Tag Archives: kids

Your Community: Give. Thanks.

The holidays are here again, and for most of us, that means fun, family, and FOOD. Many of us spend all year looking forward to cookies, candy, sweet potato casserole, veggies, rolls, and a turkey for Thanksgiving. Food can be … Continue reading

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Your Health: Learning Healthy Lessons with Laura

Laura’s story (in her own words): I grew up in the South where everything we eat is either deep fried, has tons of butter in it or we just put lots of mayonnaise on it. I was a normal size … Continue reading

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Your Health: Keeping the Family Healthy with Christy

Christy’s story (in her own words): A few years ago, my oldest daughter was diagnosed as Autistic. As part of her treatment she was put on a Gluten Free, Casein Free diet and was restricted even more after food allergy … Continue reading

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Your Community: Itty Bitty Bites Kids Half Marathon

Kids from Johnson City and all over came together on the ETSU campus on Saturday to finish the final mile of a half marathon they have been running for WEEKS. This run was the first for a lot of kids, … Continue reading

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Your Health: Getting Healthy Together with Susan

Susan’s story (in her own words): Several months ago I realized my daughter, who is an extremely picky eater, was living on chicken nuggets and French fries from fast food restaurants and the only exercise she was getting was at … Continue reading

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Your Health: Living and Learning with Jennifer

Jennifer’s Story (in her own words): In 2007, my 3 year old daughter contracted E.Coli and HUS. Luckily, after two weeks of being in and out of the hospital, she pulled through just fine. pictured: Alexa before (left) and after … Continue reading

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Your Community: LAAFF-ing it up in Asheville!

Last weekend, we had the pleasure of hosting the “Kids Universe” at Asheville’s annual LAAFF (Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival). Kids hung out, made maracas and jammed with Kindermusic, made tie-dye butterflies out of coffee filters, got their faces … Continue reading

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Introducing Taige, our newest Itty Bitty Bites Character!

Everyone, meet Taige – the first kid to collect all 50 Itty Bitty Bites trading cards, AND the first kid to be turned into an Itty Bitty Bites character! We got the chance to hang out with Taige at his … Continue reading

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Fresh Fruits Can Help Fight Summer Trouble!

Well, it’s officially summertime! Thunderstorms in the afternoons, lightning bugs in the evenings, and oh, those summer nights.  While summer is a great season for playing outside, dehydration can sneak up on you. Just because you’re in the water doesn’t … Continue reading

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Healthy Vegetarianism Runs In The Family with Mia

 Success on the Health Journey Mia’s Story (In Her Words): I have been a vegetarian all my life thanks to my wonderful parents. My mom grew up eating whatever she wanted in a foreign country and wasn’t very healthy. When she … Continue reading

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