You're shopping at the mall with your children when one of them suddenly disappears. A quick search of the nearby area is unsuccessful. What do you do?

 

Now there's a new tool from the FBI that can help. Our just launched Child ID app-the first mobile application created by the FBI-provides a convenient place to electronically store photos and vital information about your children so that it's literally right at hand if you need it. You can show the pictures and provide physical identifiers such as height and weight to security or police officers on the spot. Using a special tab on the app, you can also quickly and easily e-mail the information to authorities with a few clicks. There is no charge for the app.

 

The app also includes tips on keeping children safe as well as specific guidance on what to do in those first few crucial hours after a child goes missing. Put your child's safety in your own hands. Download the FBI's Child ID app today.

 

Learn more by viewing this podcast or download here.

As of January 1, 2008, the North Carolina Immunization Law requires that all individuals attending public school who are entering sixth grade be given a booster dose of Tdap (tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis) if five or more years have passed since their last dose.

 

Tdap Vaccination Clinic:

When: Saturday, April 21, 2012 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Where: Guilford County Department of Public Health

1100 E. Wendover Avenue, Greensboro and 501 E. Green Drive, High Point

Call for an appointment:

Greensboro (English and Spanish) (336) 641-3245

High Point (English) (336) 641-3245 or (Spanish) (336) 641-4591

Cost varies. Have insurance card handy when you call. Bring your child's shot record.

Edible Schoolyard Weekend Programs: Greensboro Children's Museum

  

Reclaiming Pizza

Saturdays, 12pm - 3pm

Join us in the Edible Schoolyard Kitchen to prepare foods from the garden. We will learn to

chop, mix, measure, create, and of course...taste!!!

Saturday, March 17th 6th-8th grade

Saturday, April 21st 9-12th grade

Members - $30 per class

Non-members - $35 per class

 

We Can Grow

Sundays, 2pm - 3pm

Join the Edible Schoolyard staff­ for hands-on instruction in planning and caring for your home garden. Content will be based on your needs.

March 18th

April 22nd

Adults - $10 per class.

Children welcome.

Pre-registration required! Sign up on the website or at the Admissions Desk. 

 

 

Lindley Garden Planting Week: A week of learning and celebrating the garden!

Tuesday-Thursday, March 6-8th 11:00-2:00 each day - Students will plant seed trays for their classrooms and plant spring crops in the garden. Seedlings from the seed trays will be planted in the garden and sold at the Spring Carnival in April.

Wednesday, March 7th - Jim Jenkins, Vice President, Syngenta, will come to talk to 3rd - 5th graders about how science and technology play a role in agriculture.

Thursday, March 8th - Steve Tate, owner of the Goat Lady Dairy, will speak at Lindley at 6:00pm about local foods and sustainability. The Greensboro Children's Museum will bring some friendly, small farm animals, and they will have stories and activities for children. We will have a mini-farmers market at school with local vendors that evening, so plan to do some shopping!

Friday, March 9th - Vern Switzer, a farmer/author from Rural Hall, will speak with students and read from his books.

Questions? Please contact Palmer McIntyre by e-mail or 854-4080.

 

 

Tip: Need Mulch?

If you work at a Guilford County public school, Jamie Wagner who is with School maintenance says regarding mulch for pathways, schools just need to send a work order for recycled mulch to put in the pathways in the gardens and then his crews will process the orders and do the delivery. For more information contact Cynthia Nielsen with the School Garden Network.

 

 

2012 Growing the Green Way Spring Class Series

All events are free and for adult learners.

Various locations around Greensboro.

Presented by the NC Cooperative Extension Service in Guilford County and The Extension Master Gardeners.

Sponsored by Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department and Greensboro Beautiful, Inc.

For a course listing call  (336) 375-5876 or email Pam Marshall. 

 

  

Grant Opportunity

Check out the environmental sustainability (school gardens qualify) grant offered by the Captain Planet Foundation. The deadline is May 31st and amounts awarded range from $250-$2,500! 

 

Doors open at 6:00 p.m.; presentation 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

 

International Civil Rights Center and Museum

Free parking at News & Record

 

Sponsored by Guilford County Schools and numerous other community organizations.

 

Features:

Parents' room with onsite counselors

Information booths

Teen-only panel

Teen-only audience

3 skits

Interactive talk

Show format

Refreshments

Shop Smarter

Not sure which foods to choose in the grocery store? Clear up the confusion with Aisle by Aisle: Choosing Foods Wisely - a series of 12 free online videos to help you navigate your grocery store aisles.

Look for the full series of videos and download the tip sheet for each video on MyEatSmartMoveMore.com.

 

 

Putting Health on the Menu: A Toolkit for Creating Healthy Restaurant Programs Want Healthier Restaurants in Town? Here's a New Approach

Families are eating out more than ever: Americans today spend half - yes, half! - their food budgets on restaurant food. That can translate into a lot of calories from restaurant kitchens.

What can local governments do to motivate these eateries to shape up their menus? Check out our new toolkit, "Putting Health on the Menu" to find out how to create a program that gives restaurant owners plenty of incentives to upgrade the nutritional quality of their offerings. Then contact NPLAN for help adapting our model program to your community's needs.

 

  

PHLP brings an array of trainings right to your desktop all year long

Coming up March 13: Licensing Laws: A Strong Tool for Healthy Food

What would it take to get all food sellers in your community to carry fresh fruits and vegetables? Local policymakers are starting to look at licensing laws, which can require store owners to stock certain foods, accept SNAP or WIC benefits, or restrict the amount of tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks in their store. Find out more and register here.

 

 

Texas PTA Healthy Resources-includes alternatives to food as rewards--a great classroom tool

Click Here

 

  

From Heartwire: Ten Foods Provide Half of Sodium Eaten in US

 

 

New Cooking with Kids Resources from the School Nutrition Association

View the new Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs and other nutrition standards for school meals.

  

Many U.S. Kids Still Buy Unhealthy Snacks at School.

Regulation needed to reduce students' access to junk food, researchers say. Read.

 

 

Any Exercise Benefits Kids' Heart Health.

Better blood pressure, cholesterol, weight accompanies activity, regardless of sedentary time. Read.

 

Depressed Kids May Be Targets for Bullying, study suggests.

New research challenges notion that bullying leads to mental health woes. Read.

 

Help Prevent Ice Skating Accidents.

 Follow these safety guidelines. Read.

 

Playing Sports May Help Keep Kids from Smoking.

But the risk of taking up the habit rises if teammates smoke, study finds. Read.

 

 

Safe Social Networking Tips for Teens.

Parents can support a positive experience for their kids, experts say. Read.

 

 

Source: MedlinePlus 

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