New Maternity, Baby and Kids Consignment Boutique Alternative Launches Online

By: admin - April 5th, 2012  Filed under: Toys For Holiday Add Comment

(PRWEB) February 13, 2012

Parents and parents-to-be looking to stretch their family budget need only look to a new online consignment alternative and auction site to buy or sell maternity clothing, toys, and children’s items — all at a fraction of what they’d pay in retail stores.

Parents-Marketplace.com offers the budget savvy the chance to buy and sell their maternity, baby and children’s items through free unlimited listings and with no consignment or auction fees. A variety of well known designer clothes, furniture, toys and baby equipment can all be found for sale, with new items added daily by users.

“We wanted a website that made it simple for parents to use,” said the site’s co-founder, Shannon Harvey, “and we wanted them to look to us as a go-to source for saving money, finding bargains, and stretching their family dollar.”

For parents looking to outfit a nursery or clean out a toy box, Parents-Marketplace.com is a one-stop shop and kids consignment boutique. The user friendly store makes buying and selling items as simple as possible — the site features tips on placing listings and even offers a handy resource so that sellers know how much to charge for items. Merchandise can be placed for sale locally or nationally, and clearly defined categories help both sellers and buyers find one another.

Items can be listed for sale or auction under a number of categories including furniture, clothing, activities, toddler gear, room decor and many others.

For a reasonable fee, sellers can easily upgrade their listing placement or feature the listing in bold so that buyers can find their merchandise quickly and efficiently.

For additional information regarding Parents-Marketplace.com, a maternity, baby and kids consignment boutique alternative, or for media interviews, please contact Shannon Harvey or Kristopher Bunney, 484-905-2421, info(at)parents-marketplace(dot)com.

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Play Can Be Effective for Improving Kids? Eating Habits, Cleaner Plate Club Interviews Meghan Lynch, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

By: admin - March 12th, 2012  Filed under: Toys For Holiday Add Comment


Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) January 30, 2012

?Play food settings can be used to improve children?s familiarity with healthy foods and thus, their willingness to try these foods in real life,? says nutritional behavior researcher, Meghan Lynch.

Lynch?s observations come from her recent research study, ?Playing With Food: A Novel Approach To Understanding Nutritional Behaviour Development.? The study was very unique in that Lynch leveraged user-posted home videos on YouTube to be able to observe natural interaction between parents and young children in play kitchen settings. Lynch shared her observations and offered some helpful insights for parents in an interview with Beth Bader, co-author of The Cleaner Plate Club.

Food familiarity is one of the ways parents can improve their children?s picky eating behaviors. Away from the real food fights that can occur at the dinner table, play settings and toy foods can help children get accustomed to a new food, including vegetables.

?The more familiar the food, the more likely the child will be to taste it. Importantly, children?s food preferences can be encouraged through their merely seeing these foods on a regular basis, and that repeated exposure to foods can overcome the initial refusal of them,? says Lynch.

However, in Lynch?s study, the foods most children were familiarizing themselves with in the play settings were less than healthful, suggesting play time reinforcement of unhealthy diets.

?Unfortunately, many children were seen interacting with toy foods that more closely reflect typical Western diets of high-fat and energy-dense foods. The most common toy foods in the videos were nutrient-poor foods, such as cookies, fries, onion rings, and ice-cream. Children?s choices in food preparation in the play settings were dominated by behaviours reflective of family food-practices that are, unfortunately, detrimental to healthy nutritional development, such as reliance on easy-to-prepare foods.?

The full interview, offering insight on positive ways to use play food settings, is available online at The Cleaner Plate Club web site.

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New DVD Gets Kids Hooked on Eating Fruits and Vegetables

By: admin - March 1st, 2012  Filed under: Toys For Holiday Add Comment


Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) January 24, 2012

COPY-KIDS MEDIA, an independent media company, presents its debut DVD. Copy-Kids Eat Fruits and Vegetables is the first DVD in a series designed to encourage healthy habits in young children. This series is for children aged six months to 5 years.

Watch the Trailer: http://vimeo.com/24151268

Copy Kids Eat Fruit and Vegetables is divided into 12 chapters, each focusing on a different fruit or vegetable. The yummy veggies and fruits include: Bell Peppers, Cucumbers, Carrots, Avocado, Tomatoes, Broccoli, Oranges, Bananas, Raspberries, Strawberries, Apples & Blueberries.

The genesis for the project came when Cai Dixon noticed her young daughter was more willing to try new fruits and vegetables when she saw another child eating them. Bella liked to copy. Dixon wondered if the experience had to be live, or if a video of children eating fruits and vegetables would also work? ?It did, and not just with Bella,? recalls Dixon. And so a concept was born: Find children who LOVE to eat fruits and veggies, film them eating them ? and make the video available to parents. It?s that simple. Says Dixon, ?I never would have expected my child to eat raw broccoli ? but she demanded it as soon as she saw another child eating it on TV. Now it is one of her favorite vegetables.?

