SUPERHERO TIMESSUPERHERO TIMES

APRIL 2013Volume 13-1

In this issueHealthy Activities

you can do!Meet Health

Superhero Anna!Fun Games and

Puzzles!Ignite Good!™

Story Contest!

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How will YOU make a difference?

WINNER!

Vital StatisticsDid you know?

Unhealthy diets and physical inactivity

are key risk factors for major diseases

such as heart disease, cancer, and

diabetes.

Kids 5-17 should get 60 minutes of activity every day!

Ways to get active:Play your favorite sport

Jump ropeHave a dance party

Put on your superhero cape and walk around the block

Ride your bike

Get a bunch of friends together for Superhero Tag!Choose one person to be Krumi, and one person to be the Superhero.

Set up a start and end about 20 yards apart.Players try to run from start to end without being tagged by Krumi.

Those tagged are frozen.The Superhero can unfreeze them by tagging them.

If Krumi tags the Superhero plus 2 other players, he wins!If all the players get to the end, they win!

Your body produces

4-5 billion

red blood cells

in an hour.

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Meet Anna Parish,

Health SUPERHERO!Our Superhero of the the Month for April is Anna Parish. She is 11 years old and from Louisville, Kentucky. Anna has donated hours of her time and raised thousands of dollars to support organ donation. The reason Anna is passionate about organ donation is simple: she received a new liver thanks to a donor.

Anna, you’re just a kid! Why did you need a new liver?When I was only 5 weeks old I caught a virus which made my liver sick. I had a surgery to extend the life of my liver but the doctors knew it would not last forever. The only cure for me was to get a new liver.

What does it feel like when your liver isn’t working?I would have to miss school a lot for doctor’s appointments. I had trouble keeping up in school. I would itch all the time from my liver not working right, and eventually I got short of breath when I would try to keep up with my friends. When I was 8 years old the doctors put me on a list where I would have to wait for a new liver.

That doesn’t sound very fun. So, did you get a new liver right away?No. The only way I could get a new liver is if someone had registered to be an organ donor before they died. There is a shortage of regis-tered donors, so I had to wait 3 years to get a liver transplant.

Wow! So what did you do in those three years?My family and I decided to get busy by helping to raise awareness for organ donation and- help kids like myself. Before the transplant I was on a swim team, played tennis and participated in drama classes. My �rst involvement with fundraisers came when I helped my swim team raise $6,500 for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Pediatric Liver Depart-ment. Our team swam laps to raise money. The following year I decided to help raise money by forming a team and walking for The American Liver Foundation. Team Anna raised $9,800! I became the Liver Champion and walked in Louisville and Cincinnati.

That’s a lot of money! What did your friends think about it?In 5th grade a lot of my friends started to ask questions about my condition. They asked why I would miss school and why I was sick a lot. I met a few people who worked with Kentucky Organ Donor A�liates. KODA worked me to bring a science program to my school that taught my friends how their bodies work and how to stay healthy. It also talked about a subject that most kids do not know about and that is organ donation.

Fast Facts About Anna:Age: 11Hometown: Louisville, KentuckySuperhero Quality I Want: To fly. Favorite subject: Social StudiesFavorite Animal: Dogs (I have 3! 2 Labradors and a malshi-poo.)Favorite Sport: SwimmingFavorite Movie: Harry Potter moviesWhat I want to be when I grow up: An actressHobbies: Doing hair, make-up and nailsMy heroes: Justin Bieber is my crush and my hero because he is very involved in Make-A-Wish and visiting sick kids in the hospital. He knows how much kids look up to him and he tries to pay it forward by lifting their spirits. I also look up to Jennifer Lawrence because she followed her dreams and is from my hometown, so she seems real to me.

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MY TALENT MY HEART MY SUPERPOWER!

ADVOCATINGRAISING MONEY & AWARENESS FOR ORGAN DONATION

Neat! So when did you get your organ?In May of 2012, the call �nally came that the perfect organ for me was available. I had my successful trans-plant at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

That’s awesome! Now that you’re getting healthy again, what have you been doing?I realize now more than ever that I have to keep spread-ing my story and raise awareness. I am on the road to health and want to do my part to help other people who need transplants.

In July, my swim team and I put on another ”Swim for Hope” event and this time raised over $11,000. The money went to The Satterwhite Fund, which helps transplant patients and their families who cannot a�ord all of the expenses. In September I was proud to speak and serve as the starter for the ”Donate Life” walk in Louisville.

You just don’t stop, do you?I want to continue to pay it forward by helping other people who are waiting for their second chance. I want to give them hope. I want to show the world that by

becoming a registered organ donor that they could possibly save multiple lives someday.

