In the Spirit of Christmas: Help End Childhood Obesity

Don't end up like this tired puppy! Get moving!

As you know, I'm all signed up to run my first marathon in a little more than a month. And I've been thinking about it; while I'm not specifically signed up to run it for a charity, I'd like to. And I have a cause that's close to my heart.

On the right you'll find a link to my fundraising page. As a high school teacher in the Bronx, I see first hand the effects of being overweight. My students lack energy, ambition, motivation, but more importantly confidence. Plus, major health issues that keep them out of school. And it's not always just their health issues. Sometimes it's their parents, their brothers, their sisters... And they don't have to look unhealthy to be unhealthy. In NYC, tomato paste is a vegetable. Most of my students don't even EAT lunch. They skip it entirely because the food offered is so lousy. So they're tired, irritable, and malnourished. Last year, I would share my vegetables with students at lunch, and many times my high school students would ask me what the vegetable was, because they had never seen it before. Something as simple as a bell pepper.

Help fix this. I've chosen Dean Karnazes' foundation, Karno's Kids, because I know they money will go directly to the cause. One dollar can buy you a cheeseburger, or it can help get a kid moving. Thanks!

Find out more: http://www.facebook.com/karnokids