Cardinal Nutrition Initiates Community Partnership to Deliver Vitamin Program to Underserved Children.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2003 Cardinal Nutrition, in partnership with the Vancouver Rotary Rotary can refer to:
Cardinal Nutrition, the world's largest and most experienced raw material manufacturer of nutritional methylsulfonylmethane (MSM MSM - Micronetics Standard MUMPS ), an essential nutrient An essential nutrient is a nutrient required for normal body functioning that cannot be synthesized by the body and must be obtained from a dietary source. Some categories of essential nutrient include vitamins, dietary minerals, essential fatty acids, and essential amino acids. to good health, funded and launched The Healthy Foundation's Vitamin Relief USA(TM) - Operation IQ(TM) in the Vancouver community. Through the Operation IQ(TM) program, vitamins are shipped free of charge to participating sites where school nurses and teachers dispense dispense /dis·pense/ (-pens´) to prepare medicines for and distribute them to their users. dis·pense v. To prepare and give out medicines. bottles of vitamins to the parents of students who sign up to receive monthly supplies for their children. Currently, Operation IQ(TM) partners with 25 visionary public schools and 19 Head Start programs throughout 12 states providing vitamins to more than 4,000 underserved school children every day. New to Operation IQ(TM) through the Vancouver program is the innovative and collaborative vitamin distribution model initiated by Cardinal Nutrition and the Vancouver Rotary Club. The two formed the first partnership of a private sector corporation with public education programs and services involving leaders from the Vancouver Public Schools, Head Start and Southwest Washington Medical Center. Each organization is committed to program growth and expansion with a goal to serve additional children through the local Head Start program and eventually all eligible elementary school elementary school: see school. students in Clark County Clark County is the name of twelve counties in the United States of America:
"It's a given that supplemental nutrition contributes to the healthy development of our youth. That's why we have committed to making an annual contribution to this program through the Vancouver Rotary Club," said George Bergstrom George Edwin Bergstrom (1876 - 1955) was an American architect who designed the Pentagon.[1] References 1. ^ The Pentagon, www.globalsecurity.org, date unknown, (accessed 24 January,2007) , chief executive officer of Cardinal Nutrition. "Children who participate in the local Operation IQ(TM) will have greater opportunities to accelerate in academics and live healthier lives." Cardinal Nutrition's interest in the program was generated by the fact that almost 30 percent of U.S. children under age 12 are not only hungry, but at risk for nutritional deficiencies and could suffer from impaired brain function or stunted growth Stunted growth is a reduced growth rate in human development. It is a primary manifestation of malnutrition in early childhood, including malnutrition during fetal development brought on by the malnourished mother. without proper supplemental nutrition. Studies conducted in 1999 found that taking a daily multivitamin mul·ti·vi·ta·min adj. Containing many vitamins. n. A preparation containing many vitamins. multivitamin can improve a child's health, ability to learn, behavior and self-esteem. Such compelling information has led the U.S. Congress to appropriate $500,000 to The Healthy Foundation so that they may conduct a rigorous study on the impact of vitamin intake on the academic performance of at-risk youth. "The Vancouver community participation is encouraging," said Michael Morton Michael Morton (born 1964) is the son of Zorine and Arnold Arnie Morton, the restaurateur and founder of Morton's Steakhouse Chain. He is the brother of Peter Morton, founder and former owner of Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe and the uncle of Harry , executive director of The Healthy Foundation. "This particular program could serve as a model for other companies to get involved in their community's public education system and truly help underserved children receive the vitamins and minerals they need to be successful academically." About Cardinal Nutrition Cardinal Nutrition, headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., is the most experienced manufacturer of MSM and operates the world's only facility solely dedicated to production of licensed MSM. Cardinal's branded ingredient, U.S.-made OptiMSM, is always distilled for purity and supplied to quality manufacturers in global markets. For information on Cardinal Nutrition or OptiMSM, call 888/733-5676 or visit www.cardinalnutrition.com or www.optimsm.com. About The Healthy Foundation Founded in August 1999, The Healthy Foundation began with an innovative vision to provide daily multivitamins to the homeless. Today, The Healthy Foundation continues to grow and expand its multivitamin programs under the moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. of Vitamin Relief USA(TM). Vitamin Relief USA(TM) programs include Children First(TM) and Operation IQ(TM), which currently serve more than 10,000 children a day in nearly 40 states at more than 180 sites across the country. |
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