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Chef David Shewmaker Taps Crooked Brook for his Custom Chef Coats at Meridian Pint in Washington, DC
May 20th, 2012Chef David Shewmaker
Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 20, 2012
David Shewmaker, Executive Chef of Meridian Pint in Washington, DC has tapped Crooked Brook to make his custom chef coats.
Chef Shewmaker has chosen Crooked Brook chef coat style M100 in Black, 100% Egyptian cotton gabardine fabric, hand rolled black ball buttons, with a left sleeve welt pocket, Scholastic Yellow piping on the collar, both fronts and cuffs.
The Meridian Pint logo is embroidered on the left chest.
About David Shewmaker
David Shewmaker is the premiere Executive Chef for Meridian Pint in Columbia Heights. He was born and raised in St Louis, Missouri, trained at the Culinary Institute of America and has 25 years experience working as a chef.
His greatest love in life is traditional dance and music and his desire to keep both dancing and food close at hand, has led him to work in many cities.
He has a wide range of experience, working in three and four star restaurants in New York City (including La Grenouille and Restaurant Daniel ), private homes as a chef and butler, and also as Executive Chef of the well regarded dance and music retreat, Pinewoods Camp, in Massachusetts.
His experiences have provided him the opportunity to work with locally sourced and nationally distributed food for a diverse clientele.
About Meridian Pint
Meridian Pint was founded on the premise of environmental sustainability. Their strict focus on American craft beer allows them to eliminate the impact of Trans Atlantic shipping as well as maintain a locally based revenue stream. In addition, they serve mostly draft beer enabling them to reduce their impact on recycling resources. ‘Envirelation’, DC’s first and only composting company, has been hired on to compost the bulk of their waste and reduce their impact on landfills to less than 10%.
Furthermore, much of the equipment, furniture, construction materials and design elements have been recycled or reclaimed. Their energy source comes from wind mill farms in the way of green energy credits. Finally, 95% of their staff lives within walking distance helping to minimize parking problems, traffic flow and overall reduce their carbon foot print.
About Crooked Brook
Crooked Brook is a unit of the atelier division of an art studio that offers full service apparel design, pattern making, sample making, private-label small lot production and embroidery. Since 1989, they’ve built a strong reputation of providing top-notch apparel designs, patterns, fit and production samples for many brand name catalogs and retailers, as well as wardrobe and costumes for movies, television and theater.
All Crooked Brook branded garments and accessories are proudly made to order in the U.S.A.
Because of their unparalleled attention to detail in tailoring, they were awarded a Supima® licensing agreement. These contracts are not awarded lightly. The applicants must meet requirements insuring the highest level of quality and integrity for any products bearing the Supima® brand. In addition, Crooked Brook designs and manufactures:
Men’s and women’s chef coats and uniforms for the world’s most recognized chefs, hotels, casinos, spas and resorts as well as alumni chef jackets for the Culinary Institute of America. Each garment can be personalized with the customer’s choice of fabric, pockets, buttons, piping and embroidery. With a design studio in New York City, (the fashion and gastronomic capital of the world) and a production facility in Utica, New York, they’ve garnered international brand name recognition as the maker of the “World’s Highest Quality Chef Jackets™”.
Promotional products: Items, decorated apparel and accessories, such as jackets, hats, sweatshirts, hoodies, polo shirts, fleece blankets, sweatshirt blankets, button down shirts, fleece jackets, golf shirts, t-shirts, tote bags, and aprons that can be customized with the following apparel decorating methods:
Embroidery
Tackle Twill
Appliqué
Direct to Garment Printing (DTG)
Sublimation
Custom lab coats, uniforms and scrubs for nursing, medical, dental, scientific, engineering, technology & healthcare professionals.
Custom made apparel and accessories for men and women, including but not limited to: suits, shirts, Hawaiian shirts, pants, vests, dresses, skirts, gowns, jeans, boxer shorts, martial arts and yoga outfits.
Crooked Brook ships worldwide. Hours of operations are 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST, seven days a week. Reach them at (315) 733-1992 to learn more.
