Health District helps employees lose weight
Following the establishment of Tyler’s Fit City Challenge, officials at the health district took the citywide initiative to heart. They call it the 1,000-pound Challenge — a one-year challenge designed to get people moving and eating better. Every employee that weighed in last week lost weight — from one to eight pounds.
Miss District of Colombia, USA promotes vegan benefits. Following her adoption of a completely plant-based diet, then-21-year-old university student Ms. MacKenzie Green found that preparations for the demanding state level beauty pageant became much easier. She began sharing her perception of the immediate benefits of the healthy vegan diet in an online journal along with her thoughts on the exciting new lifestyle while sharing delicious vegan recipes as well. In a telephone interview with Supreme Master Television, the double college major, aspiring sports reporter and beauty queen spoke of her experience of switching for good to an animal-free diet. (Phone interview in English) MacKenzie Green — Miss District of Colombia, USA 2010, Vegan (F): It was a really great transition and I love it. What I noticed for myself is, I just felt the lack of worry about, “Okay, am I eating this? Am I supposed to eat that?” to being able to just feed myself, and more so eat to fuel my body. I think that just makes you feel a lot more confident, because you’re like, “I’m taking care of myself. I feel good. ” I just felt so comfortable in my own skin; by the time I got to my state pageant, that I think people just saw it from the audience that they saw that I just felt a little more confident. Definitely, the beauty side, you get so many vitamins and nutrients in a vegan diet that your hair grows, your skin looks really great, you definitely feel just better! It’s really just something . . .
Ujamaa Collective Marketplace will open Saturday in Hill District
The marketplace will feature mainly homemade and organic products, including vegan, vegetarian and West Indian food, as well as jewelry, hair care, natural soap, gift baskets, photography, henna tattoos, hand-painted tote bags, games, music and entertainment.
Theater District Shake Shack Opens
After a “soft” opening on Saturday , the newest addition to the Shake Shack dynasty opened its doors on West 44th Street and 8th Ave at 11:00 a.m. today. There was neither pomp nor fanfare for the lunch hour opening, presumably because the Shack people knew they didn’t need it. The long line, so closely associated with what one patient New Yorker called “Shack Culture …
Green Bay School District receives grant from federally funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable program
Students at some Green Bay schools will learn about fruits and veggies and get a healthy mid-afternoon snack next school year.
District 51 offering new vegetarian school lunch menu
A U.S. lawmaker says school lunch menus need to change. That’s why he’s pushing for a bill requiring healthier and vegetarian options. And District 51 says they’re already ahead of the game.