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Not only is my blog about helping feed the hungry and starving, it is about making the world a better place to live.    Far too many children come in contact with poisons and some fatally…..

Help End Hunger Now is affiliated with an organization to spread the awareness of the dangers of poisons.  It is called S.T.O.P.P.

S.T.O.P.P. stands for Sanitize * Teach * Organize * Prevent * Poisoning

You can help us save the lives of our

• CHILDREN
• CATS
• DOGS
• PETS

Did you know…..

1. Poison Control Centers report that over 1,150,000 children (5 and under) are exposed to poisons?
2. National Animal Poison Control Centers have over 400,000 individual cases of pet poisonings?

Everyone can join our FREE Membership Today!
Together we can save lives and put an end to needless, senseless and tragic deaths due to poisoning

S = Sanitize

Here is proof that we all must Sanitize our homes.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted a survey which revealed:

• 75% had one pesticide stored within reach of the children.
• 47% had one pesticide stored in an unlocked cabinet and within reach of children
• 13% of all pesticide poisonings occur in homes other than that of th eparents such as grandparents or other adult only homes.
• S.T.O.P.P. says:  We all must throw it away or lock it up!

T= Teach

It is vitally important that we share this information with everyone.  Not just those who have children and pets, but everyone.  S.T.O.P.P. is developing specific programs to teach:

• Parents
• School Teachers
• Veterinarians
• Baby Sitters
• Pet Stores
• Grandparents
• Pediatricians
• Public awareness agencies

O = Organize

We have organized to take our message to the masses.  S.T.O.P.P. is an international membership founded by parents and adults who have lost a child, pet or are very concerned about the child and pet poisoning problem.  Through the strength of our membership we will:

• Put pressure on companies to produce only safe products.
• Provide support for those who have lost a child or pet due to poisoning.
• Through our membership drive we can encourage others to join our membership and save the lives of all of our children and pets.
• S.T.O.P.P. was founded as a public service organization and does NOT earn a profit.

P = Prevent

We must always be prepared in order to prevent poisonings.

• Children under the age of 5 years old constantly explore the world around them.  Unfortunately, what children reach for they usually put in their mouths.  This is why poisonings occur.
• Cats and dogs, especially kittens and puppies explore with their mouths.  Cats may start to taste something and are unable to spit it out because of their rough tongues.  Dogs like to mouth and chew.  Both are at equal risk of poisoning.
• S.T.O.P.P. locates safe non-poisonous alternatives and shares this information with the public.

P = Poisoning

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says:

• Children act fast…. So do poisons.
• Poisonings occur in the time it takes to answer the doorbell or telephone.
• Children and household pets are at equal risk.
• Help us S.T.O.P.P. poisonings.

Every Year….

Thousands of:

• Children
• Cats & Dogs
• & Other Household Pets

Die Tragic Deaths Due to Poisoning

Please help us S.T.O.P.P. these needless, senseless and devastating deaths.

You can visit our site at http://www.stoppthepoisons.org and fill out the form on the page.

While there, check out some of the startling articles of childlen and poisons.

If you know of anyone that has lost a child or pet to poisons, we would love to hear from you.

HUNGER HAS JUMPED. PLEASE HELP. THEY NEED YOUR HELP NOW.

Please Read This New and Shocking Article

50 Percent More U.S. Kids Hungry in 2007

By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN
WASHINGTON (Nov. 17) - Some 691,000 children went hungry in America sometime in 2007, while close to one in eight Americans struggled to feed themselves adequately even before this year’s sharp economic downturn, the Agriculture Department reported Monday.

The department’s annual report on food security showed that during 2007 the number of children who suffered a substantial disruption in the amount of food they typically eat was more than 50 percent above the 430,000 in 2006 and the largest figure since 716,000 in 1998.

Overall, the 36.2 million adults and children who struggled with hunger during the year was up slightly from 35.5 million in 2006. That was 12.2 percent of Americans who didn’t have the money or assistance to get enough food to maintain active, healthy lives. Almost a third of those, 11.9 million adults and children, went hungry at some point. That figure has grown by more than 40 percent since 2000.

The government says these people suffered a substantial disruption in their food supply at some point and classifies them as having “very low food security.” Until the government rewrote its definitions two years ago, this group was described as having “food insecurity with hunger.”

The findings should increase pressure to meet President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign pledge to expand food aid and end childhood hunger by 2015, said James Weill, president of the Food Research and Action Center, an anti-hunger group.

He predicted the 2008 numbers will show even more hunger because of the sharp economic downturn this year.

“There’s every reason to think the increases in the number of hungry people will be very, very large based on the increased demand we’re seeing this year at food stamp agencies, emergency kitchens, Women, Infants and Children clinics, really across the entire social service support structure,” said James Weill, president of the Food Research and Action Center, an anti-hunger group.

Weill said the figures show that economic growth during the first seven years of the Bush administration didn’t reach the poorest and hungriest people. “The people in the deepest poverty are suffering the most,” Weill said.

The number of adults and children with “low food security” - those who avoided substantial food disruptions but still struggled to eat - fell slightly since 2000, from 24.7 million to 24.3 million.