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Lifetime collection of prominent Washington, DC lawyer to be sold at Heritage Auctions
May 20th, 2012Joan Miro, Young Gin, 1948. Lithograph, 10-1/4 x 14-3/4 in. Estimate: $3,000 – $5,000. DALLAS, TX.-
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Flatirons Solutions Selected as MarkLogic's 2012 Partner of the Year
May 18th, 2012BOULDER, Colo., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Flatirons Solutions Corporation (www.FlatironsSolutions.com), a Colorado-based system integrator with offices in Washington DC and London, specializing in business innovation through content technology, announced today that it has been selected as MarkLogic’s 2012 Partner of the Year. The Partner of the Year Award is given to the partner that has shown exemplary expertise with MarkLogic, and is awarded at the annual MarkLogic World user conference.
“Flatirons Solutions is one of our most tenured MarkLogic partners and has exemplified technical and business astuteness by delivering leading-edge solutions to joint customers,” said Keith Carlson, MarkLogic Executive Vice President of Global Services and Alliances. “Our customers rely on MarkLogic and our partners for mission-critical Big Data solutions, and Flatirons Solutions has always been there as a key part of our success.”
“We’re extremely pleased to have received this award,” said Joe Mihalik, Flatirons Solutions Vice President of Business Development. “We’ve been a MarkLogic partner since the early days of the company, and look forward to many more years of working together.”
About MarkLogic
MarkLogic leads the advancement of Big Data with the first operational database technology for mission-critical Big Data Applications. Customers trust MarkLogic to drive revenue and growth through Big Data Applications enabled by MarkLogic products, services, and partners. MarkLogic is a fast growing enterprise software company and ushers in a new era of Big Data by powering more than 500 of the world’s most critical Big Data Applications in the public sector and Global 1000. Organizations around the world get to better decisions faster with MarkLogic.
MarkLogic is headquartered in Silicon Valley with field offices in Austin, Frankfurt, London, Stockholm, Tokyo, New York, and Washington D.C. For more information, please visit www.marklogic.com.
About Flatirons Solutions
Flatirons Solutions provides expert consulting, systems integration, systems and software engineering, and program management services to both commercial and government clients. Flatirons Solutions is a leading content technology solutions provider specializing in Big Data applications, dynamic publishing and business process automation. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, and with offices in the Washington, DC metro area and in London, England, Flatirons Solutions delivers its services to clients worldwide.
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Van Ness Feldman Further Expands Gas and Electric Regulatory and Litigation Capabilities
May 18th, 2012WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Van
Ness Feldman proudly announces the addition of Lawrence
Acker and Brian
O’Neill, each as Of Counsel, to the firm’s Washington, DC office.
Mr. Acker and Mr. O’Neill were previously Of Counsel to Dewey & LeBoeuf.
They bring over 60 years combined experience representing natural gas
and electric power industry participants before the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC), Department of Energy (DOE), and federal
courts. Their expertise further enhances Van Ness Feldman’s substantial
FERC regulatory and litigation bench strength, providing additional
capabilities to the firm’s loyal client base.
Mr. Acker has substantial experience with FERC authorizations for major
gas and electric projects; FERC enforcement investigations; appellate
litigation; compliance planning; contract formation and disputes; and
rate, tariff, and refund matters. He works regularly and closely with
clients’ senior corporate executives and counsel on complex matters.
Among his clients are natural gas and LNG project developers, interstate
pipelines, pipeline shippers, local distribution companies, natural gas
and electric power trading companies, and electric utilities. Mr. Acker
is recognized as a leading lawyer in Energy Law by Best Lawyers
and is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA for both Oil & Gas
and Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation).
Mr. O’Neill has practiced energy law for over 35 years, representing
oil, gas, and LNG companies; intrastate pipelines; and electric
utilities on regulatory, corporate, and commercial matters. His
litigation expertise includes matters involving regulatory proceedings,
project development, and contracts. Mr. O’Neill is ranked as a Senior
Statesman for Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) by Chambers
Global and Chambers USA and as a leading lawyer in Energy Law
by Best Lawyers. In addition, The Legal Times recognized
Mr. O’Neill as a top energy lawyer in Washington, DC.
Richard Agnew, Chairman of Van Ness Feldman, commented, “We
enthusiastically welcome Larry and Brian to the firm. Their expertise
and stellar reputations as experts in their fields parallel that of the
firm and affirm our commitment to excellence in all aspects of client
service.”
