Other Articles from Yum-o!
Organic School Project
The Organic School Project (OSP) seeks to help school-age children become more mindful eaters, one school at a time. Imagine students sitting down to a school lunch. Not just any lunch – but a meal students have a hand in planning and preparing, full of fresh fruits and vegetables that they even helped grow. Imagine […]
Yo!Naturals
Based in San Diego California, Yo!Naturals is leading the fight against junk food in vending machines. With the introduction of their Yo!Zone vending machines together with the most comprehensive natural/organic distribution program in the country, Yo!Naturals offers a complete, turnkey solution for schools, businesses and organizations that want to feature healthy vending machine choices. Yo!Naturals […]
Rachael Ray Fights Childhood Hunger
Celebrity chef Rachael Ray is cooking for a cause. She is urging everyone to participate in Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale, which benefits hungry children. She is also tackling childhood hunger through her new non-profit organization, Yum-o! The organization focuses on feeding hungry kids and teaching families how to make affordable, healthy meals so they can develop healthier relationships with food…
EATWISE
What is EATWISE? EATWISE (Educated and Aware Teens Who Inspire Smart Eating) is a teen development program run by FoodChange, a nonprofit organization in New York City. High school students become nutrition advocates by gaining knowledge about food and nutrition issues, attaining skills in public speaking, facilitation and advocacy and by creating and conducting their […]
Rachael Ray Announces Yum-o! Charity to Improve Kids’ Relationship with Food
Emmy-nominated daytime host Rachael Ray is embarking on a mission close to her heart. Ray announced the launch of the Yum-o! organization, a nonprofit organization that empowers kids and their families to improve their relationship with food and cooking. Yum-o!’s three areas of work include educating kids and their families about cooking, feeding hungry American kids and funding cooking scholarships…
Rotary First Harvest
Rotary First Harvest (RFH) began in 1982 when Rotarians from the Seattle University District Rotary Club, led by Norm Hillis and then University of Washington police Chief Mike Shanahan, began encouraging backyard gardeners to plant extra produce to share with the hungry. That year home gardeners grew an extra 70,000 pounds of produce. Encouraged by […]
Urban Renewal
Mel Carter has called Rhode Island home since he was stationed at a Navy base there in the late 1960s after his tour in the Vietnam War. Not long afterwards, he purchased a house in South Providence. Then, in the early ’70s, the neighborhood took a turn for the worse. “Houses became rundown and some […]
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
As a Yum-o! partner, we’ve talked about how much we like this organization, and you can see from the photos on our website that Rachael and President Clinton are on the same page when it comes to healthy, happy kids. Now we want to tell you about the real impact their programs are making in […]
KidsHealth
KidsHealth is a nonprofit website that provides doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation’s Center for Children’s Health Media, the award-winning KidsHealth website provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use. KidsHealth seeks to make information understandable, reliable, practical and objective. Launched in […]