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Clark Kipp is 4 and half years old. He goes to school, interacts with his teachers and classmates but just a few years ago, Clark’s parents started to notice a change. Instead of continuing to move forward in his development, he started to go back.

” He used to be able to throw a ball to us and say a few words and then he completely regressed,” said mother Leslie Kipp.

Just before his second birthday, Clark was diagnosed with autism, a disease affecting one out of one hundred and ten children in the U.S. Leslie Kipp is Clark’s mom. After learning of his diagnosis she immediately began to seek out programs to help her son.

“When we first came here he wasn’t a child that would sit down at a table,” said Kipp. “Now he will sit down and have circle time which is a pretty basic skill but a skill you need in life.”

With the help of Easter Seals North Texas she found Texas Star Academy.

“I almost can’t even put into words what this program has done for us,” said Kipp. “It has completely changed my child since he’s been going here.”

And TSA has a unique approach to learning. Developing children are learning right along side their peers with disabilities.

“They see children with disabilities overcoming their deficits so they gain alot of sensitivity,” said Principal Jessie Whitesides. “They learn that children with disabilities are no different and they can interact with them.”

Easter Seals as well as the grocery store chain Tom Thumb are hoping the giving does not stop. With the goal of helping more children like Clark Safeway Incorporated along with Tom Thumb teamed up with Easter Seals to provide resources for children with disabilities. Trying to help people who are less fortunate is something Tom Thumb is used to doing. When shoppers are making their normal grocery run they can just stop at the check out counter and make a donation.

“Tom Thumb blows me away,” said President of Easter Seals North Texas Monica Prather Smyth. “In face when I first became a part of Easter Seals and we had our gala and I remember that Connie Yates was there to make a check presentation and it was for over three hundred thousand dollars.”

“With the help of the generous people in the Dallas/Fort Worth area who are so willing to help with a cause,” said Director of Tom Thumb Public Affairs Connie Yates. “We try to make it easy just by adding on to their grocery total as they checkout at any Tom Thumb store in Dallas/Fort Worth.”

An easy and effective way for Tom Thumb to give back to those who need it the most.

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Easter Seals official website:
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Clark Kipp is 4 and half years old. He goes to school, interacts with his teachers and classmates but just a few years ago, Clark’s parents started to notice a change. Instead of continuing to move forward in his development, he started to go back.

” He used to be able to throw a ball to us and say a few words and then he completely regressed,” said mother Leslie Kipp.

Just before his second birthday, Clark was diagnosed with autism, a disease affecting one out of one hundred and ten children in the U.S. Leslie Kipp is Clark’s mom. After learning of his diagnosis she immediately began to seek out programs to help her son.

“When we first came here he wasn’t a child that would sit down at a table,” said Kipp. “Now he will sit down and have circle time which is a pretty basic skill but a skill you need in life.”

With the help of Easter Seals North Texas she found Texas Star Academy.

“I almost can’t even put into words what this program has done for us,” said Kipp. “It has completely changed my child since he’s been going here.”

And TSA has a unique approach to learning. Developing children are learning right along side their peers with disabilities.

“They see children with disabilities overcoming their deficits so they gain alot of sensitivity,” said Principal Jessie Whitesides. “They learn that children with disabilities are no different and they can interact with them.”

Easter Seals as well as the grocery store chain Tom Thumb are hoping the giving does not stop. With the goal of helping more children like Clark Safeway Incorporated along with Tom Thumb teamed up with Easter Seals to provide resources for children with disabilities. Trying to help people who are less fortunate is something Tom Thumb is used to doing. When shoppers are making their normal grocery run they can just stop at the check out counter and make a donation.

“Tom Thumb blows me away,” said President of Easter Seals North Texas Monica Prather Smyth. “In face when I first became a part of Easter Seals and we had our gala and I remember that Connie Yates was there to make a check presentation and it was for over three hundred thousand dollars.”

“With the help of the generous people in the Dallas/Fort Worth area who are so willing to help with a cause,” said Director of Tom Thumb Public Affairs Connie Yates. “We try to make it easy just by adding on to their grocery total as they checkout at any Tom Thumb store in Dallas/Fort Worth.”

An easy and effective way for Tom Thumb to give back to those who need it the most.

Safeway Inc. official website:
http://www.Safeway.com

Easter Seals official website:
http://www.EasterSeals.com

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“Heart disease is the number one killer of American women today,” said Dallas personal trainer Daniel Crouch. “Whenever you feel the need to go ahead and try to change your life this is the best place to start at the grocery store. We decided to come to the grocery store and pick out a few foods that just might help you save your life. Almonds are a great example of a quality nut. They have monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fat as well. They’re excellent. They’re clean. You’re not going to have to worry about getting a lot of preservatives because these things are natural and organic.”

“I think a lot of people fail to recognize how inaugural they are in their own health and certain, little choices that they make at the grocery store of all places can have such a profound effect on the way that they feel and the health of their family and the overall well being of their entire lives,” said Crouch. “Salmon is especially is really good. If you can avoid anything that is farm raised I would recommend it because organic means that it doesn’t have any of the pesticides that farm raised does. Apples are great because they’re a great source of pectin. Pectin is in the skin of apples and what it does is it cleans the plaque from your teeth and from your heart as well.”

“Avocados can get a bad rap because they have fat in them,” said Crouch. “That’s true but it’s the good fat. It’s monounsaturated fat which is great for your heart. It lowers for LDL which is your lousy cholesterol and it raises for HDL which is your good cholesterol. A lot of people take for granted that their heart is just going to pump forever. Red wine, dark chocolate and a few of the things that you might not think are healthy for you are extremely healthy for you.”

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“Heart disease is the number one killer of American women today,” said Dallas personal trainer Daniel Crouch. “Whenever you feel the need to go ahead and try to change your life this is the best place to start at the grocery store. We decided to come to the grocery store and pick out a few foods that just might help you save your life. Almonds are a great example of a quality nut. They have monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fat as well. They’re excellent. They’re clean. You’re not going to have to worry about getting a lot of preservatives because these things are natural and organic.”

“I think a lot of people fail to recognize how inaugural they are in their own health and certain, little choices that they make at the grocery store of all places can have such a profound effect on the way that they feel and the health of their family and the overall well being of their entire lives,” said Crouch. “Salmon is especially is really good. If you can avoid anything that is farm raised I would recommend it because organic means that it doesn’t have any of the pesticides that farm raised does. Apples are great because they’re a great source of pectin. Pectin is in the skin of apples and what it does is it cleans the plaque from your teeth and from your heart as well.”

“Avocados can get a bad rap because they have fat in them,” said Crouch. “That’s true but it’s the good fat. It’s monounsaturated fat which is great for your heart. It lowers for LDL which is your lousy cholesterol and it raises for HDL which is your good cholesterol. A lot of people take for granted that their heart is just going to pump forever. Red wine, dark chocolate and a few of the things that you might not think are healthy for you are extremely healthy for you.”

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