Director Malona Badelt was volunteering at an orphanage in Ghana when she was asked to direct Copy-Kids. She literally got off the plane in LA and drove to a test shoot that same day. She fell in love with the project and was able to coax the most amazing performances out of each cast member. It?s unscripted and quirky, with children behaving authentically, which gives it surprise and comedy. ?I would never have gotten such amazing performances if the video had been scripted,? says Badelt. ?Each child brought his or her own piece of magic to the project.?

For parents, the DVD also features an interview with renowned pediatrician Dr. Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP, author of Good Food Today, Great Kids Tomorrow. He talks about childhood overweight and obesity, suggests ways that parents can get their children to make healthier food choices, and explains why Copy-Kids is such a powerful idea, noting “That’s just the way kids are, they love to copy other kids.”

Selected as one of the 10 Best Audio/Visuals for 2011 by Stevanne Auerbach, PhD. / Dr. Toy. http://www.drtoy.com/product-view/?productid=119 It?s a unique tool for parents who want to encourage healthy eating in their children.

This innovative DVD is engaging & enchanting ? kids want to play it over and over as they learn to love these healthy foods. Dixon adds, ?Just be sure you have these foods at home ? because your kids are going to want to eat what the Copy-Kids are eating.?

Running time: 115 mins

Price: $ 19.95

Available for sale at http://www.copy-kids.com

http://www.facebook.com/CopyKids

ABOUT COPY-KIDS MEDIA

Copy-Kids is a media company producing video that encourages positive habits in young children, by letting them watch and copy other kids. Copy-Kids unique content ? online and DVD ? helps parents get their children hooked on healthy and positive habits.

Produced for children aged 6 months to 5 years, Copy-Kids debut video is fun and compelling for both children and parents. Subsequent Copy-Kids products will cover other desirable behaviors like Tooth Brushing, Exercising, Tying Shoes, Letter and Number recognition… plus more healthy eating? all taught by kids.

Copy-Kids is building a global media brand that will scale rapidly across all electronic media, in multiple languages. The Los Angeles based founding team has experience launching media business in North America, Europe & Asia.

The Team

Director: Malona P. Badelt is an award winning film director (Chicxulub, Vartan LLP) with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Cinema-Television from the University of Southern California.

Producer: Caroline Dixon has spent 20 years working with young children and is an expert in children’s product retailing.

Chief Creative Officer: Klaus Badelt is a distinguished film composer (Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rescue Dawn) who has scored more than 100 feature films.

Producer: Roger Jackson is an executive with a global non-profit, and the former VP Content for MTV online video business iFilm.

Executive Producer: Robyn Klein runs business affairs for Copy-Kids and has particular expertise in children’s programming.

Contact:

ROGER JACKSON

roger(at)copy-kids(dot)com

310-463-5807

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Kids Helping Kids For the Holidays

By: admin - January 18th, 2012  Filed under: Toys For Holiday Add Comment

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 22, 2011

1-800-GOT-JUNK? and Second Chance Toys did it again this week, collecting more than 5,000 gently-used toys from school drives throughout the New York area and distributing them to kids who need them most. Children from 4 public schools, 2 private schools, 1 Hebrew school, 2 corporate sponsors and 1 university group comprised the donators; while the recipients included 9 not-for-profit organizations serving underprivileged families.

?It?s kids helping kids at the holidays, and it just doesn?t get any better than that,? says Cameron Robinson, the Operations Manager and key driver of the charity event for 1-800-GOT-JUNK?.

In addition to the charity, the environment is a strong motivator for both companies.

?Every toy that we put into the hands of a child means one less toy that could end up being thrown into a landfill,? explains Bronna Lipton, Director of Second Chance Toys. ?The environmental benefits are huge.?

Second Chance Toys runs numerous toy drives throughout the year, but the two major drives include the Christmas Holidays and Earth Day. This holiday season the Northeast-based charity delivered its 90,000th toy. In existence for 5 years, Second Chance Toys has been partnering with the world?s largest junk removal company for the past 4, and has big plans for national and international expansion.

About 1-800-GOT-JUNK?

1-800-GOT-JUNK? is pioneering an industry that is helping residents and businesses remove junk and regain space. Whether it?s a pile of household junk in the garage or a warehouse full of office furnishings, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? removes it for you, making the ordinary business of junk removal exceptional. We are passionate about recycling and donating to charity. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? was founded in 1989 and now operates throughout North America and Australia. For more information, visit http://www.1800gotjunk.com.

