also chosen for the 2013 Governor’s Jefferson Award.
Through her dedication to helping others, Emily was accepted into the Civic Scholars Program at Drew University and is currently a sophomore there on full academic scholarship. She is actively recruiting other students from Drew to make winter hats for the homeless and for those in need. She is creating a program on campus where she has students bring home hats to their hometowns during their vacation and then donate them to their local food pantries and soup kitchens.
Please join Emily as she continues to make a difference in the world.
Website: http://emilyshatsforhopeinitiative.org/
Email: hats4hopeinitiative@yahoo.com
Facebook Pg: www.facebook.com/EmilysHatsForHopeInitiative
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilysHats4Hope
Our Practitioner Sarah Gardner
Yoga Reaches Out (YRO) is a 501(c)(3) public charity that makes a difference in the lives of children by raising funds for children’s organizations through yoga events.
YRO was founded by personal trainer and yogi Sarah Gardner of Wayland, Massachusetts. In the fall of 2010 YRO held its first Yogathon at Gillette Stadium’s Field House in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Close to 500 yogis practiced yoga in the New England Patriot’s training facility. Over $225,000 was raised for Boston Children’s Hospital and Yoga For Single Moms. Under one roof, men and women of all levels enjoyed a day of yoga, music, and fundraising. One of the guiding principles of Yoga Reaches Out is “seva,” the Sanskrit word for “selfless service.”
Since that first event, YRO has held annual Yogathons on both coasts as well as countless local events. To date, YRO has raised over one million and distributed those funds to numerous organizations focused on helping children and their families.
A Yogathon is a fundraising event that brings the yoga community together to aid organizations that help children and families. When YRO Founder Sarah Gardner realized that leading a fulfilling life must include a way to give back to her community, she knew yoga was the means to that important element of her life. She had a simple vision: people coming together to practice yoga, create community and use that energy to raise funds for children and families in need.
If you have yet to participate in a Yogathon, We are sure you will be ready to register for the next Yogathon in your area! Contact us!
http://www.yogareachesout.org/ info@yogareachesout.org