Join us and other Functional/Holistic Health Businesses making a difference in our community!
As a leading wellness business in NYC we are asking you to join us for our “STILL HERE NYC” 2024 Campaign that supports our very needed cause to get FUNCTIONAL NUTRITION and HERBAL MEDICINE awareness in the every day lives of our NYC Youth!
The “Still Here NYC” campaign will raise funds for ENDERS PROJECT EQUAL ACCESS Scholarships along with Ender Project’s Nutrition and Career Mentorship Programming. Through our nonprofit ENDERS PROJECT EQUAL ACCESS, INC. (Formerly known as KING KIDS UNITED, INC.) we have given out over $100K worth of Equal Access Scholarships to our local NYC Youth to sports programs and summer camps. Our Functional Nutrition and Herbal Medicine Awareness program now reaches over 10,000 children in the NYC area. Please see our full impact Deck at the bottom of our impact stats below. (It takes a minute to load.) You will also find examples of our “Health Chats”.
HOW WE DO IT?
We bring equal access scholarships to low income youth to participate in highly desired programs across the city. In turn we require that these programs include our Nutrition/Herbal Medicine awareness “chats” in their programs that reach all levels of income across the city. These “chats” are short, fun, memorable, and informative to all ages. As we share these we are hoping to impact the city’s health by educating about root causes, herbal remedies, and life style changes that will prevent or give insight to our youths’ health journeys.
ABOUT THE “STILL HERE NYC” CAMPAIGN:
Our end of year “Still Here NYC” campaign started in 2022 in response to a need for our community to come together while seeing the highlighted importance of inclusion, health, and getting to the root of issues. It was specifically for New Yorkers who stayed put and called NYC “home” throughout the hardships of the Covid Pandemic.
Every year we will release a new “STILL HERE NYC” Limited Edition T-Shirt. Every year’s shirt will feature a different born and raised New Yorker with their own personal writing and signature for everyone to collect or wear. Everyone can get their t-shirt by purchasing it or joining our “Still Here NYC” Virtual Run/Walk, which includes it in registration.
OUR ASK TO YOU:
We are asking our NYC holistic wellness businesses to be the backbone and lead as an example for all businesses to care about the root cause of health, equal access, and mentorship of our NYC lower income youth.
Please consider joining this year’s 2024 STILL HERE NYC virtual run/walk+ as a team in your own community. You pick when and where your own team will run/walk either the week leading up to or on STILL HERE NYC finale day, October 7th, 2024. Get the word out to your own community through our media kit and get them to walk/run with you. We hope to grow this every year to make this an event that our whole NYC community gets excited about. Read more about the Virtual Run/Walk below.
If you do not have the capacity to host a team for our virtual run/walk we ask that you consider making a donation and/or downloading and sharing our social media post below that will spread the word. This alone will make a big difference in the amount of people we reach so THANK YOU!
Thank you for being a present need in our city that needs health to become an everyday priority for ALL.
We are looking forward to connect with more businesses that understand the importance of both equal access and health awareness in the every day activities of our local youth!
CHEERS,
Enders Project
Please download this carousel post to spread the word on Social Media as personal shares is how we are getting the word out. Remember to mention our @stillherenyc handle in your caption so everyone knows where to go for the link. If you are creating a team for the run/walk find those posts at the Social Media Kit link below.
ABOUT "STILL HERE NYC" VIRTUAL
Every year our “Still Here NYC” Walk/Run will bring together our local community connecting local businesses and the New Yorkers they serve. Everyone who pledges and registers fro the walk/run+ will receive their “STILL HERE NYC” t-shirt in the mail.
If you as a local businesses would like to participate you can create your own team for the Walk or Run. This can be a one mile walk to spend this time getting to know your own community and hearing their stories and heart for this city or a 5K Run that can bring your running community together to build friendships in their own neighborhood. You pick your own date and time with your own team during the 2024 STILL HERE NYC week, the first week in October, to do your Walk or Run. We would love you to take a picture or quick video to share on our social media representing your participation. We have social media posts to advertise your individual run with your followers that can build your team. We hope the “Still Here NYC” Walk/Run+ will bring together our local businesses and the New Yorkers they serve. For those interested, we would love to provide some of our “health chats” to share as an ice breaker and share some great health info with your community.
