Donate Blood Gift Life.......!!!

The Chiripal Group has organized a voluntary Blood Donation Camp on the 14^th and 15^thof July 2011, at various Shanti Educational Institutes and Chiripal Industries’ premises.

Theappalling shortage in blood banks has motivated the Chiripal Group of Industries to step forward again to address this need. With 500 plus donors in 2009, a 1000 plus donors in 2010, this humanitarian endeavor is hoping to achieve a record withmore than 2000 donors this year!

Voluntary Blood Donors receive a “Priority Voucher” which assures that they receive blood without replacement from Prathama (Blood Bank) within a period of 1 year, when they need it for themselves or immediate family members.

Essential Information regarding Blood Donation:

 The donor should be between 18 to 60 years of age, weighing 50 kg or more, having a normal pulse rate and blood pressure, and a minimum haemoglobin of 12.5g/dL.

 The donor should not have been afflicted with a major ailment in the past one year.

  It’s very safe to donate blood. The fluid part of blood gets replenished within minutes, cells within a few days and the iron stores in a few weeks.

  A light refreshment is suggested before donating blood. If one has just taken a meal, it is advisable to wait for 15-30 minutes.

  More than 3 lives can be saved with one unit of donated blood, as it is separated into blood components like Red Cells, Plasma & Platelets.

A small offering on your part may be the greatest gift for someone else.

Donate Blood, Gift Life.

Early Obesity can lead to lasting bad effects on Health - A US Study Reports

Washington: Contrary to popular belief, children don’t usually outgrow their baby fat — and a new report urges steps to help prevent babies, toddlers and preschoolers from getting too pudgy too soon.

That’s a growing problem: Already, one in five preschoolers — 2- to 5-year-olds —
is overweight or obese in the US.

Topping the list of proposed changes: better guidelines to help parents and caregivers know just how much toddlers should eat as they move from baby food to biggerkid fare. And making sure preschoolers get at least 15 minutes of physical activity for every hour they spend in child care.

The recommendations, from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), aren’t about putting the very young on diets. But those early pounds can lead to lasting bad effects on their health as children grow, says the report. “It’s a huge opportunity to instill good habits at a time when you don’t have to change old ones,” said

Leann Birch, director of Pennsylvania State University’s Center for Childhood Obesity Research, who chaired the IOM panel. Consider: Babies drink milk until they’re full and then turn away. But children as young as 2 or 3 are sensitive to portion size, important in not inadvertently training them to overeat. “If you give them larger portions, they eat more,” Birch explained. Dietary guidelines are usually aimed at ages 2 and older — though surveys show even very young children eat too few of the fruits and vegetables they need. The report captures the “dramatic dietary transition that occurs, from consuming one single food to,

by the time they’re 2, ordering up things from McDonald’s and, we ope, having also learned to eat a lot of healthy foods,” Birch said. Of course, parents have the biggest influence over whether healthy eating and being active become a child’s norm. But the report makes the case that children’s habits are influenced

by far more than their parents — and thus it’s time to expand obesity prevention to more of the other places youngsters spend time. Among the recommendations:

Day care and preschools should practice what’s called responsive feeding: providing age-appropriate portion sizes, teaching children to serve themselves properly, requiring adults to sit with and eat the same foods as the children and following babies’ cues as to when they’ve had enough. Breastfed infants are less likely to become obese later in childhood, so doctors and hospitals should encourage breastfeeding and limit formula samples aimed at new moms. At checkups, doctors should consider the parents’ weight in assessing which children are at risk of later obesity, and then alert parents early that preventive steps are needed. About 10 percent of infants and toddlers already weigh too much for their length

Times of India : 27th June,2011

WET AND WILD SUMMER FUN

SAFE WATER PLAY

Children of all ages enjoy playing in water. If you have a swimming pool in your yard, it is absolutely necessary that adults supervise children in or near the pool. Even small wading pools can be dangerous for small children.

A wading pool with only a small amount of water in it is potentially dangerous. It takes only a few minutes and less than an inch of water for a young child to drown, given the right circumstances.

Small pools and wading pools should always be emptied when not in use.

Larger pools (in-ground and above-ground) should be fenced in and the gate kept locked when the pool is not in use.

Beware of young children playing in buckets of water without adult supervision. It is easy for children to fall into a bucket and drown.

Children can have fun with water play, but adults must be willing to spend the time to insure the safety of children playing in or near water.

WET AND WILD ACTIVITIES

"PAINTING"

Give each child a small bucket or can with water in it and an old paintbrush. Children enjoy "painting" the house, steps, garage, fence, sidewalk, etc. using their own bucket and brush.

GARDEN SPRINKLER

Instead of playing in a pool, attach the garden hose to a sprinkler. Turn on the water and listen to the squeals of delight as the children run through the spray of water.

BALLOON CATCH

Fill small balloons with water, and use them to play a game of catch with

the children.

WATER PLAY ACCESSORIES

Simple household items can make water play a lot of fun. See if you have any of these items for the children to play with:

muffin tins

sieve

measuring spoons

funnels

measuring cups

strainer

empty plastic bottles

sponges

empty squeeze bottles

corks

WET SAND

Wet some sand in a sandbox. Talk about the differences between the wet and dry sand. Have the children dig rivers, streams, and lakes in the sand, and fill them with water.

PING PONG BOATS

Use clean, empty margarine tubs for boats. Float the boats in a wading pool or dishpan. Have each child take turns trying to toss ping-pong balls into the boats.

SAILBOAT

Need:

clean styrofoam meat tray

crayons

construction paper

stapler

pipe cleaner

To Do:

Have each child use crayons to decorate the styrofoam meat tray. Stick the pipe cleaner through the center of the tray. Secure it by bending the end on the underside of the styrofoam tray. Cut a small diamond shape out of the construction paper. Fold the diamond in half to make a sail. Place the pipe cleaner in the fold of the sail and staple to hold it in place. Take the sailboat outside for a voyage in a wading pool or dishpan.

SINK OR FLOAT

Have each child gather a number of items from around the house (such as a paper clip, sponge, cork, plastic toys, marble, etc.). Take them outside to a wading pool, dishpan, or bucket of water to see which items sink or float.

Try some experiments with the children. Can you make something that sinks, float? Place a sinking object on a floating object. For example, place a marble on a sponge. What object holds the most things and still floats?

BUBBLE BLOWING

Blowing bubbles is a fun outdoor activity for all ages. Children who are 2 -1/2 years old and older can learn to blow bubbles if you show them how.

An easy bubble solution can be made from:

1/2 cup hand dishwashing liquid

5 cups water

A tiny bit of cooking oil added to the soap and water mixture will make the bubbles tough enough to float in the air without breaking easily.

You can buy bubble wands and pipes at a store or try any of these:

plastic berry basket bottoms (dip in bubble solution and wave in the air)

thread spools (dip one end in bubble solution and blow through opposite end)

plastic drinking straw (dip one end in bubble solution and blow through opposite end)

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