About Second Chance Toys

Second Chance Toys is a 501c3 non profit organization that rescues and redistributes gently used plastic toys and donates them to organizations serving children in need. Founded in 2006, Second Chance Toys conducts collections in NJ, NY, PA, IL and in Australia.

For More Information Contact:

Tania Venn????????????????????

1-800-GOT-JUNK? Director, PR????????????

866.483.7042????????????????????

tania.venn(at)1800gotjunk(dot)com????????????

Alan Goldberg

Second Chance Toys NY Chapter

212.737.6766

agoldberg(at)frannet(dot)com

Attached: Letters submitted by Gen Berretta?s Third Grade Class at PS 119 in Brooklyn, NY. These children donated their personal toys so that someone less fortunate could have a brighter holiday. Here are some of their real ?toy stories.?

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Hamden Ophthalmologist Sponsors Hamden Toys for Kids

By: admin - January 9th, 2012  Filed under: Toys For Holiday Add Comment


Hamden, CT (PRWEB) December 19, 2011

Hamden Ophthalmologist Dr. Jeffrey D. Gold is organizing a Toys for Kids Drive this Holiday Season to put smiles on the faces of some less fortunate children. In an effort to reach out to the less fortunate and at the same time to promote good eye health, the ophthalmology office of Dr. Jeffrey D. Gold will be sponsoring a toy drive this holiday season.

Dr. Gold will perform a Comprehensive Eye Exam (value $ 150) for anyone choosing to participate. The cost for the exam will be $ 39.00. The entire $ 39.00 will be donated to the Hamden Kids Toy Drive.

“The upcoming holidays are generally a happy time for us,” said Dr. Jeffrey Gold, “a time to count our blessings. Unfortunately, there are many children who do not experience the thrill of opening presents for holidays.”

The office had organized a similar event for Thanksgiving, ultimately donating $ 780 to the CT Food Bank. “Our earlier drive was a huge success!” said Gold. “It was wonderful to see the effect such a simple gesture had in providing Thanksgiving dinner for so many.”

Through the Hamden Kids Toy Drive, we will make many children happy,” Dr. Gold said.

The office will also collect any new unwrapped toys people care to donate.

The office will continue to sponsor such events throughout the year.

Dr. Jeffrey Gold is a board certified and award winning Ophthalmologist who has been changing the lives of patients for over 30 years. At his office, he performs a variety of custom and standard laser vision correction procedures including LASIK, PRK and Epi-LASIK (Advanced Surface Ablation). He has performed more than 10,000 LASIK procedures and over 1,000 PRK and Epi-LASIK procedures while receiving many awards for his work. Choosing a doctor as experienced and recognized as Dr. Gold is critical to your effort in getting the desired and needed treatments for your eyes.

Dr. Gold?s Liberty Vision is the most sought after and premier laser vision correction center in the Hamden area. Patients who visit Liberty Vision are taken care of personally by Dr. Gold, who will conduct the screenings, pre-operative exams and all post-op exams. With his expertise, experience and help, you will no longer be dependent on glasses or contact lenses.

As the one time part owner of the country?s second laser eye surgery center and being instrumental in developing the Yale Eye Laser Center, Dr. Gold has over 10,000 laser vision correction procedures under his belt. As a result, he has changed the lives of thousands of patients, including his own family members, other doctors and healthcare professionals.

“Your eyes provide your most precious sense. That’s why I care so deeply about your particular concerns. You should not be treated like a number! I give each person as much time as necessary to answer all your questions,? says Dr. Gold.

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Blue Star Bazaar Introduces Charitotes Craft Kits – A Unique Gift Idea That Supports Kids’ Creativity and the Pediatric Cancer Foundation

By: admin - January 5th, 2012  Filed under: Toys For Holiday Add Comment


Wilton, CT (PRWEB) December 17, 2011

Blue Star Bazaar is proud to add Charitotes Design-A-Bag craft kits to its assortment. This item lets kids get wild and creative for a great cause! Charitotes were developed by Taylor Greenberg Goldy, now a high school senior in Manhattan. Initially, she decorated tote bags and stuffed them with gifts. She then donated the bags to hospitals where children were being treated for cancer. Now the bags are sold as a kit with 10% of net proceeds going to the Pediatric Cancer Foundation.

This design a bag kit includes: a canvas tote bag, fabric markers, color crayons, sketchbook, stencils sheets, and sticker sheets. Charitotes retail for $ 16 at Blue Star Bazaar.

Blue Star Bazaar, founded in 2010 by Megan LaBant Abrahamsen, is an online retailer of unique gifts for women and kids. For those looking for unique gift ideas, Blue Star Bazaar offers a range of products that meet the tough standards of quality, individuality, style, and value. Product categories include jewelry, scarves, watches, handbags, t-shirts, toys, and home accessories. Find the perfect gift at Blue Star Bazaar, headquartered in Wilton, CT.