We hope you see this as a way to build community within your own blocks and every day clients while helping us spread the word of this very important cause.
Participating businesses have the option to offer a discount of their choice to customers participating in the “Still Here NYC” Run/Walk on “Still Here NYC” Day, October 5th, through them showing you their registration logo confirmation.
If you would like to be a participating business in giving discounts or starting a team we ask that you register through our link below.
Dear New York,
Join us and other Functional/Holistic Health Businesses making a difference in our community!
As a leading wellness business in NYC we are asking you to join us for our “STILL HERE NYC” 2024 Campaign that supports our very needed cause to get FUNCTIONAL NUTRITION and HERBAL MEDICINE awareness in the every day lives of our NYC Youth!
The “Still Here NYC” campaign will raise funds for ENDERS PROJECT EQUAL ACCESS Scholarships along with Ender Project’s Nutrition and Career Mentorship Programming. Through our nonprofit ENDERS PROJECT EQUAL ACCESS, INC. (Formerly known as KING KIDS UNITED, INC.) we have given out over $100K worth of Equal Access Scholarships to our local NYC Youth to sports programs and summer camps. Our Functional Nutrition and Herbal Medicine Awareness program now reaches over 10,000 children in the NYC area. Please see our full impact Deck at the bottom of our impact stats below. (It takes a minute to load.) You will also find examples of our “Health Chats”.
HOW WE DO IT?
We bring equal access scholarships to low income youth to participate in highly desired programs across the city. In turn we require that these programs include our Nutrition/Herbal Medicine awareness “chats” in their programs that reach all levels of income across the city. These “chats” are short, fun, memorable, and informative to all ages. As we share these we are hoping to impact the city’s health by educating about root causes, herbal remedies, and life style changes that will prevent or give insight to our youths’ health journeys.
ABOUT THE “STILL HERE NYC” CAMPAIGN:
Our end of year “Still Here NYC” campaign started in 2022 in response to a need for our community to come together while seeing the highlighted importance of inclusion, health, and getting to the root of issues. It was specifically for New Yorkers who stayed put and called NYC “home” throughout the hardships of the Covid Pandemic.
Every year we will release a new “STILL HERE NYC” Limited Edition T-Shirt. Every year’s shirt will feature a different born and raised New Yorker with their own personal writing and signature for everyone to collect or wear. Everyone can get their t-shirt by purchasing it or joining our “Still Here NYC” Virtual Run/Walk, which includes it in registration.
OUR ASK TO YOU:
We are asking our NYC holistic wellness businesses to be the backbone and lead as an example for all businesses to care about the root cause of health, equal access, and mentorship of our NYC lower income youth.
Please consider joining this year’s 2024 STILL HERE NYC virtual run/walk+ as a team in your own community. You pick when and where your own team will run/walk either the week leading up or on STILL HERE NYC finale day, October 7th. Get the word out to your own community through our media kit and get them to walk/run with you. We hope to grow this every year to make this an event that our whole NYC community gets excited about. Read more about the Virtual Run/Walk below.
If you do not have the capacity to host a team for our virtual run/walk we ask that you consider making a donation and/or downloading and sharing our social media post below that will spread the word. This alone will make a big difference in the amount of people we reach so THANK YOU!
Thank you for being a present need in our city that needs health to become an everyday priority for ALL.
We are looking forward to connecting with more businesses that understand the importance of both equal access and health awareness in the every day activities of our local youth!
CHEERS,
Enders Project
Please download this carousel post to spread the word on Social Media as personal shares is how we are getting the word out. Remember to mention our @stillherenyc handle in your caption for everyone to know where to go for the link. If you are creating a team for the run/walk find those posts at the Social Media Kit link below.
ABOUT "STILL HERE NYC" VIRTUAL RUN/WALK
Every year our “Still Here NYC” Walk/Run will bring together our local community connecting local businesses and the New Yorkers they serve. Everyone who pledges and registers fro the walk/run+ will receive their “STILL HERE NYC” t-shirt in the mail.