But you’re just a kid!I am only 11 but with the help of my family and friends we can make a di�erence! Even kids have the resources and talents that we can channel for good!!!

What would you tell other kids who want to get involved to help organ donation or make a di�er-ence somewhere else?Tell your parents or teachers what ideas you have. They can help you with your e�orts by getting you linked with a charity or organization that you believe in.

Anything else?I just want people to know that I am passionate about organ donation because I was lucky enough to get a new organ and have the hope of a promising future. I have been through a lot in eleven years, but I also realize how fortunate I am for so many reasons. Kids go to school to receive an education but sometimes adults can learn from kids too. We can share our ideas and energy to promote good.

My family: Mom, Dad and my two sisters, Gracie and Sarah

Cutting the Ribbon at the Walk for Life

My mom and me with the first Swim for Hope check

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Doctors Without Borders provides independent, impartial assistance in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primar-ily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters.

The YMCA focuses our work in three key areas, because nurturing the potential of kids, helping people live healthier, and supporting our neighbors are fundamental to strengthening communities.

Since their founding in 1923, Kosair Charities has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of children by providing the highest quality health care for those who had nowhere else to turn. Through support from generous donors, children receive medi-cal attention they desperately need and deserve.

Charities Working in Health

Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA) is dedicated to saving lives through organ and tissue donation and transplantation. KODA was formed to establish a statewide educational and procurement network. Their mission is to provide organ and tissues to those in need and to maintain a profound respect for those who gave.

The Trust For Life’s Judge Charles Satterwhite Recipient Assistance Fund covers the expenses that the family does not have the resources to meet. Since 2001, the fund has been able to assist 418 recipients from 88 different counties around Kentucky with grants totaling nearly $300,000. Recipients have ranged in age from 3 months to 70 years old.

The American Liver Foundation supports research about liver disease, works to increase the number of organ donations, and educates people about liver disease.

Anna’s Favorites!

More Choices

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital values transparency, collaboration with families and a dedication to finding the best care approaches. At their liver transplant center, they have performed more than 530 liver transplants since 1986.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure works to end breast cancer in the U.S. and throughout the world through ground-breaking research, community health outreach, advocacy and programs in more than 50 countries.

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Learn a new move - like hula hooping or roller

skating!

Learn more about organ

donation

Participate in a walk or run to

find a cure for a disease

How can YOU get involved?

Prepare a healthy snack

for your friends

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Take your dog for a family

walk.

More than 115,000 people in the United States are currently on the waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant.

One deceased donor can save up to 8 lives through organ donation and can save and enhance more than 100 lives through the lifesaving and healing gift of tissue donation.

The first successful liver transplant and the first successful heart transplant were both in 1967!

90% of Americans support organ transplants, but only 30% know how to become donors!

Transplant Facts

The liver is the largest organ in your body. It does more than 500 different things for your body. It transforms foods into energy, it cleans your blood, and helps you absorb fat! It helps your blood clot, so you don’t bleed, and helps you absorb medicines so you feel better faster!

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JOIN

1. Prepare healthy snacks2. Learn about the health badge.3. Play an active game.4. Collect pennies for UNICEF5. Color cards for kids in the hospital

Apple Frog

Take two slices of green apple with the peel

facing out and seal them together with peanut

butter. For the eyes, use two grapes and stick a

chocolate chip on each using a small dab of

peanut butter. Then affix the grapes to the apple

slices using a little more peanut butter.

Host a Health Badge PartyHost a Health Badge Party

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TO IGNITE GOOD!™

NUTRITIONThe study of

food and how it works in your

body

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APATHYLack of interest, enthusiasm, or

concern

Fairy Fruit Kebab Wand

Slide pieces of fruit (strawberries, raspberries, banana slices melon balls, etc) onto a kebab stick. Top with a piece of watermelon cut with a cookie cutter to look like a star.

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DONATIONTo present as a gift to a fund or

a cause

http://www.parentsconnect.com/parenting-your-kids/kids-eating/fun-foods-for-kids/fun-foods-for-kids-peanut-butter-apple-frog.html

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CALLING ALL SUPERHEROES!CALLING ALL SUPERHEROES!

Check out great GGC products, like our Make Me A Superhero! Activity Kit. It has everything a superhero needs to Ignite Good!™, including a book, cape, activity book, Mission Up! Card Game, and MORE!

We’ll feature a different charity

badge each month!

IGNITE GOOD!™STORY CONTEST SUPERHERO OF THE MONTH

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Would you like to be featured in the magazine and on our website, just like

Anna?

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SUPERHERO OF THE MONTHVisit us at the GGC Website:

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