Curt Moffatt, a senior Member of Van Ness Feldman’s Natural Gas & Oil
practice, stated, “As the firm continues to grow and expand its Natural
Gas & Oil practice we remain committed to providing our clients with
superior expertise. Brian and Larry’s leadership on FERC regulatory
matters as well as their appellate experience will be of great benefit
to the firm’s natural gas, oil and LNG clients in the pipeline
transmission and midstream businesses. Many of us at Van Ness Feldman
have known and practiced alongside and opposite Brian and Larry for
decades. We are very pleased to now have our friends with us.”
David Yaffe, Van Ness Feldman’s Electricity Practice Chair, added,
“Larry and Brian’s collective experience before the FERC with rates,
litigation, project development, and compliance and enforcement matters
will benefit our electric clients on a number of fronts.”
Larry Acker said about the move, “It’s a privilege for Brian and me to
be welcomed into what we’ve always considered to be among the very
finest and most respected energy regulatory practices in the country.”
With over 110 professionals in Washington, DC and Seattle, WA, Van
Ness Feldman is a recognized national leader focused on law and policy
relating to energy, the environment, natural resources, land use, and
real estate. Clients benefit from the firm’s strategic and substantive
approach to problem-solving, as well as from our professionals’ deep
understanding of our clients’ industries and business imperatives. The
firm excels at large-scale project development from concept to
ribbon-cutting, as well as in representing clients on their day-to-day
commercial, regulatory, litigation, and policy needs. Learn more
at www.vnf.com.
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Betty White, Washington DC: Star Heads To Capitol To Talk Passion For Animals At Smithsonian & National Zoo
May 16th, 2012WASHINGTON — Betty White is headed to Washington to see the wildlife – not the donkeys and elephants on Capitol Hill, but the animals in the National Zoo.
After a stop at the Smithsonian on Thursday, White will visit the zoo one day later to indulge her passion: animal watching. She’s looking forward to viewing the fertility-challenged pandas and a harmonica-playing elephant, among other animals.
“My interest in animals started in the womb,” the 90-year-old actress told The Associated Press. “I think my mother’s and father’s started in the same place. They were animal nuts long before I came along.”
When White was young, her family had pet Pekingese – an “unappreciated little toy dog” that is incredibly intelligent, she said.
During the Depression, her father starting building radios to make some extra money. But most people couldn’t afford to buy radios, she said, so her father would trade them – usually for more dogs. At one point, they wound up with 11 dogs in the house.
“Now the radios didn’t eat, but the dogs did,” White said. “It was not really his best business venture.”
Even at 90, White continues to keep a busy schedule. Her NBC show “Off Their Rockers” about seniors playing pranks on young people was just renewed for another season. She also has a TV Land sitcom, “Hot in Cleveland.”
White lives in Brentwood, Calif., with her golden retriever named Pontiac, who used to be a guide dog.
“I like to think of it as the Indian chief and not the car,” she said of her pet’s namesake. “As a matter of fact, when the car company went out of business, I sat him down and I said, `Oh Pontiac, it wasn’t anything you did, sweetie.’”
In Washington, White will visit a sold-out crowd Thursday at the Smithsonian Associates, an educational division of the museum complex. And she will sign copies of her book, “Betty and Friends: My Life at the Zoo.”
It’s a mostly picture book compiled over the years with facts about animals. Since 1974, White has served as a trustee of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association. So she gives readers a tour of animals at the Los Angeles Zoo and many other leading zoos across the country.
She closes her book with parting shots of a giraffe’s behind, followed by a bear’s behind.
When White has a chance to visit a zoo, she said she likes to stay for a long time and watch the animals relax. She wrote her book to let people know about all the good zoos do.
“So many people say, `Oh, I hate zoos. I want all the animals to be back in their natural habitat,’” she said. “Well, you know what we’ve done to their natural habitat.
“Without zoos, we would have lost already so many species.”
White says she’s fascinated by nearly every creature, even snakes, and has a hard time naming favorites. She does love elephants, bears and poodles, though, to name a few.