If you as a local businesses would like to participate you can create your own team for the Walk or Run. This can be a one mile walk to spend this time getting to know your own community and hearing their stories and heart for this city or a 5K Run that can bring your running community together to build friendships in their own neighborhood. You pick your own date and time with your own team during the 2024 STILL HERE NYC week, the first week in October, to do your Walk or Run. We would love you to take a picture or quick video to share on our social media representing your participation. We have social media posts to advertise your individual run with your followers that can build your team. We hope the “Still Here NYC” Walk/Run+ will bring together our local businesses and the New Yorkers they serve. For those interested, we would love to provide some of our “health chats” to share as an ice breaker and share some great health info with your community.
We hope you see this as a way to build community within your own blocks and every day clients while helping us spread the word of this very important cause.
Participating businesses have the option to offer a discount of their choice to customers participating in the “Still Here NYC” Run/Walk on “Still Here NYC” Day, October 5th, through them showing you their registration logo confirmation.
If you would like to be a participating business in giving discounts or starting a team we ask that you register through our link below.
Join us and other Functional/Holistic Health Businesses making a difference in our community!
As a leading wellness business in NYC we are asking you to join us for our “STILL HERE NYC” 2024 Campaign that supports our very needed cause to get FUNCTIONAL NUTRITION and HERBAL MEDICINE awareness in the every day lives of our NYC Youth!
The “Still Here NYC” campaign will raise funds for ENDERS PROJECT EQUAL ACCESS Scholarships along with Ender Project’s Nutrition and Career Mentorship Programming. Through our nonprofit ENDERS PROJECT EQUAL ACCESS, INC. (Formerly known as KING KIDS UNITED, INC.) we have given out over $100K worth of Equal Access Scholarships to our local NYC Youth to sports programs and summer camps. Our Functional Nutrition and Herbal Medicine Awareness program now reaches over 10,000 children in the NYC area. Please see our full impact Deck at the bottom of our impact stats below. (It takes a minute to load.) You will also find examples of our “Health Chats”.
HOW WE DO IT?
We bring equal access scholarships to low income youth to participate in highly desired programs across the city. In turn we require that these programs include our Nutrition/Herbal Medicine awareness “chats” in their programs that reach all levels of income across the city. These “chats” are short, fun, memorable, and informative to all ages. As we share these we are hoping to impact the city’s health by educating about root causes, herbal remedies, and life style changes that will prevent or give insight to our youths’ health journeys.
ABOUT THE “STILL HERE NYC” CAMPAIGN:
Our end of year “Still Here NYC” campaign started in 2022 in response to a need for our community to come together while seeing the highlighted importance of inclusion, health, and getting to the root of issues. It was specifically for New Yorkers who stayed put and called NYC “home” throughout the hardships of the Covid Pandemic.
Every year we will release a new “STILL HERE NYC” Limited Edition T-Shirt. Every year’s shirt will feature a different born and raised New Yorker with their own personal writing and signature for everyone to collect or wear. Everyone can get their t-shirt by purchasing it or joining our “Still Here NYC” Virtual Run/Walk, which includes it in registration.
OUR ASK TO YOU:
We are asking our NYC holistic wellness businesses to be the backbone and lead as an example for all businesses to care about the root cause of health, equal access, and mentorship of our NYC lower income youth.
Please consider joining this year’s 2024 STILL HERE NYC virtual run/walk+ as a team in your own community. You pick when and where your own team will run/walk either the week leading up or on STILL HERE NYC finale day, October 7th. Get the word out to your own community through our media kit and get them to walk/run with you. We hope to grow this every year to make this an event that our whole NYC community gets excited about. Read more about the Virtual Run/Walk below.
If you do not have the capacity to host a team for our virtual run/walk we ask that you consider making a donation and/or downloading and sharing our social media post below that will spread the word. This alone will make a big difference in the amount of people we reach so THANK YOU!
Thank you for being a present need in our city that needs health to become an everyday priority for ALL.
We are looking forward to connecting with more businesses that understand the importance of both equal access and health awareness in the every day activities of our local youth!
CHEERS,
Enders Project
Please download this carousel post to spread the word on Social Media as personal shares is how we are getting the word out. Remember to mention our @stillherenyc handle in your caption so everyone knows where to go for the link. If you are creating a team for the run/walk find those posts at the Social Media Kit link below.
