Hope you enjoyed a relaxing and rejuvenating holiday break. I spent the time logged off from technology without any distractions, assignments or projects to reflect on a wild year and re-stratagize for an equally fulfilling 2011.
To celebrate this occasion, I created a “wish on a snowflake for 2011″ board in our office so friends and co-workers could try to re-create their third grade scissor handiwork to make their wish offiical for all to see. I was struck by the number of resolutions to spend more time with friends and family, do that thing we’ve been promising to do for ourselves, and (overwhelmingly) to take more time to enjoy the moment.
It made me wonder, why do we miss reflecting and taking care of ourselves for the rest of the year?
As an official Turkey Baby, my family and I celebrate the holiday and my birth by serving as balloon handlers in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. This year, we were on the little known “Yes, Virginia” (“There is a Santa Claus!”) the official Macy’s float positioned right in front of Santa Claus. Though we get very little TV time, we enjoy the parade from with a front row view down Central Park West, Columbus Circle, Times Square, and Herald Square. The 2.5 mile walk is not easy, as the 20 balloon handlers use only their body weight to keep the balloon near the ground. It was a windless day so we were more able than most years to gawk at the sights, sounds, and smells of the city.
It’s one of the largest advertising events of the year— with larger than life versions of Ronald McDonald, The Pillsbury Dough Boy, and the Energizer Bunny bouncing to the lip syncing of the latest pop single– aired between commercial breaks.
We returned home to mashed mashed everything, salad, green beans, brussel sprouts, corn bread, and turkey that had been roasting all day. It was a dietitians feast!
I still have 3 healthy kittens available for adoption. Let me know if you are interested. My house is becoming very small!
In addition to his roles as Communications Manager, Lead Guitarist and Brother here at Note to Health, Mark Jayne also serves as our resident Bass. Although Mark has a wonderful voice, he is always forced (by his sister) to sing ridiculously for comic relief.
The preschool healthy habits CD, based on our show Jill & Jam, will be titled Goin’ on a Journey: Songs for Every Body. You can get your copy in November of 2010!
After orchestrating a hefty production schedule, I hit the vocal booth for lead vocals and harmony. More than anything else on the record, the vocals have to be perfect. Singing the same part over and over can make even the sanest of us crazy. It goes with the territory, however, for conceiving these songs makes me either brilliant or insane.
The preschool healthy habits CD, based on our show Jill & Jam, will be titled Goin’ on a Journey: Songs for Every Body. You can get your copy in November of 2010!
The Ann Liguori Foundation, named for the Founder and President of the Foundation, sports talk show host and reporter, Ann Liguori, brought registered dietitan/musician Jill Jayne and her rock ‘n roll nutrition show “I Will Not Be Bought” to three Middle Schools in the Hamptons this week. Jayne performed for the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth graders in two sessions each, at the Southampton Intermediate School, Springs Public School and the Pierson Middle School in Sag Harbor, NY.
Jill’s music-based performance “I Will Not Be Bought” focuses on the influence of advertising on body image, nutrition, substance abuse and peer pressure. Her messages to respect your body, drink more water, get enough calcium, examine food packages more closely, and eat less junk food all encourage critical consumption.
The Ann Liguori Foundation is a 501c3 public charity whose mission is to raise funds and awareness for organizations who work in the field of cancer prevention, research and cancer care-related charities, specifically directed to help people on the East End of Long Island. “Educating young people about making healthy eating choices and the importance of exercise is so important in preventing many diseases and for over-all good health,” says Liguori. “Jill brings so much excitement and enthusiasm to these shows and the students are energized and educated about eating healthy and the importance of exercising. It’s such an important message!”
Liguori adds: “Teachers have come up to me and said it is the best assembly they’ve ever seen and the kids really connect with Jill. The Ann Liguori Foundation is proud to make this possible.”
Liguori, a Westhampton resident, would like to continue to bring the nutritional education concert to more schools on the East End.
Tim Frazier, Principal at Southampton Intermediate School says, “Jill did a fantastic job not only as a celebrity, but as a professional educator. I wish I could hire her as a teacher. She really knows how to connect with teachers, students and parents.”
The Ann Liguori Foundation raises money via a charity golf tournament each year and a charity dinner dance every summer. Next year’s charity golf tournament is Tuesday, May 17 at Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, NY. For more information, contact the Ann Liguori Foundation at 631-801-2233, visit their web site at www.annliguori.com or email innerview@aol.com. For more information on Jill Jayne, visit www.iwillnotbebought.com. And for more information on ‘Healthy Children, Healthy Futures, visit Healthy Children Healthy Futures.