On Friday, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo will roll out the red carpet to give White a look at their research efforts behind the scenes. She will also sign copies of her book.
Zookeepers plan to show her the Asian elephants up close, including Shanthi who plays harmonica with her trunk, as well as the popular pandas, the great apes and the Panamanian golden frog. The zoo is leading an effort to fight a fast-spreading fungus blamed for wiping out dozens of amphibian species.
Zoo spokeswoman Pamela Baker-Masson said the scientists and animal keepers are excited to host White.
“It’s very personal for us because she’s beloved by millions,” she said. “For my colleagues to know that someone who actually cares about them and cares about their work conserving species is coming here … We’re really honored, quite frankly.”
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The Aging Network's Volunteer Collaborative Is Launched to Fill Expanding Gap Between Critical Social Needs and …
May 16th, 2012WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwire -05/16/12)-
To support the growing population of elderly and disabled Americans, the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging and its partners today announced an initiative to increase the number of older adult volunteers to one million by 2015. The Aging Network’s Volunteer Collaborative is a comprehensive on-line resource center to help leaders in the aging and disability networks engage 55+ adult volunteers to expand and improve services.
In Washington, DC today, representatives from the Administration on Aging and new Administration for Community Living, the National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD), the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) and the Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging, Inc. explained how the changing characteristics of today’s volunteers, and their mushrooming numbers, creates an unprecedented opportunity to mobilize healthy older adults to help their peers struggling to get needed services.
“Volunteers have always been a critical part of how we provide supportive services to older people and their caregivers,” said Edwin Walker, the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Administration on Aging, Administration for Community Living. “Today we have the largest and most capable group of healthy adults turning 65, and we need them more than ever as volunteers, as the population of older persons needing assistance continues to grow. The Volunteer Collaborative will be the vehicle that fosters, supports, and modernizes volunteerism in the aging and disability networks,” he said.
The Volunteer Collaborative is a virtual meeting place for Aging Network professionals to come together and is designed to stimulate and support volunteer development through sharing successes, webinars, discussion forums and developing policy. It provides the tools the network members and community service providers need to successfully and efficiently engage today’s older adults in the right way to increase the capacity of organizations providing services and to meet the increasing demand for critical services.
“The 55+ population represents a transformational social force for organizations and communities,” said Sandy Markwood, CEO, n4a. “To realize this transformation, we need to re-think and reframe what we know about volunteering and find new ways to engage older adults in more professional and leadership volunteer roles to increase the capacity of non-profit organizations. At the same time, we need to bring those in need of service to the table and empower them to advocate for what is needed to remain independent with choices and the ability to maintain a life with dignity and purpose. The Volunteer Collaborative gives the Aging Network members a resource from which they can learn best practices and find ways to implement new processes that in the long run will result in the additional support they and their communities require.”
NASUAD supports states to meet the service needs of older adults and persons with disabilities. “With the economic downturn and its impact on states, we realize that we must expand our thinking about resources,” said Martha Roherty, Executive Director of NASUAD.
“NASUAD members get it. We get the importance of developing the national human resource asset that older adults now represent. We get that it will take all of us to fulfill our national commitment and promise to enable those with disabilities and those late in life to have meaning, dignity, choice, and purpose until the end of life. It is critical that the state aging and service networks learn to work together so we can align our initiatives to maximize the people power that the growing number of older adults represent,” she said.
The Aging Network’s Volunteer Collaborative can be accessed at www.AgingNetworkVolunteerCollaborative.org.
About The Aging Network’s Volunteer Collaborative
The Volunteer Collaborative is an on-line resource to assist the Aging Network in engaging and empowering older adults and maximizing their leadership skills and experiences. It is funded by the Administration on Aging and led by National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) in partnership with AARP, the AARP Foundation, the Center for Certification of Volunteer Administrators, the Corporation of National and Community Service and the National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD).
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King & Spalding Expands Healthcare Practice With Addition of Two Lawyers in Washington, D.C.
May 14th, 2012WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwire -05/14/12)-
Donna K. Thiel, a healthcare lawyer with extensive experience in Medicare coverage, payment and compliance, and Theresa E. Weir, a lawyer specializing in healthcare regulatory matters, have joined King & Spalding‘s healthcare practice as a partner and counsel, respectively, the firm announced today. They joined King & Spalding’s Washington, D.C., office from Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, where Thiel was a shareholder and co-chair of the drug, device and life sciences industry group, and Weir was a counsel.