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Coats 4 Kids Let?s You Discover the Joy of Sharing with Help from Discovery Point, Q100, The Salvation Army, and McDonald?s

By: admin - January 3rd, 2012  Filed under: Toys For Holiday Add Comment

Duluth, GA (PRWEB) December 16, 2011

Beginning November 28th, Discovery Point Child Development Centers is partnering with local radio station Q100, The Salvation Army and McDonald?s for this year?s Coats 4 Kids event. The goal of Coats for Kids is to collect new or gently-used children?s coats, which will then be distributed by The Salvation Army to children in need throughout Georgia this winter.

?Participating in Coats 4 Kids gives our children the opportunity to discover the joy of sharing first-hand,? said Cindy Siegel, director of operations for Discovery Point Franchising, Inc. ?It is one thing to talk about sharing toys in the classroom, but it is much more meaningful when the children can participate in a program that helps other children.? Discovery Point Franchising is very passionate about helping children whenever the opportunity arises. ?Our commitment to children goes far beyond the classroom,? said CEO of Discovery Point, Cliff Clark. ?Whether we are involved in the Special Olympics or a program like Coats 4 Kids, there is nothing that gives us more joy than being able to help children in need.?

Donations will be accepted through December 31st at Metro Atlanta-area Discovery Point Centers. For every donation received, McDonald?s is giving a ?Thank You? gift certificate for a FREE Large Sandwich or Breakfast Sandwich, while supplies last. So don?t hesitate; donate a new child?s coat, or check your closets for any gently-used children?s outerwear, and stop by your area Discovery Point today. For more information on how you can donate, please contact Cynthia Sutt at 678-466-7024, or visit http://discoverypointblog.com/blog/2011/11/22/join-discovery-point-q100-and-the-salvation-army-to-keep-georgia-kids-warm-this-winter/

About Discovery Point:

Duluth, Georgia based Discovery Point Franchising, Inc. is a leading child development franchisor in the southeastern United States. Since the company started in 1988, Discovery Point has built over 60 world-class child development centers from the ground up. Today, there are an additional 10 new centers under development, and the company plans to continue expanding Discovery Point?s reach in 2012 and beyond. For more than 23 years, Discovery Point has provided quality childcare for families and offered franchisees a proven model for success. For more information: http://www.discoverypoint.com/franchise/message

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New Website Aims to Get Kids Moving with Top of the Line Pedal Cars

By: admin - November 6th, 2011  Filed under: Toys For Holiday Add Comment

Greeley, Colorado (PRWEB) October 31, 2011

Web entrepreneur Sharon Peterson is pleased to unveil her latest business venture, http://www.TopOfTheLinePedalCars.com. The newly launched Internet storefront boasts an impressive array of pedal cars, planes, trucks, trains and tricycles from Airflow Collectibles.

?My motivation for starting this website was providing a unique fitness opportunity for kids,? said Peterson. ?I?ve taught physical education at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. I?ve had so many overweight kids and I want to help them get moving.?

It won?t prove difficult to get kids moving once they see the planes, trains, and automobiles from TopOfTheLinePedalCars.com. Classic pedal cars like the Hot Rodder or Brum, with their working headlights, bells, and adjustable positions, have instant appeal. Throwback tricycles, sized for younger and older children, including the 1936 Sky King Trike, also come with working lights, reflectors, sealed ball bearings, and rubber hand grips ? not to mention a slick lead-free paint job.

Playing ?firefighter? will become a child?s new favorite game once they set their eyes on a bright red fire truck that comes complete with ladders. Thomas the Tank Engine pedal trains are another popular item, especially among younger children who want to escape to the Island of Sodor. Children can pretend to soar through the skies on Corsair planes or pink Fantasy Flyer three-wheel planes.

TopOfTheLinePedalCars.com is dedicated to providing superior customer service. Each pedal car, truck, plane, train and tricycle has been screened for kid-friendliness, durability, and aesthetics. Orders are filled and shipped promptly so little ones can enjoy their new toy right away. Feedback is always welcome; in fact, Peterson strives to personally respond to all customer queries in a timely manner.

?The consumer?s happiness is synonymous with my success,? said Peterson. ?I?m going to do everything possible to create happiness for them.?

Detailed product reviews, as well as creative tips to get kids active, are available on the site?s brand new blog, http://www.PedalCarsBlog.com.

About the Company:

TopOfTheLinePedalCars.com ? a division of Top of the Line, LLC ? is owned and operated by web entrepreneur Sharon Peterson.

Sharon Peterson

http://www.TopOfTheLinePedalCars.com

(970) 330-8849

iePlexus, Inc.

http://www.iePlexus.com

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