| Angel Food Ministries helps feed the family
Spend $25 before Feb. 11 at any of four local churches, and you can collect between $50 and $65 worth of groceries Saturday, Feb. 24.
Sound too good to be true? Not this time.
The churches, First United Methodist Church, Kingsbury Baptist Church, Second Baptist Church and Living Waters Worship Center, are participating with Angel Food Ministries, an 11-year-old, Georgia-based, non-denominational outreach program, which provides food to more than half a million families each month in 32 states.
The program is coordinated in this region by Pastor Lynn Beams of Prevailing Word Church in Lytle, who acknowledged that Angel Food Ministries offer might not be believable to those new to the program and its work.
The first thing people think when they see that much for that little is that theres got to be something wrong with it, and thats just not the case, Beams said.
Gentle Strength Cooperative closes its doors
Its the end of a 36-year run for Gentle Strength Cooperative in Tempe. The natural food and products store, which has been governed by voting members since its founding in 1971, closed its doors Wednesday after years of financial difficulties and a recent move to a new location. Paul Bonanno, a board member and buyer for the store, spent Wednesday talking to customers and tending to a few last details. Most people are sad, he said. . . . A few people are angry and a few people want to know what happened. Bonanno said a series of financial missteps led to the stores demise, starting with the sale of the co-ops property at 234 W. University Drive and relocation to 9 E. Southern Ave. The sale helped pay off hundreds of thousand of dollars of debts. Bonanno said the stores governing board sold the property for $2.5 million, which was substantially below its market value.
Fast Food Chains Pull Calorie Data
New York diners curious to know how many calories are packed into the hamburger they just bought from White Castle or Wendy's are out of luck. The two popular fast food restaurant chains pulled posters listing calorie counts for menu items from the walls of their New York City restaurants and thus will avoid having to comply with a new mandate approved by the Board of Health that will affect thousands of New York restaurants. The rule, which goes into effect July 1, will require about 10% of city restaurants to post calorie counts beside food items listed on their menus. The measure affects mostly chain and fast food restaurants, but only those providing calorie information to customers on or after March 1. By removing any calorie information from their New York City restaurants before the legislative deadline, Wendy's and White Castle won't be held to the same standard as other fast food restaurants in the city.
Cabell Schools to Participate in National School Breakfast Week ...
Students in Cabell County will be learning what breakfast is like around the world as the district participates in the School Nutrition Associations (SNA) National School Breakfast Week, March 5-9, 2007.
Each day the students will enjoy a well-balanced themed meal featuring some of the planets favorite foods. Meal themes include: Beijing Breakfast; Bonzer Breakfast From Oz, Mate; Walk Like an Egyptian; When in Rome; and Awesome Aztec Desayuno (Breakfast).
The SNA established National School Breakfast Week to bring attention to the importance of eating a healthy breakfast. According to their website, www.schoolnutrition.org, the widely offered School Breakfast Program (SBP) is active in approximately 75,000 schools and childcare institutions, with nearly 9 million meals served each day.
Nibbles: Prince Charles urges ban on McDonald’s
While traveling in the United Arab Emirates, Prince Charles suggested that banning McDonald's was "key" to obesity prevention. The UAE has the second-highest rate of diabetes in the world. Charles is an advocate of organic foods and even has his own organic brand, Duchy Originals. A spokesperson from McDonald's said the company was "disappointed" by Charles' remarks, while it was revealed that some of the food in his line is no healthier than a Big Mac… In other British news, an obese 8-year-old is going to be allowed to stay with his family even though his mother has no plans to stop feeding him junk food. Social workers said the child's health was the priority but gave no further details. Meanwhile, the mother of a 9-year-old British girl who weighs nearly 200 pounds says her daughter won't stop eating poorly, even when the refrigerator is padlocked.
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