The government said these people have several ways of coping eating less varied diets, obtaining food from emergency kitchens or community food charities, or participating in federal aid programs like food stamps, the school lunch program or the Women, Infants and Children program.

Among other findings:

The families with the highest rates of food insecurity were headed by single mothers (30.2 percent), black households (22.2 percent), Hispanic households (20.1 percent), and households with incomes below the official poverty line (37.7 percent)

States with families reporting the highest prevalence of food insecurity during 2005-2007 were Mississippi (17.4 percent), New Mexico (15 percent), Texas (14.8 percent) and Arkansas (14.4 percent).

The highest growth in food insecurity over the last 9 years came in Alaska and Iowa, both of which saw a 3.7 percent increase in families who struggled to eat adequately or had substantial food disruptions.

Things Our Volunteers At Help End Hunger Now Can Do:

1. Place and order for Nutrient Dense Pudding and when your order arrives, deliver it to your local Food Bank.
2. You can donate to the Foundation
3. You can donate Extra Volunteer Time at your local Soup Kitchen and / or Food Pantry
4. Enroll more volunteers to help our AutoTithing Grow

Together We Can End Hunger

The Web site Address for Help End Hunger Now Foundation is:

www.helpendhungernowfoundation.org/100001

I know this post is long, but well worth it….

By……  Nancy Colasurdo, Life Coach

As life coaches, we guide people in bettering their lives. In
doing that, do we have an obligation to implement “the
greater good” into our sessions with clients?

We are living in a time when many people are feeling pinched
financially and overwhelmed in their scheduling and don’t
think they have anything to give, but I say the very solution
to helping lift one out of a difficult situation is giving in
ways that are proportionate and meaningful.

It opens up channels in our lives like nothing else can.
There is always something we can do.
I know of what I speak. My road in life coaching–a
profession I had never heard of seven years ago–began as a
volunteer right after Sept. 11, 2001. To say I was the
opposite of altruistic prior to this is an understatement.

While working as a television producer for Oxygen Media, I
attended a “volunteer fair” on my lunch hour one day and
found an organization that paired adult coaches with
underserved children. At age 39, I figured it was about time
I did something more than pay lip service to the idea of
volunteering, so I excitedly jumped in and was assigned to
coach a nine-year-old boy.

At the end of a mandatory all-day training for volunteers,
the life coach running the program approached me and
suggested I pursue life coaching as a career. “You’re a
natural,” she said after watching me in action. Delighted
that I had found a way to give that really suited me, but
feeling my plate was already full, I didn’t give it much more
thought as a full-time career path. Then I saw an ad in The
New York Times that said, “Become a life coach.” I felt like
something bigger was talking to me then, so I enrolled in an
intensive training program to indeed become a life coach.

I intended it to be a side job, a way to augment my existing
income. Then, in March of 2002, our show at Oxygen was
cancelled and I was laid off, along with over 20 of my
co-workers. Suddenly, life coaching became my safety net. I
believe this is often how life’s most meaningful paths are
born. Sometimes it takes a jolt (9/11) and then a brick to
the head (a layoff) to actually see.

Once I started getting into the thick of coaching people
while simultaneously trying to meet the financial challenges
of starting a business, I began to learn the real meaning
behind giving. Times were lean for a while and as I paid more
heed to my emotional, physical and spiritual health, I
started awakening to the concept of sacrifice.

I realized just because money was tight didn’t mean I
couldn’t share some.

I didn’t have to be one of those whiners who talked about how
easy it is for people like Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey to
give because they have so much. It was a simple shift in
thinking, if profound.

For example, buying a banana for a homeless person on a New
York City street was approximately 30 cents out of my pocket.
My fascination with the homeless grew and I began doing pro
bono work through the local homeless shelter. It is one hour
of my time per week, and it is some of the most satisfying
work I’ve ever done. I am far from the only person whose life
course changed because of that fateful day when our country
felt its vulnerability in ways it never had before.

In my acquaintance alone there are many examples.
One of my first life coaching clients was seeking direction
after her fiance died in the World Trade Center a year before
their wedding; she found that direction in helping others
with their grief. A dear friend went from sports producer to
the rigors of becoming a fireman. Others have forged
meaningful paths outside of corporate environments they found
stifling and hollow.

Every day I marvel at the people I meet who are seeking to do
something more worthwhile or satisfying, who want to
contribute to the greater good through careers or
volunteerism.

At even the hint of this desire in a coaching consultation,
perhaps my call to action should be to more vigorously pursue
it with the client, to dispel some of the preconceived
notions I once had.

What can you do this month, this week, this day to further
that?   Is it better use of your time to bicker on a message board?

Or, like one friend of mine, send a care package to a
soldier?

What is my obligation as a life coach in these highly charged
times? I think it’s to pay attention to a renewed energy and
motivation to service. That is the essence of our call.

We at Help End Hunger Now, have an obligation to end hunger.

Those that have the ability have the responsibility to do
this thing.

When you have 3 Nutrient Dense Food Servings per day, you are
giving your body what it needs to have and maintain the very
best health possible.

By personally consuming 90 servings per month, you
automatically provide 9 meals for the hungry.

PLEASE HELP YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY AND THE
HUNGRY AT THE SAME TIME

Together We Can End Hunger Now