Last week I had the pleasure of performing with the Buffalo Bills as part of the National Dairy Council and National Football League to support their “Fuel Up to Play 60″ event. The “Fuel Up to Play 60″ campaign is an important one, incorporating both the nutrition AND physical activity aspects to their educational efforts. They rely on the celebrity status of the players and their connections throughout most major US cities to enhance their reach. The Dairy Council partnership makes sense when so many kids replace milk with soda and sweetened drinks without the calcium needed for strong teeth and bones.
Even at 5’10″, it is a humbling experience to stand next to a group of NFL players. One hundred kids from the Buffalo area joined us, along with about 25 of the Buffalo Bills roster who donated their only day off for the week. Antonio Coleman, Dominique Harris, Cardaro Howard, and the first Chinese-American to ever play in the NFL, Ed Wang joined me on stage. My inflatable instruments never looked so small! I used the players as physique specimens of the importance of fitness and asked them to share a little about their healthy food routines. I was as infatuated with the players as they were with me! Ed Wang filmed me for most of the show, apparently to show his friends that there really is a Rockstar Nutritionist.
Cardaro Howard, Jill Jayne, and Dominique Harris after the Jump with Jill show. Those instruments never looked so small!
Domique Harris laughs, Ed Wang films for his youtube channel, and Antonio Coleman gets down to the “Beat of the Body.”
Jill with Dairy Association Staff for the “Fuel Up to Play 60″ event
The nutrition rock show Jump with Jill has reached 100,000 kids nationwide! Check out the new promotional video on our renovated website at www.jumpwithjill.com.
Health-focused media company is seeking a new team member to join our rock ‘n roll efforts to prevent childhood obesity. Responsibilities include: drive the tour van, load equipment in and out of venues, run sound, support talent, crisis manage, handle client relations, appear briefly on stage. Must have experience with running sound and touring; must be upbeat, diligent, health-conscious and kid-friendly. Open to dudes and dudettes.
Tour is already in progress; interviews to begin immediately. We will train and add you at a mutually convenient time. Learn more about the show at www.jumpwithjill.com. Non-Union only. $100/d local, $150/d overnight, $200/d tour with transportation and hotel covered. To be considered, please send an email describing your interest with your resume and headshot attached to jessievacchiano@notetohealth.com.
What: A free performance of the nation’s only rock n’ roll nutrition-education show, JUMP WITH JILL
Where: The Parisi Speed School, 100 The American Road, Suite 114, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
When: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 7pm
How much: FREE
PARISI SPEED SCHOOL OFFERS FREE NUTRITION ROCK SHOW
New Jersey Kids and Families Get Ready for Back-to-School by Rocking
NEW YORK, AUGUST 28 —Just in time for the back-to-school season, the Parisi Speed School will sponsor the healthy eating rock concert for kids, Jump with Jill, at the Morris Plains, NJ location on Wednesday, September 1. The show is open to the public and starts rockin’ at 7 PM. Jump with Jill is an interactive show that teaches nutrition through music and dance. This innovative approach to childhood obesity prevention was developed by Jill Jayne, a registered dietitian (RD) and musician. This show supports an ongoing partnership between the Parisi Speed School and the production company for Jump with Jill, Note to Health.
“Good nutrition gives kids a competitive edge in the classroom and the sports field,” says Jayne. “Parisi recognizes the importance nutrition plays in the student athletes they train.”
“The Parisi Speed School is dedicated to offering only the best in the business to the student athletes we train and have found exactly that in Jill’s programs!” says Steve Leo, Director of Training at Parisi Speed School.
Since Jump with Jill’s inception four years ago, the show has reached 100,000 kids nationwide. Kids can continue to rock out with healthy eating messages from Jill’s CD, Get Me Goin’, featuring Top 40-sounding hits about calcium and bone health, drinking water, and the importance of breakfast. Both the CD and interactive show are a production of Note to Health, Jayne’s company that specializes in creating and delivering interactive media about health to kids and families. She has established herself as an expert in creating and delivering interactive media about health with appearances at regional and national conferences, and featured in news outlets across the country, including Today’s Dietitian, NPR, The Washington Post, and PBS. To learn more about the shows, sample CD tunes or follow Jill’s blog, visit www.jumpwithjill.com.
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Rockstar Nutritionist
Jill Jayne, MS, RD, Rockstar Nutritionist, meshes her credentials as a dietitian and her experience as a musician to teach nutrition through entertainment. As President and Creative Director of Note to Health, Jayne creates interactive programming that fuses health education with music.
