Popular Children's Shoe Retailer Announces New Parent Stimulus Plan, Rolls Back Prices to 1999 Levels
Children's shoe retailer KidzFeet is looking to help struggling parents this tax season by introducing a new stimulus plan for parents. The company will roll back prices to 1999 levels for the first 1,999 customers on three of its most popular websites through April 15. The offer comes as part of the company's continuing community-based effort to make necessities such as kids shoes available to more parents during these tough economic times.
Toledo, Ohio (PRWEB) April 9, 2010 -- Children's shoe retailer KidzFeet is looking to help consumers this tax season by offering a special "stimulus plan" which will roll back prices to 1999 levels for the first 1,999 customers who purchase through three of the company's most popular websites prior to April 30.
MyKidsFeet.com is one of three websites participating in the Stimulus Plan price roll back to 1999 levels."KidzFeet has a longstanding mission of reaching out to the community through numerous giving programs, and we feel that tax season is a great time to reach out to our loyal customers and offer them some assistance. Kids shoes are a necessity, and we are striving to make them more affordable for our customers," said KidzFeet President Alex Curavo. "Over the past year, we have donated hundreds of pairs of shoes and sandals to children in need from around the world, and now it is time for us to do something to give back to our customers here in the United States."
Stimulus Plan savings are available to the first 1,999 customers at each of KidzFeet's three participating websites:
MyKidsFeet.com is a popular children's shoe boutique, offering quality kids shoes from several brands, including Morgan & Milo, Keds Shoes for Kids, Dinosoles, Stride Rite, Sperry Top-Sider, Robeez, Step & Stride, and Nickelodeon. The company specializes in trendy shoes for toddlers, and offers a wide variety of styles and widths, from narrow to extra wide.
StrideRiteToledo.com is the online retail portal for the independent licensed Stride Rite retail stores in Toledo, OH. The site offers a full line of Stride Rite children's shoes in sizes for babies to 10 years of age, with widths ranging from narrow to extra wide. The site is operated in partnership with Stride Rite licensee Curavo Shoes, Inc. and is not directly affiliated with Stride Rite Corporation or Collective Brands, Inc.
Saddle-Shoes.com was recently acquired by KidzFeet and offers a wide variety of classic saddle shoes for children and adults.
No coupon code is necessary, just visit any of our participating websites for details.
About KidzFeetKidzFeet was founded in March 2008 by 22-year-old entrepreneur Alex Curavo and is headquartered in Perrysburg, OH. The company currently operates four e-commerce websites focusing on quality children's footwear from vendors such as Stride Rite, Keds, Morgan & Milo, Tsukihoshi, Dinosoles, Robeez, Sperry Top-Sider, and Saucony Kids. The company recently acquired Saddle-Shoes.com, a leading source for classic saddle shoes from vendors such as FootMates, Willits, Keds, Jumping Jacks and Bass in sizes for children, women and men. To date, the company has pledged to donate nearly 1,000 pair of shoes to needy children through its Community Cares program in partnership with Soles4Souls.
The company is also proud to announce the launch of it's Shoes for Schools program, which will direct 5% of the proceeds from each sale to the customer's school of choice. The program is currently enlisting schools and will begin making donations in June 2010.
For more information, please visit www.mykidsfeet.com, www.strideritetoledo.com or www.saddle-shoes.com.
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Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Grow your own food
SuperKids Nutrition Earth Day Challenge: Grow Your Own Healthy Groceries
SuperKids Nutrition Website - superkidsnutrition.com – Offers Fun Earth-Friendly Activities to Get Kids and Parents Excited About Growing Nutritious Vegetables This Summer
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 14, 2010 -- In honor of Earth Day, SuperKids Nutrition is challenging families to grow their own healthy groceries! With the mission to “save the world, one healthy food at a time,” SuperKids Nutrition, together with Joe Lamp’l, author, television gardening host and founder of joegardener.com, is offering advice on how families can grow healthy vegetables in backyard gardens. From squash and cucumbers to lettuce and tomatoes, the process of planting and growing healthy foods is a great way to teach kids about nutrition and gardening. “The key to teaching kids about healthful eating is through fun, hands-on educational opportunities,” said Melissa Halas-Liang, SuperKids Nutrition founder. “Taking the steps to grow healthy foods is a great way to encourage kids to eat what they grow.” This month, the organization’s website – www.superkidsnutrition.com– offers gardening advice for families, tips on the most nutritious and easiest vegetables to grow in backyard gardens and fun garden and nutrition-related activities for kids. The site also features an interview with expert gardener, Joe Lamp’l that offers the following tips together with SuperKids Nutrition for first-time family gardeners:
- Start From Seeds: Make it easy by starting with seeds so kids can see them grow. They'll be amazed. It's easy to engage them when they can take ownership. You can start with a little plot of land or a few pots. But, get them involved early in the process. Lamp’l suggests planting seeds in a small yogurt cup with holes for drainage and housing indoors by a window.