“Donna and Tracy are highly regarded lawyers who bring additional strength to our healthcare capabilities in Washington,” said Jon R. Harris, Jr., head of King & Spalding’s healthcare practice group. “Donna and Tracy’s extensive and comprehensive experience in regulatory areas will help us meet the ever-growing needs of our healthcare and life sciences clients throughout the United States. We welcome them to the firm.”
Thiel represents a range of providers and practitioners that include hospitals, nursing homes, laboratories, rehabilitation providers, medical device manufacturers and suppliers, providers and physicians. She concentrates her practice on regulatory issues affecting healthcare providers and practitioners in their operations, transactions and compliance efforts, with particular focus on Medicare and Medicaid payment systems — specifically, Medicare payment and coverage, Medicare audits and appeals, Medicare fraud and abuse, anti-kickback and Stark compliance, and litigation defense of civil fraud enforcement and civil monetary penalty actions.
Thiel also has comprehensive healthcare administrative litigation experience, including challenging claims denials and RAC and ZPIC audits and defense of civil fraud enforcement and monetary penalties actions. She represents clients before the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, administrative law judges and the Provider Reimbursement Review Board. Thiel has been recognized as an outstanding healthcare fraud and compliance lawyer by Nightingale’s Healthcare News and has been listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business every year since 2009. She received a J.D. degree from Boston University School of Law and a B.A. degree, cum laude, from Drew University.
Weir represents clients on a wide array of matters, including health care regulatory counseling on Medicare reimbursement and compliance and administrative hearings before the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) and the Provider Reimbursement Review Board, and competition issues affecting health care clients. She also routinely counsels clients on data privacy and security matters that arise from federal and state laws, including HIPAA, HITECH, and state data breach laws and has substantial experience with HIPAA/HITECH compliance. Weir has been recognized as an outstanding healthcare antitrust lawyer by Nightingale’s Healthcare News. She received a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Washington College of Law, American University, and a B.A. degree, with honors, from Purdue University.
“We are extremely enthusiastic about joining King & Spalding due to the breadth and sophistication of the firm’s healthcare and FDA/life sciences practices, as well as its commitment to continue building them,” said Thiel. “We look forward to expanding our practices from King & Spalding’s national platform and contributing to the growth of the firm.”
King & Spalding represents healthcare companies involved in the delivery of healthcare and payment for healthcare services across all facets of the legal issues they face. The firm also has one of the broadest and deepest benches of lawyers, scientists and consultants specializing in the representation of pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical technology companies. As one of the largest healthcare practices in the United States, the firm has received national acclaim for excellence in transactional, litigation and regulatory representation of healthcare clients. Firm lawyers and consultants have decades of experience in understanding the intricacies of the healthcare industry and obtaining coverage, coding and appropriate reimbursement for provider and pharmaceutical/biotech and medical device manufacturer clients.
About King & Spalding
Celebrating more than 125 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with 800 lawyers in 17 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents and is consistently recognized for the results it obtains, uncompromising commitment to quality and dedication to understanding the business and culture of its clients. More information is available at www.kslaw.com.
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Realtors(R) Ready to Drive Real Estate Issues Home in Nation's Capital
May 14th, 2012WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwire -05/14/12)-
Realtors® from across the country are meeting with legislators, public policy makers and industry leaders this week to address pressing concerns and issues that affect homeowners, aspiring homeowners and real estate investors everywhere as the Realtors® Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo begins.
“As leading advocates for homeownership, housing issues and private property rights, Realtors® come to Washington this week ready to engage on a number of pressing issues,” said National Association of Realtors® President Moe Veissi, broker-owner of Veissi & Associates Inc., in Miami. “Both residential and commercial real estate play important roles in our families, our communities, and our nation’s economy, and Realtors® want to ensure a bright future for our industry and our country.”
