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NBA Champion and Celebrity Chef Calls on Congress to Support Vegetarian School Lunch Options

NBA Champion and Celebrity Chef Calls on Congress to Support Vegetarian School Lunch Options

John Salley Joins Doctors, Educators, and Students for Capitol Hill Event Urging Child Nutrition Act Reform

WASHINGTON—Basketball star John Salley is the first person in NBA history to play on three different championship-winning teams--and now he’s aiming to score for kids’ health. In a free Capitol Hill event, John Salley will join celebrity chef Lauren Von Der Pool, Elizabeth Kucinich and Neal Barnard, M.D., of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), and Washington, D.C.-area students to discuss how improving the food served in the nation’s lunchrooms could help reduce health care costs. Attendees will have a chance to get a basketball signed by John Salley.

Participants will learn how current federal nutrition policies, especially the Child Nutrition Act, actually contribute to our nation’s high rates of diet-related diseases and stress our health care system. Mr. Salley and Chef Von Der Pool will ask Congress to help schools serve more fruits, vegetables, and healthful vegetarian foods. Ms. Kucinich, PCRM’s public affairs director, and Dr. Barnard, PCRM’s president, will discuss the impact that better school nutrition would have on our nation’s health care system. Chef Von Der Pool will prepare an array of healthful, child-friendly foods. The event will take place on Nov. 18 at 10:30 a.m. in the Rayburn House Office Building.



“Succeeding as a champion athlete or champion student takes plenty of nutritious fuel for the mind and the body,” says Mr. Salley. “Students need more fruits and vegetables that will help them stay healthy, fit, and ready to learn. That’s why it’s important for Congress to stay on top of its game by reforming the Child Nutrition Act.”



The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 2009, which regulates the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, will soon come up for congressional review. Many doctors and health professionals are urging Congress to revise the act to encourage schools to offer more healthful vegetarian meal options. PCRM is also calling on Congress to mandate that all meals served under the National School Lunch Program include a nondairy, calcium-rich beverage.



John Salley previously played for the Detroit Pistons, the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls, and the Los Angeles Lakers. He is the first NBA player in history to play on three difference championship-winning teams. He is also an actor and sports commentator.



For an interview with Dr. Barnard or another PCRM expert, please contact Tara Failey at 202-527-7319 or tfailey@pcrm.org.

Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a nonprofit health organization that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in resear

VON DER POOL GOURMET & HEALTHY LIVING SERVICES, INC.

VON DER POOL GOURMET & HEALTHY LIVING SERVICES, INC.

Von Der Pool Gourmet & Healthy Living Services, Inc. is a green non-profit organization that focuses on healthy living services and eco-awareness through recycling and agriculture. Von Der Pool Gourmet brings healthy living to bring light on healthcare issues globally such as obesity issues, HIV/AIDS, diabetes etc. The cornerstone of our mission is to lighten our carbon foot print so that we can preserve our planet and all its inhabitants. We feel that it is important to raise the consciousness of humanity on this matter that is at hand.

Von Deer Pool Gourmet & Healthy Living Services Inc. has partnered with other green corporations and businesses such as Bascom Enterprise, Java Green, The Sierra Club, The Hip Hop Caucus, Green The Block, Root Inc., Blooms Bar, John Salley Foods, Carbon Free DC, Extreme Green Makeover, Karyn’s Fresh Corner, Soul Vegetarian, Everlasting Life and Art of Living to manifest our vision of a healthy, happy experience for humans on our planet, Mother Earth. Von Der Pool Gourmet travels globally to offer fun, fabulous and educational, healthy living workshops, food demonstrations, green job training, neighborhood beautification, tree planting initiatives, recycling and composting classes. Von Der Pool is currently implementing these programs into statistically obese Wards in DC, such as Ballou Senior High, Roosevelt Senior High, Coolidge Senior High, Hart Middle School and Anacostia. We believe that we can have a great impact if we work together to make things happen. At the end of the program students are given an A-list celebrity style, Green Oscar Awards ceremony and celebration as a reward for their dedication and openness to learn something new.

Von Der Pool Gourmet & Healthy Living Services Inc. a D.C. based company was founded by philanthropist, Le Cordon Bleu Graduate and apprentice to Wolfgang Puck, celebrity Chef Lauren Von Der Pool. Von Der Pool began her journey into natural, holistic living at the tender age of 16 after being stabbed in her head in a fight. Von Der Pool used this tragedy as a catalyst her into a passion for life, raw foods and healthy living. Lauren began teaching and selling raw pies, tarts, salads, exotic juices etc. in front of Howard University, Georgetown University, American and George Washington University shortly after the stabbing.


This company was birthed from a young girl from the inner city of our Nations Capitol. Von Der Pool has ventured to the World’s Famous Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Paris, Jamaica, Miami, Guyana, Chicago and many other places around the globe to cater the Oscars, Grammy’s, American Music Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards and many other private A-list celebrity events. “Catering these events would mean nothing if I could not pay it forward to my community at home and abroad.”

CELEBRITY CHEF AND PHILANTHROPIST LAUREN VON DER POOL HOSTS OCT. 24, 350's INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION

350 is about lowering the levels of carbon dioxide on our planet to prevent Global Warming.
October 24 is the day of action to raise the awareness of our global commnity about how our everyday routines could be detrimental to our planet, hence ourselves. There were over 4000 events happening around the globe in support of 350, of course the event in D.C. was one of the biggest which was hosted by Celebrity Chef and Philathropist Lauren Von Der Pool :0)
350 is about....
Lifting public awareness on the need for an international climate treaty to reach 350
Assembling a coalition of hundreds of organizations committed to this vision of a more sustainable world
Connecting you with others in your community and across the planet who are building this movement
Providing on-line resources and tools that make pulling together an event easy
Linking your October 24 event with hundreds of other actions at iconic places around the world
Leveraging the day of action for meaningful political change

Speakers and Performers:

Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Hip Hop CaucusWise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers and the Intelligent Seedz, Friis Arne Petersen, Danish Ambassador to USSteve Ma, Live Green David Schwartzman, Professor, Howard University Joe Uehlein, former director, AFL-CIO Center for Strategic CampaignsPurple Crown, soul/hip hop/new wave music Gidon Bromberg, Director, Friends of the Earth Middle East, Lauren Von Der Pool, Von Der Pool Gourmet LLC,Mikuak Rai, Planet RestorationYoung, Women's Drumming Empowerment Project, Mingus Murray, Michele Roberts, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, Mike Tidwell, Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Luci Murphy, singer Terrence Cunningham, Soul Alternative music, Nia Robinson, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, Ted Glick, CCAN Liz Butler, 1Sky Joelle Novey, Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light

Check out 350.org for more information

Click this link to check out the freshest 350 performance by The Backyard Band at Malcolm X Park, trodced by yours truly :0) Oct. 24 International Day of Climate Action, ENJOY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdtdWBPQiAo