| NYC & Company and WNBC's News 4 You Recommend Kid-Free Back-To-School Activities for Parents
As kids get ready to go back to school, WNBC's Perri Peltz and Tiffany Townsend of NYC & Company, the City's official marketing and tourism organization, find kid-free, back-to-school activities for parents looking to make the most of their free time on the News 4 You's NYC Visit segment airing Friday, August 17. .
Grants Help Students Learn to Love Their Veggies
(Family Features) - Getting kids to eat their veggies has always been a struggle for moms. But now, it's also a struggle for schools. New federally mandated local wellness policies are requiring schools to set goals for nutrition education and campus food provisions. As a result, schools are feeling more pressure to ensure that kids are eating healthfully during lunch.And it's not easy. One of the most recurring obstacles schools face is the lack of funding necessary to make changes in school meals."When you look at the percentage of kids not eating their veggies, schools are facing an uphill battle" said Elizabeth Pivonka, president of Produce for Better Health (PBH) foundation. "About 96 percent of kids age 2 to 12 fall short of the recommended 2-5 cups per day of fruits and vegetables with most kids today needing to more than double their current intake."Last year, in an effort to address the problem, the makers of Hidden Valley ranch dressings conducted the Love Your Veggies Nationwide School Lunch Campaign.
Friends Remember Soon-to-be-Senior
Seventeen-year-old Amanda Mabon was preparing to enter her senior year at Oakfield-Alabama High School. Wednesday, on the way to see her boyfriend, she lost control of her car and hit a tree off West Bergen Road. She died Thursday from her injuries. In high school, Mabon played on the Hornets soccer team. "When we came here and all the flowers and balloons were here, I was like 'you know people love Mandy,'" Amanda's friend Becky Call said. Amanda Mabon's girlfriends picked up pieces from the crash site, including glass as clear as their memory of their friend. "This is my first year playing soccer because she was so crazy about soccer and she talked me into doing it this year," Call said. The crash happened in front of Ronald McCracken's home.
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