- Yummy Yields: According to Halas-Liang, hands-on gardening is a great way to encourage picky eaters to become more adventurous when trying new nutritious foods. She suggests planting vegetables that appeal to kids’ palettes as well as have a quick yield – great for shorter attention spans!
Lettuce and spinach grow quickly and are sure to please young palettes. You can eat them within 2-4 weeks of 'germination' if you want to enjoy them as micro greens.
Squash also grows fast! There are many types of squash, from zucchini, to crookneck or yellow or green summer squash.
Lemon or round cucumbers are also delicious and a hit with kids. Some kids actually ate these over sweets last summer. There are great varieties of cucumbers that kids will like, such as lemon and green fingers. They are easy to grow too.
Radishes are the fastest growing edibles in the garden from seed to full maturity at around 29 days. Don't forget they come in a variety of colors – yellow, red, purple and white. Children may like a vegetable you don't prefer, so encourage them to try a variety.- Lessons from the Earth:
Gardening will not only offer the opportunity to teach kids about growing healthy vegetables, it can also teach other valuable lessons according to Lamp’l:
Math: Let kids take a hands-on approach and learn about measuring the spacing required between plants, countdown to the days to sprout, days to harvest, etc.
Science: Kids will learn about the structure of a plant and how proper care and nutrition help grow a healthy plant – (just like a healthy body!)
Art: There is nothing more beautiful than the art of nature. Gardening can help kids discover the artistic beauty of nature.Super Crew® Makes Healthy Eating Fun for KidsSuperKids Nutrition also offers a series of books featuring the Super Crew® to further teach kids about earth-friendly nutrition. Havoc at Hillside Market takes place at a Farmer’s Market and promotes locally-grown foods and in Super Baby Abigail’s Lunch Time Adventure, the Super Crew® grows their own garden to have the freshest tasting ingredients for their super-sandwich. Both books feature the Super Crew® characters, superhero kids who get powers from eating healthy foods of certain colors. In addition to the stories, each book provides parents with ideas on how to interest children about healthy nutrition and trying new foods. Books are available at superkidsnutrition.com.
About SuperKids Nutrition SuperKids Nutrition Inc., was founded in August 2006 by Melissa Halas-Liang, MA, RD, CDE, to save the world one healthy food at a time. The SuperKids Nutrition team also represents a diverse, nationally recognized group of Registered Dietitians and nutrition professionals who specialize in childhood, school and family nutrition. SuperKids Nutrition is recognized and listed by the USDA and state board educational sites as a credible nutrition education resource providing nutrition content, parent Q and A and resources on school websites across 16 states. The SuperKids Nutrition website, books and other educational resources are available to parents, teachers, and healthcare professionals looking for tools and information on eating healthfully and raising a healthy family. To learn more, visit www.superkidsnutrition.com.
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SuperKids Nutrition Website - superkidsnutrition.com – Offers Fun Earth-Friendly Activities to Get Kids and Parents Excited About Growing Nutritious Vegetables This Summer
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 14, 2010 -- In honor of Earth Day, SuperKids Nutrition is challenging families to grow their own healthy groceries! With the mission to “save the world, one healthy food at a time,” SuperKids Nutrition, together with Joe Lamp’l, author, television gardening host and founder of joegardener.com, is offering advice on how families can grow healthy vegetables in backyard gardens. From squash and cucumbers to lettuce and tomatoes, the process of planting and growing healthy foods is a great way to teach kids about nutrition and gardening. “The key to teaching kids about healthful eating is through fun, hands-on educational opportunities,” said Melissa Halas-Liang, SuperKids Nutrition founder. “Taking the steps to grow healthy foods is a great way to encourage kids to eat what they grow.” This month, the organization’s website – www.superkidsnutrition.com– offers gardening advice for families, tips on the most nutritious and easiest vegetables to grow in backyard gardens and fun garden and nutrition-related activities for kids. The site also features an interview with expert gardener, Joe Lamp’l that offers the following tips together with SuperKids Nutrition for first-time family gardeners:
- Start From Seeds: Make it easy by starting with seeds so kids can see them grow. They'll be amazed. It's easy to engage them when they can take ownership. You can start with a little plot of land or a few pots. But, get them involved early in the process. Lamp’l suggests planting seeds in a small yogurt cup with holes for drainage and housing indoors by a window.