ABOUT "STILL HERE NYC" RUN/WALK
Every year our “Still Here NYC” Walk/Run will bring together our local community connecting local businesses and the New Yorkers they serve. Everyone who pledges and registers fro the walk/run+ will receive their “STILL HERE NYC” t-shirt in the mail.
If you as a local businesses would like to participate you can create your own team for the Walk or Run. This can be a one mile walk to spend this time getting to know your own community and hearing their stories and heart for this city or a 5K Run that can bring your running community together to build friendships in their own neighborhood. You pick your own date and time with your own team during the 2024 STILL HERE NYC week, the first week in October, to do your Walk or Run. We would love you to take a picture or quick video to share on our social media representing your participation. We have social media posts to advertise your individual run with your followers that can build your team. We hope the “Still Here NYC” Walk/Run+ will bring together our local businesses and the New Yorkers they serve. For those interested, we would love to provide some of our “health chats” to share as an ice breaker and share some great health info with your community.
We hope you see this as a way to build community within your own blocks and every day clients while helping us spread the word of this very important cause.
Participating businesses have the option to offer a discount of their choice to customers participating in the “Still Here NYC” Run/Walk on our Finale Day, October 5th, through them showing you their registration logo confirmation.
If you would like to be a participating business in giving discounts or starting a team we ask that you register through our link below.
IMPACT
100k+
Equal Access Scholarships provided so far to sports and summer camp programs in NYC
23 Single Moms
given 3K or more in scholarship funding for sports programs
100%
of our high school seniors graduated high school and were accepted into college or universities
196 Weeks
of summer camp provided through scholarships
10,000+
Youth reached with our Functional Nutrition & Herbal Medicine Chats during their sports programs, after school activities, and summer camps.
A few examples of our fun daily conversations
5 minutes before the start of a program can impact a lifetime of health. These “Did you know?” conversations are fun discussions to get kids thinking about their health choices and equipping them with knowledge to impact their own future and others around them!
Did you know...
In order for our bodies to digest well and get the greatest amount of nutrients from the food we are eating we need to be focused on our food while we eat. Try not to be distracted by phones, computers, or reading to allow your mind and body to focus on your food.
More in depth if there is interest:
Your brain focusing on the food allows your body to give the right signals to digest properly. An example is your body giving the right signals to produce enough acid in your stomach to break down the food into the right form to be ready to go through your intestines. If it isn’t done right it can prevent the next steps of digestion and miss out on getting certain nutrients from the food as it passes through the body…or even worse cause irritation in your gut (From not being broken down enough in the stomach with the acid) which leads to health issues. Relax and focus on your food so your body can digest properly, feel good, and give you more energy!
Discussion question:
What are you normally doing while you eat? What can you do differently this week to set yourself up for better digestion to absorb more nutrients from your food?
They don't...
Until someone tells them.
Did you know...
The original marshmallows were made with marshmallow root, which is a plant that has been used in herbal medicine for thousands of years?
Around 2,000 BC the Egyptian’s took the sap of the root and mixed it with honey to soothe sore throats, coughs, and to heal wounds! It was so special they kept it for only the Pharaohs or the gods.
Most marshmallows in the grocery stores today switched the ingredients which then leaves you with no health benefits and are actually really bad for you.
You can still get marshmallow root and make a treat that is GOOD for you with raw honey! You can use it like the Egyptians did for your sore throat or cough or many of the other health benefits like for your stomach, gut, diarrhea, constipation, and urinary tract.
An easy way to do this is make a tea with the root and enjoy it with raw honey for a special treat for both you and your body!
Did you know...
Did you know Dandelions, yes, those yellow flowers that turn into the “blow a wish” that people call weeds, are actually medicine that has been used for thousands of years? The entire plant is beneficial. The root of a dandelion can be made into a tea that actually cleanses your liver which is the organ that cleans your body from toxins. People also eat the dandelion greens as a salad green which helps you digest because it sends the right messages to your body to make all the right digestive juices it needs! It is also full of minerals and vitamins.
Note: Make sure the dandelion you use was not grown in an area sprayed with pesticides and chemicals. And always be careful of allergies to certain plants.
They are waiting to hear...
We can't wait to tell them!
Did you know...
