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		<title>My Own Rocky Road to a Healthier Wilmington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[n September 2010, I was having dinner with my family when I received a text from my friend, Kat Madrigal, who told me that my name was on the Wilmington Neighborhood Council agenda. She was at the meeting and saw that the council was going to vote on my application to be a Member at Large. I was puzzled, because while I had applied, I did not know I was being considered that night.

Then I wondered, “If I am voted in as a member of the WNC how will I be able to make a difference in my community?”

Kat instantly texted me, “I think you should come.”

I was voted in that night-- one of three members-at-large on a council of up to 23 people. Now almost two years later I am honored to still sit on the board along with others who represent Wilmington residents, businesses, non-profits, senior citizens, education institutions, parks, churches and our youth.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.kqed.org/ourxperience/2012/05/24/my-own-rocky-road-to-a-healthier-wilmington/</link>
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		<title>Trying to Help Students Swap Hot Cheetos for Healthier Fare at Banning High</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edamame, couscous, asparagus and more fruits are among some of the foods that will be served during lunch by Los Angeles Unified School District in the fall.

The federal government recently adopted new rules to make school lunches healthier, and at Phineas Banning High School in Wilmington vegetables, more servings of fruits and grains have been served since the beginning of the school year.

Foods like vegetarian calzones and even Mexican inspired dishes like the popular stew pozole have been incorporated into the menu, but it has been a challenge for high school students to replace Flamin' Hot Cheetos with apples.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.kqed.org/ourxperience/2012/05/18/banning-high-trying-to-help-students-replace-hot-cheetos-with-healthier-fare/</link>
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		<title>San Bernardino School Lunch Changes Coming Soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dark green, red and orange. These are colors you may be seeing more often on kids’ school lunch trays starting this fall. The new school lunch standards unveiled by first lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in January “will result in healthier meals for kids across the nation,” according to a press release from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Even though french fries are still considered a vegetable, new requirements state that kids must be offered at least one serving of a dark green vegetable, one serving of a red or orange vegetable and one serving of beans or peas each week.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.kqed.org/ourxperience/2012/05/07/san-bernardino-school-lunch-changes-coming-soon/</link>
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		<title>Lunch Time At Palermo School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With new healthy food standards going into effect this fall, schools across the nation will be required to offer more wholesome foods and reduce unhealthy ones. Palermo Middle School, however, is already ahead of the game.

The USDA’s new school lunch standards stem from the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act passed in 2010. The new requirements limit sodium and trans fats, include more fruit, vegetable, and whole grain servings and replace whole milk with low-fat and non-fat options. The long term objective of improved school nutrition, advocated heavily by Michelle Obama, is decreased childhood obesity.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.kqed.org/ourxperience/2012/05/04/lunch-time-at-palermo-school/</link>
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		<title>Child Abuse Project Raises Awareness in San Bernardino</title>
		<description><![CDATA["When I walked into the rooms listening to their stories, it felt like I was there, watching everything happen," said Amos Yandell, visitor to an interactive child abuse exhibit recently on display in San Bernardino County.

For the past three months an exhibit has been open to the public called “The Lisa Project” and has been hosted by three local cities in San Bernardino County.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.kqed.org/ourxperience/2012/04/06/child-abuse-project-raises-awareness-in-san-bernardino/</link>
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