Chocolate

You likely have seen fair-trade coffee in bags with pretty designs and an interesting story about the place where it was grown.

Now get ready for fair-trade chocolate.

“In the next year, we’re going to see an increase in the demand for fair-trade chocolate,” predicted Nicole Chettero of Trans Fair USA, which certifies fair-trade products. “Fair-trade chocolate grew almost 85 percent in 2005 alone.” And its reputation is approaching the “high-quality, gourmet” buzz of fair-trade coffee, she said.

Fair-trade chocolate means “not only did it come from a small, democratically elected collective of cacao producers, but they were paid above-market prices, and no child labor was used,” Chettero said. While fair trade does not equal organic, she said it does connote “sustainable farming, strict environmental standards and none of the worst pesticides.”

Polly Politico
Character – Polly Politico dreams of one day being President

Dream – In her early 20s, she ran for mayor of her small town, She dreamed of the young, old, disenfranchised, and privileged involved in revitalizing her town

Challenge – You’re too young, You never ran for public office before, You have no degree, Who would vote for you?

Solution – Made cold calls door-to-door at all kinds of events and meetings, Invited everyone she knew to campaign for her (with flyers, bake sales, low-cost fund-raisers), Media became interested, The more people heard, the more they liked her

Advice – Lost the election, “Win or lose, keep on playing!”, Remember her name – you may vote her into office as President of the U.S!

You
Character – you

Dream – Have a dream, Have high hopes that you will make it happen

Notice how he is quick to laugh and doesn’t get hung up on little things. Or how easily he can put things in order, from balancing the family checkbook to locating your car keys. Or how he goes out into the world day after day, without complaining, to do his share for the family. Thank him for all of it! Express your appreciation, your gratitude for these many gifts to you, with words, with touch, with affection. Let him know loudly and clearly how he matters to you, how important he is in your life.

Parents are teens’ first and best teachers. As a parent, you can use The Pregnancy Pact movie to start a family conversation about your own views, values and expectations – and ideas for how to prevent teen pregnancy in the first place. Watch this movie with your teens or with a group of parents and teens together to explore in greater depth some of the issues raised in the movie. This guide is also useful for youth program leaders, teachers and others who work with and care about teens. If you are a non-profit organization or teacher, you can order a free copy of the film and discussion guide for teens to use for educational purposes by visiting www.mylifetime.com

Issues to talk about

Evalation Design
A prospective randomized, pretestposttest control group design was implemented to assess midpregnancy and endof-pregnancy smoking status from selfreports and saliva cotinine tests. At the first visit and after the 994 patients gave their informed consent, a computer-generated system randomly assigned them to two groups: Experimental (E) Group (493 patients) and Control (C) Group (501 patients). After randomization, 93 E Group and 87 C Group patients became ineligible due towithdrawal from public health care, a miscarriage, or an abortion. A total of 814 pregnant smokers-400 E Group and 414 C Group patients-were eligible for follow-up.

Fonmative and Process Evaluation
The formative evaluation (noted above) was conducted at the four clinics with a sample of269 patients (100 smokers and 169 nonsmokers) recruited from 300 consecutive intakes. A 35% smoking rate (105/300) and a 10% refusal rate (31/300) was observed. The sample of 100 smokers served as a Historical Comparison Group (C Group) to document pretrial baseline prevalence rates and “normal” quit rates from the first visit to childbirth. Clinic nurses and administrators reviewed and field tested data and saliva collection methods with the 269 patients.

There are things you can do before you get pregnant to help improve the chance of having a healthy baby.

Get a check-up

• The most important thing you can do before you get pregnant is to see a doctor, midwife or nurse.
• As soon as you think you may be pregnant, get prenatal care early and go to all your medical appointments.

Take A Multivitamin Daily

• Take a vitamin that has 400 micrograms of Folic Acid.
• Folic Acid is a vitamin that can help prevent birth defects in your baby’s brain and spine.

Eat Well

• A healthy diet includes the basic food groups: vegetables, grains, fruits, meats, and dairy products.
• Eliminate or reduce fast foods and instant foods from your diet.

Exercise

• Walking for 30 minutes, 3-5 times per week, can help you stay healthy during pregnancy.