We’ve been partners with Classroom Champions for the past few years in hopes of inspiring kids to say YES to a healthy lifestyle and NO to underage drinking. This past April, we caught up with some of Classroom Champions’ participating teachers and Athlete Mentors at their annual teacher conference. We heard...

Need some inspiration for a fun, healthy snack to make with the family this summer? Here’s our tutorial for a fun kitchen experience the entire family can enjoy! Here’s what you need: Waffle Kiwi Berries String Cheese Blueberries Strawberries  

They have loved us, nurtured us, and taught us, even when it was far from easy. Parents: I learned a lot from mine. Everything from tackling tough topics to embracing mistakes, and rely on their example often when parenting my own daughter. My mom and dad didn’t shy away from the...

US Champions Lauren Holiday and Ashley Wagner, 94.7 Fresh FM DJs Tommy McFly, Jen Richer, and Kelly Collis, and Abe, Bill, and George from the Washington Nationals Racing Presidents joined us on Capitol Hill to celebrate our ninth annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day event and Alcohol...

When the intense feelings and exhaustion from giving birth to my first child wore off and they handed me this tiny little person to take home, I was terrified. Sure, I had held a job, paid the bills, rented an apartment, washed my clothes, did the dishes–all the usual “adulting.”...

Classroom Champions President and CEO Steve Mesler weighs in on how responsibility #StartsWithMe. Check out how his decisions, healthy choices and sense of responsibility shaped his role today as Olympian and CEO.  I learned about personal responsibility from my parents and teachers to be sure, but I learned some of...

Our Ask, Listen, Learn:Kids and Alcohol Don’t Mix team is hard at work this month talking with parents, teachers and kids about saying YES to a healthy lifestyle and NO to underage drinking. Here’s how! As the longest-standing program of its kind, Ask, Listen, Learn: Kids and Alcohol Don’t Mix has reached...

Ask, Listen, Learn: Kids and Alcohol Don’t Mix is the longest-standing and most wide-spread program of the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility (Responsibility.org). Having reached 21 million parents, teachers and kids since its inception in 2004 in six countries, including the US.  An apple a day keeps the doctor away… right?...

I help people be kind online. I want to share with you how I went from being a mom, a writer, and a blogger to leading an international online kindness movement. But really, and most importantly, I want to tell you how my work and my involvement with social media...

Screen time has a whole new meaning these days. With the internet at your kid’s disposal, you want to make sure they’re not getting the kitchen sink. We’re here to help. We’ve got a new game that has a positive message and helps kids understand the importance of saying YES...