Whole Kids Adventure roll’s out its newest program: Whole Kids Culinary.

WKC will educate children and their families about healthy eating by teaching hand’s on culinary classes + camps that are uniquely shaped to accommodate the needs of our families!

Our Whole Kids Culinary lessons are positive experiences with healthy foods. Through hands-on classes, children learn that good food is delicious and that cooking is an important way to take care of yourself. A 3rd grader said recently: “Do you know what my true passion of food is? It’s the way food smells and tastes to me!”

WKC Cooking with Kids food and nutrition education curriculum includes cooking lessons and fruit and vegetable tastings that meet academic standards in math, science, language arts, social studies, health education, and art.

Visit our new site and be sure to give us feedback: http://wholekidsculinary.org

WKA is rolling out cooking camps this fall at Partner-Locations.

Ready to enroll your child to learn about local produce, explore where our food comes from, and learn hand’s on skills in preparing their own healthy snacks? We’re teaming up with local Chef’s to bring you an amazing experience this fall.

The first few pilot classes are FREE – be sure to sign up HERE for more info (full release with dates/times and location info to be released soon) and be sure to let us know what your child would like to learn at our camps.

Questions? Contact us at culinary@wholekidsadventure.org

Bringing out the HERO in YOU.

Blog By Brent King.

Like so many good things, Whole Kids Adventure never sits still; it’s always moving forward with new ideas and new programs. Hero Fit is the latest in a line of programs that follow one basic idea: make families healthier.

The goal of Hero Fit is simple: empower families by giving them the tools they need to achieve their personal goals and maintain a more healthy and sustainable lifestyle reducing the likelihood of having serious health issues later in life.

Along with Lene Saint-Orens, the Founder of Whole Kids Projects, our families will work with Maurice Harris, Owner of Coach Mo’s Elite Fitness, and Shanna Ferrigno, Owner of Ferrigno Fit and Member of The Incredible Ferrigno’s, just to name a few.

Hero Fit is a three-month make-over program pairing each family enrolled with local community health experts. Some of the things enrolled families learn are:

• The importance of eating a variety of seasonal foods

• Fundamentals of a healthy balanced diet

• Culinary Skills

• Organic Gardening

• How to transform the existing family culture, not replace it

• How and where to shop for healthy foods on a budget

• How to interpret food labels

• How to simply and inexpensively incorporate exercise into their daily lives.

One of the greatest advantages of this program is that the families are taught in their own homes. Community experts like Doctors, Personal Trainers, Dietitians, and Chefs will come to the family’s home to teach them how to work with the tools and resources available at the home and in their neighborhood.

Our partners believe that a healthy life should be available to everyone. Therefore, Hero Fit is accepting applications from underprivileged families who are motivated to change their lives. To apply for enrollment into the program or to become a Community Expert please send us an email at: connect@herofit.org.

Whole Kids Lifestyle AUSTIN is a new community that promotes a holistic, eco-friendly and sustainable approach to life. We’re passionate about all things related to creating healthy communities – whether it’s the latest in educational science, the newest eco-fashion product, or an update on organic foods.

Regardless of your interests, Whole Kids Lifestyle AUSTIN strives to provide you with up-to-date news, great green tips, or healthy recipes for dinner.

The latest in eco-news and know-how is only half of our publication – we also are constantly building our online resource community, providing you with sustainable selections of the best eco-products, many of which are reviewed, so you can read our articles to know exactly what you’re getting.

Originally, our publication was sought to be an educational outreach material to inform and support our communities about Whole Kids Adventure and it’s mission, however, since then, we’ve been expanding rapidly, and families have asked us to post and update about our progress, our unique model, and our resources. So, we’ll share them all here and are giving to you a growing wealth of information as fast as we can publish it.

Promoting sustainability and healthy living solutions is what we love, and by covering all-aspects of a green lifestyle is what makes Whole Kids Lifestyle what it is.

WKL’s mission is to show everyone how living the green life on a budget is taking the steps in the right direction to reduce environmental affects, improve our health, and develop an overall, eco-lifestyle. All on a budget.

Whether you’re tuning in for a news update, perusing our tips on getting green, or shopping in our eco-store, Whole Kids Lifestyle AUSTIN welcomes you to live a little in our lifestyle and help create healthier communities.

We’d love to hear from you – send us a note to info@wholekidslifestyle.com

• Eat a low-fat, high-fiber diet including plenty of raw fruits, vegetables and vegetables juices. This reduces the need for insulin, reduces blood-sugar surges and lowers the level of fats in the blood.
• Avoid or minimize high-glycemic foods such as white rice, white flour products, pasta, starchy vegetables and many processed foods. These are quickly converted into blood sugar during digestion, causing insulin levels to shoot up.

• Supplement your diet with foods that help normalize blood-sugar levels such as berries, eggs, cheese, fish, leafy green vegetables, garlic, legumes, brewer’s yeast, soy-beans and spirulina (gotta love the green machine!).
• Avoid trans-fats, hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils and simple sugars. Instead, consume beneficial fats such as olive oil, fish oil, almond oil, avocado oil, sesame oil, flax oil, sunflower oil and pumpkin oil.
• Exercise regularly (!).
• Consider using herbs that are known to modulate blood-sugar levels: gymnema sylvestre, bitter melon, fenugreek and bilberry extract.
• Consider supplementing your diet with vitamins and minerals.

WKA.org is currently hiring volunteer (part-time) blogger/editors to create a premier online space for some of the most important health issues relevant to child nutrition and child obesity. As a blogger, you will lead an online community, maintain a daily/weekly blog covering news and offering commentary, and help people translate their interests and passions.

Additional Details

• Part Time – This is a part-time position. There are no formal hourly requirements, but the blogs will require daily activity, so you will have to be willing to dedicate significant time outside of your normal work.
• Collaboration – This is a collaborative effort, and you will be in regular contact with WKA.org’s Managing Editor and participate in ongoing communication with WKA.org’s team.
• Location: anywhere – our WKA.org team is located in Austin, but you can write from anywhere you like.

To apply, send the following information to news@WholeKidsAdventure.com

1. Your Resume
   Absolutely nothing fancy here – just send us what you’ve got.
2. The topic you want to blog about
   Let us know the primary topic you are interested in writing about.
3. The URL of any blog(s) you have written for before
   We don’t require previous blogging experience, but if you do, please list the URLs of the blogs you have written for the past, including your personal blog if you have one, along with links to specific posts that are representative of your work.
4. Why you’re interested in the position
   This is casual. In your email give us a short intro about why you’re interested in the project and any brief background info you want to highlight. This is not a formal cover letter, so don’t spend too much time laboring over this.

We look forward to hearing from you!