Eating some healthy fat with your vegetables is actually better for almost everyone! In order for certain nutrients to be absorbed by your digestive system, fat is needed in that meal. So all those “no fat” salad dressings are most likely NOT the best. (In fact a lot of them cause inflammation in your body.) A healthy fat like olive oil based dressing is not only packed with nutrients but helps you to absorb nutrients from the vegetables and greens you eat with it. Same for a little REAL butter or olive oil on your vegetables. You can also add a healthy fat like some avacado.
Eat a little fat with your vegetables and salads and your body will THANK YOU for allowing it to get more energy and health from that meal!
More on fats another day…they are not all created equal!
Did you know...
When you eat you aren’t only feeding yourself but you are also feeding good bacteria living in your gut. There are actually BILLIONS of bacteria in your gut and they are 1000 times smaller than the tip of a pencil. They are supposed to be there to help you.
Eating healthy help these good bacteria outnumber bad bacteria and they are able to help you with digesting your food, turning the food you eat into nutrients that your body can use, fight things that try to make you sick, and even effect your moods. (So what you eat can actually effect whether you are in a good or bad mood as the bacteria releases signals to your brain.)
Some examples of foods that your good bacteria like are fruits, vegetables, beans, and legumes. The next time you eat these remember they aren’t just for you..they are to feed the good bacteria living inside you to help you!
They get excited to learn it...
Because it is INTERESTING when you tell them the right way!
Did you know...
Elderberries have been used to boost peoples’ immune systems for thousands of years. There are recent studies showing that taking elderberry can reduce flu and cold symptoms within 24 hours. It has anti viral, anti-inflammatory effects, and is packed with nutrients.
Just make sure to never eat raw elderberries. The berries need to be cooked. You can easily make a tea by simmering the berries in water for 20 minutes and your immune system will THANK YOU.
Did you know...
Prebiotics are sometimes considered to be more beneficial than taking probiotics! Prebiotics aren’t digested but feed the good bacteria that are already in your gut to make THEM flourish. So by eating foods that are high in prebiotics you boost your probiotics that are hanging out in your gut….THEY need to eat to survive and thrive which makes you healthier as they help you digest your food and pump out some important vitamins for you to give your body energy.
Some prebiotic foods you should include in your diet:
-COOLED rice or COOLED Potatoes….yes you need it to be cold after it is cooked. When rice and potatoes are cooked and then cooled the resistant starch actually increases. This is what is the prebiotic! So eat your leftovers and feed your gut bacteria! Potato salad anyone?
Other everyday foods that are prebiotics: bananas, asparagus, apples, onions, oatmeal, garlic, wheat bran, beans, split peas, lentils, wild blueberries, spinach, flaxseeds, chia seeds
Some not so every day foods that are prebiotics: Jerusalem artichokes (also called sunchokes), dandelion greens, chicory root, leeks, barley, yacon root.
Guess what else!? Cocoa is a prebiotic…BUT if it has a lot of sugar in it then it defeats the purpose because THAT feeds your bad bacteria!
Eat your prebiotics…feed your good bacteria…YOU NEED IT! It helps prevent disease and encourages good health and boosts your immune system!
Did you know...
Did you know the original marshmallows were made with marshmallow root, which is a plant that is used in herbal medicine for thousands of years?
Around 2,000 BC the Egyptian’s took the sap of the root and mixed it with honey to to soothe sore throats, coughs, and to heal wounds! It was so special they kept it for only the Pharaohs or the gods.
Most marshmallows on the grocery stores today switched the ingredients which then leaves you with no health benefits and are actually really bad for you. You can still get marshmallow root and make a treat that is GOOD for you with raw honey!
You can use it like the Egyptian’s did for your sore throat or cough or many of the other health benefits like for your stomach, gut, diarrhea, constipation, and urinary tract.
An easy way to do this is make a tea with the root and enjoy it with raw honey for a special treat for both you and your body!
While people come and go from NYC there lays a foundation waiting to be formed in the youth that are born and raised here. Yes, it is a tough time for NYC but we are here to tell you we are STILL HERE and destined to make a difference not only in the youth but in our communities at large.
-Enders Project
While people come and go from NYC there lays a foundation waiting to be formed in the youth that are born and raised here. Yes, it is a tough time for NYC but we are here to tell you we are STILL HERE and destined to make a difference not only in the youth but in our communities at large.
-Enders Project