- Yummy Yields: According to Halas-Liang, hands-on gardening is a great way to encourage picky eaters to become more adventurous when trying new nutritious foods. She suggests planting vegetables that appeal to kids’ palettes as well as have a quick yield – great for shorter attention spans!
Lettuce and spinach grow quickly and are sure to please young palettes. You can eat them within 2-4 weeks of 'germination' if you want to enjoy them as micro greens.
Squash also grows fast! There are many types of squash, from zucchini, to crookneck or yellow or green summer squash.
Lemon or round cucumbers are also delicious and a hit with kids. Some kids actually ate these over sweets last summer. There are great varieties of cucumbers that kids will like, such as lemon and green fingers. They are easy to grow too.
Radishes are the fastest growing edibles in the garden from seed to full maturity at around 29 days. Don't forget they come in a variety of colors – yellow, red, purple and white. Children may like a vegetable you don't prefer, so encourage them to try a variety.- Lessons from the Earth:
Gardening will not only offer the opportunity to teach kids about growing healthy vegetables, it can also teach other valuable lessons according to Lamp’l:
Math: Let kids take a hands-on approach and learn about measuring the spacing required between plants, countdown to the days to sprout, days to harvest, etc.
Science: Kids will learn about the structure of a plant and how proper care and nutrition help grow a healthy plant – (just like a healthy body!)
Art: There is nothing more beautiful than the art of nature. Gardening can help kids discover the artistic beauty of nature.Super Crew® Makes Healthy Eating Fun for KidsSuperKids Nutrition also offers a series of books featuring the Super Crew® to further teach kids about earth-friendly nutrition. Havoc at Hillside Market takes place at a Farmer’s Market and promotes locally-grown foods and in Super Baby Abigail’s Lunch Time Adventure, the Super Crew® grows their own garden to have the freshest tasting ingredients for their super-sandwich. Both books feature the Super Crew® characters, superhero kids who get powers from eating healthy foods of certain colors. In addition to the stories, each book provides parents with ideas on how to interest children about healthy nutrition and trying new foods. Books are available at superkidsnutrition.com.
About SuperKids Nutrition SuperKids Nutrition Inc., was founded in August 2006 by Melissa Halas-Liang, MA, RD, CDE, to save the world one healthy food at a time. The SuperKids Nutrition team also represents a diverse, nationally recognized group of Registered Dietitians and nutrition professionals who specialize in childhood, school and family nutrition. SuperKids Nutrition is recognized and listed by the USDA and state board educational sites as a credible nutrition education resource providing nutrition content, parent Q and A and resources on school websites across 16 states. The SuperKids Nutrition website, books and other educational resources are available to parents, teachers, and healthcare professionals looking for tools and information on eating healthfully and raising a healthy family. To learn more, visit www.superkidsnutrition.com.
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Monday, April 12, 2010
Apples are new supper food.
Nine-out-of-10 consumers said a resounding ‘Yes’ when asked this question:
“If you or someone you know is trying to eat healthier in 2010, have you considered apples and apple products as a regular part a healthier diet?”
In addition, nine-out-of-10 respondents believe:
• Apples and apple beverages, especially those with the peel left intact, are rich in plant compounds called polyphenols and antioxidants, both known to promote health. (92%)
• Apples and apple products may help to boost weight loss efforts. (89%)
• Daily consumption of apples and apple products can help reduce LDL (low-density lipoprotein) or “bad” cholesterol levels and protect against heart disease. (85%).
