This year The Kids Menu is super excited to be involved in the Gutsy Challenge to help raise funds and awareness of GI cancer and the importance of eating plenty of fruits and vegetables every day. And, I am challenging you to be Gutsy too! To take up the Challenge all you need to do is sponsor The Kids Menu and eat your fruit and veg The Gutsy Challenge encourages children to eat 2 fruit and 4 veg each day for a week whilst raising money for Gastro-Intestinal (GI) cancer research. “23,000 Australians are diagnosed with GI cancer each year and 29 Australians die each day,” said Melissa Shishkin, Gutsy Challenge’s Marketing and Fundraising Coordinator. With recent data showing that one in four Australian children are either overweight or obese, the Gutsy Challenge is a practical way to reduce this statistic and to reduce the risk of developing of gastro-intestinal cancers later in life. “There is a direct link between poor diet and some GI cancers, so it is very important that we raise awareness of GI cancers and help children understand how important healthy eating is,” Melissa said. All funds raised support research to find better ways to treat GI cancer. Sponsor The Kids Menu You can head over to the Gusty Challenge website and sponsor The Kids Menu (any donation over $2 is tax deductible) OR register your own child and start collecting sponsors too. Anyone generous enough to sponsor The Kids Menu will be in with a chance to WIN the grand prize from the Gutsy Challenge (the more money we can raise, the bigger this prize will be), and 5 generous sponsors will win a copies of The Kids Menu, Healthy Lunchbox Guide (e-book; see full completion terms below). Healthy Lunchbox GuideTo sponsor The Kids Menu select “sponsor a child’s Gutsy Challenge,” it’s about half way down the page on the right and search ‘student to sponsor’ using the name The Kids Menu. (You can also make your donation by direct deposit here) Prizes up for grabs from the Gutsy Challenge including ibike computers, iCute portable speakers and iBitz activity trackers and more – don’t forget your own child or school can register too. Eat your Fruit and VegSponsoring The Kids Menu is the easy part, getting your kids to eat 2 fruit and 4 veg everyday can be a little more challenging, but hopefully this might help: - Check out my tips on how to get kids to eat fruit and veg (here) - Download a fruit and veg rewards chart (here) as a bit of positive reinforcement (if you register your own child you will get access to one via the Gutsy Challenge) - Plan a menu: have a look through The Kids Menu recipe catalogues and plan your meals and snacks (here is a sample to help get you going; if you prefer an option with less cooking go for big salads sandwiches for lunch and a big side of steamed veggies at dinner, don’t forget fruit and veg snacks too) - Get the kids involved with the menu plan too; let them choose meals and make snack suggestions, encourage them to choose a wide variety of fruit and veg at the supermarket -Spread your veggie intake out across the day (it’s much easier than trying to cram them all into one meal) - Try including some bean, chickpeas or lentils, these count as veggies too Getting servings rightAnd remember 1 serve of fruit = 1 medium apple, banana, orange or pear, 2 small apricots, kiwi fruits or plums, 1 cup diced or canned fruit (no added sugar). 1 serve of vegetables = ½ cup cooked green or orange vegetables (for example, broccoli, spinach, carrots or pumpkin), ½ cup cooked dried or canned beans, peas or lentils (preferably with no added salt), 1 cup green leafy or raw salad vegetables, ½ cup sweet corn, ½ medium potato or other starchy vegetables (sweet potato, taro or cassava), 1 medium tomato Gutsy Challenge T’s & C’s The Gutsy Challenge is run by The GI Cancer Institute, a registered charity that improves health outcomes and quality‐of-life for people with gastro-intestinal cancers through clinical trials research. The Kids Menu has registered as a participant in the Gutsy Challenge 2014 and will pass on any prizes awarded by the Gusty Challenge for the funds raised to one random winner who sponsors The Kids Menu. In addition, The Kids Menu will be randomly giving away 5 copies of The Healthy Lunchbox Guide to 5 other sponsors. The Gutsy Challenge runs from March until the end of November each year. The Kids Menu will be collecting sponsorship during the month of May/June and will announce the winners of the prize draw once the prize has been finalized by the Gutsy Challenge. Winners will be notified by email and announced via Facebook by the end of June 2014. Prizes are only available to Australian residence. See The Kids Menu disclosure page for full terms. Thank you all for your support and please invite your friends and family to get Gutsy too
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Penny W
29/5/2014 06:52:53 am
We have had fun this week, and I must say all these nutrients from the F & V has meant my skin is so clear, and my belly is not so bloated :P and my son can now say avocado (he says avacarrrrrr) and mandarin (manaween)! its amazing what watching what you eat can do to youu body, and how it has helped my son talk more!! and P.S just sponsored you through direct deposit so not sure how long it takes for you to see it! Penny.
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Nikki @ The Kids Menu
29/5/2014 11:30:10 am
Well I think my work here is done...
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Rhianna
2/6/2014 03:10:45 am
Sounds like this went really well for you! Even teaching your son some new words - bonus!
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16/6/2016 04:52:57 pm
With recent data showing that one in four Australian children are either overweight or obese, the Gutsy Challenge is a practical way to reduce this statistic and to reduce the risk of developing of gastro-intestinal cancers later in life.
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