Cold Fusion Foods Sponsors Food for Thought Foundation and Homeless Team in Training Program.Business/News Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 2000 Cold Fusion cold fusion or low-temperature fusion, nuclear fusion of deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, at or relatively near room temperature. Fusion, the reaction involved in the release of the destructive energy of a hydrogen bomb, requires extremely Foods, the manufacturer of the world's first herbally-active, protein enriched frozen juice bars, teams up with James Stephens James Stephens may refer to:
James Stephens, a professional runner and coach from San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and the inventor of the 2-4-6-8 staged approach to marathon training Training for a marathon is a months or years long project for most recreational runners. This article is about training for recreational runners, i.e. runners who run for sport, physical fitness, or other reasons. , founded the charity Food for Thought in 1990. The charity collects over a million dollars worth of food and distributes to homeless in San Diego and Tijuana. Deciding to combine his two passions, Stephens took his mission a step further by originating the Homeless Team in Training program in 1994. By taking a group of homeless athletes that he recruits directly from the streets, Stephens coaches and cares for the runners for several months. When the time is right, Stephens enters his team into races across the nation bringing attention to the plight of the homeless. In the past 10 years, James has helped hundreds of individuals get off the streets. He offers a year's worth of groceries to each of his athletes so that they use their disposable income disposable income Portion of an individual's income over which the recipient has complete discretion. To assess disposable income, it is necessary to determine total income, including not only wages and salaries, interest and dividend payments, and business profits, but also on housing rather than food. He also works with businesses to facilitate employment of the homeless runners. Stephens and his homeless training teams have been featured in Runner's World Runner's World is a globally circulated monthly magazine for recreational runners, published by Rodale Press in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in the United States. In addition to the printed magazine, the magazine's web sites have provided a valuable resource for runners, and on ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 2. Cold Fusion Foods will be providing support for Stephens and his training teams in the upcoming months, with the first collaboration taking place this Sunday at the Chronicle Marathon, where Stephens will be competing. "I first tried Cold Fusion's frozen juice bar after the Rock & Roll marathon (in San Diego) and I was immediately hooked," said Stephens. "Cold Fusion Foods' bold support of the Homeless Team in Training serves as an example to the athletic community and reminds us that we are all in this together, gathering strength, charity, nutrition and fitness." For more information regarding Stephens and his programs, please check out the athlete's section of Cold Fusion's web site -- www.coldfusionfoods.com -- or stop by the Cold Fusion Foods booth this Sunday at the marathon to meet Stephens in person and receive a free sample of the world's first herbally-active, protein enriched frozen juice bar. |
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