More than 9,000 Realtors® and guests are expected to attend the meetings, which run here through May 19. During the week, Realtors® will meet with legislators on Capitol Hill to urge action toward ensuring access to affordable financing, streamlining short sales, engaging in comprehensive secondary mortgage market reform, bolstering liquidity in the commercial and multifamily real estate market, and preserving the tax benefits associated with homeownership.
In addition, Realtors® are urging members of Congress to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, which is currently set to expire on May 31. Millions of American taxpayers rely on the NFIP for flood protection, and NAR estimates that if the current extension is allowed to expire, 1,300 home sales will be at risk every day that the program is not in place.
Realtors® will also participate in sessions with a number of government officials and industry experts, including representatives from the Federal Housing Administration, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Federal Reserve Board, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, National Economic Council, and the U.S. Treasury.
One of the highlights of this year’s meeting will be a Rally to Protect the American Dream on Thursday, May 17. Approximately 10,000 Realtors® are expected to convene on the grounds of the Washington Monument from 9:30-11 a.m. to highlight the important role housing plays in the economic recovery. Many Realtors® will travel by bus from as far away as Florida, Maine, and North Dakota just to participate in the event.
“We need to keep housing and real estate first on the nation’s public policy agenda, because these issues affect all Americans,” said Veissi. “Realtors® are committed to working with members of Congress, regulators and industry leaders to ensure public policies and industry practices that promote responsible, sustainable homeownership and encourage real estate investment. We want to make sure that our country’s leaders, now and into the future, understand the vital role that real estate plays in both the long- and short-term health of this nation.”
For more information about the Realtors® Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo, visit www.realtor.org/midyear.nsf/pages/homepage.
The National Association of Realtors®, “The Voice for Real Estate,” is America’s largest trade association, representing 1 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.
Information about NAR is available at www.realtor.org. News releases are posted in the website’s “News and Commentary” tab.
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Galaxy to be honored at White House
May 12th, 2012 May 11, 2012 – Major League Soccer (MLS) Los Angeles Galaxy
WASHINGTON, DC “” On Tuesday, May 15, President Obama will welcome Major League Soccer champions, the LA Galaxy to the White House to honor their 2011 season and their MLS Cup victory. This visit will also continue the tradition begun by President Obama of honoring sports teams for their efforts to give back to communities as part of their trip to Washington.
Following the ceremony, LA Galaxy players will join the First Lady to hold a Let’s Move! soccer clinic on the South Lawn for students from across the country. The children participating come from the U.S. Soccer Foundation’s Soccer for Success programs in DC, Houston and Miami and America SCORES programs in DC, St. Louis and Denver. Earlier this year, the White House honored a member from both organizations as a Let’s Move! Champion of Change. The children will also have the chance to watch the ceremony.
The U.S. Soccer Foundation, the major charitable arm of soccer in the United States, runs the national after-school program Soccer for Success. Soccer for Success provides children in urban underserved areas with structured physical activity, nutrition education and mentorship, for 90 minutes a day, three times per week for 24 weeks per year, at no cost to their families. Soccer for Success ensures that children in under-resourced communities have easy and affordable access to a high quality out-of-school program that supports their physical and personal development. The children participating in the event are from Miami, FL, Houston, TX and Washington, DC where the U.S. Soccer Foundation partners with the YMCA of Greater Miami, the Houston Parks and Recreation Department and United for D.C. respectively to implement the program in those cities.
America SCORES provides innovative afterschool and summer programming which combine soccer, poetry and spoken word, and service-learning every day for over 24 weeks each year. America SCORES participants receive ten times more exercise than the national average and lower their BMI by 2% by the end of each season. Using soccer as a tool to encourage fitness, sportsmanship, and leadership, America SCORES inspires the life-long appreciation of sports and health-enhancing behaviors like choosing to eat more fruit and vegetables, participating in organized sports and spending less time watching television and playing video games. Each year, America SCORES serves 7,500 students at 150 schools through fourteen affiliates located in major urban centers across the United States. Founded in 1994 in Washington DC, America SCORES grew to a national organization and expanded to Denver in 1999, and again to St. Louis in 2005. Today, DC SCORES serves over 800 low-income DC youth at 27 schools; America SCORES Denver serves 320 youth at ten West Denver DPS schools; America SCORES St. Louis serves 260 youth at seven schools.
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