Once the survey disclosed that scientific evidence supports the health statements about apples, overwhelming majorities of adults who took this survey said they will buy and serve apples to their families and house guests more often.
Lempert emphasizes, “The magnitude of their response reflects their desire to eat healthfully—and the ability of apples to help them do that because of their nutritional makeup, portability, affordability and accessibility.” Lempert says this is a message to retailers. “There is a terrific merchandising opportunity here. They can put apples and apple products throughout the stores. 78 percent of consumers perceive the bountiful display bins as the number one way retailers promote the healthfulness of apples and apple products. Results also showed
consumers were hard-pressed to name other tactics used to promote a healthfulness message.”
When asked about the survey results, Nancy Foster, President and CEO of the U.S. Apple Association state “This groundbreaking report helps the American apple industry connect with their customers by better understanding what they're thinking and how to communicate with them about enjoying this delicious ‘superfruit’ in all of its forms—fresh or processed."
About SupermarketGuru.com Founded in 1994 by Philip Lempert, www.SupermarketGuru.com is a leading online resource providing consumers with food safety, products, trends and shopping tips. With more than 2.5 million visitors annually, consumers have access to breaking food industry news, health and nutrition tips and information.
In addition, visitors are invited to join the supermarketguru.com Consumer Panel where they have the opportunity to offer their own candid comments. For more information, please visit www.supermarketguru.com.
About the U.S. Apple Association
The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) is the national trade association representing all segments of the apple industry. Members include 40 state and regional apple associations representing the 7,500 apple growers throughout the country, as well as more than 400 individual firms involved in the apple business. USApple's mission is to provide the means for all segments of the U.S. apple industry to join in appropriate collective efforts to profitably produce and market apples and apple products. For more information, please visit www.usapple.org.
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“If you or someone you know is trying to eat healthier in 2010, have you considered apples and apple products as a regular part a healthier diet?”
In addition, nine-out-of-10 respondents believe:
• Apples and apple beverages, especially those with the peel left intact, are rich in plant compounds called polyphenols and antioxidants, both known to promote health. (92%)
• Apples and apple products may help to boost weight loss efforts. (89%)
• Daily consumption of apples and apple products can help reduce LDL (low-density lipoprotein) or “bad” cholesterol levels and protect against heart disease. (85%).
Once the survey disclosed that scientific evidence supports the health statements about apples, overwhelming majorities of adults who took this survey said they will buy and serve apples to their families and house guests more often.
Lempert emphasizes, “The magnitude of their response reflects their desire to eat healthfully—and the ability of apples to help them do that because of their nutritional makeup, portability, affordability and accessibility.” Lempert says this is a message to retailers. “There is a terrific merchandising opportunity here. They can put apples and apple products throughout the stores. 78 percent of consumers perceive the bountiful display bins as the number one way retailers promote the healthfulness of apples and apple products. Results also showed
consumers were hard-pressed to name other tactics used to promote a healthfulness message.”
When asked about the survey results, Nancy Foster, President and CEO of the U.S. Apple Association state “This groundbreaking report helps the American apple industry connect with their customers by better understanding what they're thinking and how to communicate with them about enjoying this delicious ‘superfruit’ in all of its forms—fresh or processed."
About SupermarketGuru.com Founded in 1994 by Philip Lempert, www.SupermarketGuru.com is a leading online resource providing consumers with food safety, products, trends and shopping tips. With more than 2.5 million visitors annually, consumers have access to breaking food industry news, health and nutrition tips and information.
In addition, visitors are invited to join the supermarketguru.com Consumer Panel where they have the opportunity to offer their own candid comments. For more information, please visit www.supermarketguru.com.
About the U.S. Apple Association
The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) is the national trade association representing all segments of the apple industry. Members include 40 state and regional apple associations representing the 7,500 apple growers throughout the country, as well as more than 400 individual firms involved in the apple business. USApple's mission is to provide the means for all segments of the U.S. apple industry to join in appropriate collective efforts to profitably produce and market apples and apple products. For more information, please visit www.usapple.org.
If you have any questions regarding information in these press releases please contact the company listed in the press release. Our complete disclaimer
appears here. - PRWeb eBooks - Another online visibility tool from PRWeb
Contact Information
Allison M. Parker
http://www.usapple.org
703-442-8850
Online Web 2.0 Version
You can read the online version of this press release here.
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