Cold and Flu Season

It is that time of year! It's cold and flu season! Be sure you are taking care of yourself. Many of us do not know the difference between the two. This chart can help you identify the common symptoms related to each. The commom cold usually runs its course and does not require medical attention unless you have a suppressed immune system or something similar. The flu on the other hand should be checked out by a medical professional to prevent any prolonged damage. So, before you blow off your symptoms as a "little" something, be sure that it's only a little something. Either way, make sure you get plenty of rest and fluids. Keep your body hydrated at all times. Your life could depend on it...

Wearing All Black

As women, we often wear black because it is considered slimming. This caption encourages us to slim down while wearing black. Funerals are usually a sad time and we don't want to be coy or disrespectful. However, we understand that funerals are also considered celebrations of life. We want you to celebrate your life by getting rid of the unnecessary fat, toxins, and other detriments to your health. Celebrate A New Way Today!

Chicks Who Play!

 

RMDSF Launches 2013 Monthly Activity Reward Program

 Online monthly reward program designed to encourage women to meet up with friends, family members, community groups and other active health enthusiasts to develop healthier lifestyles.

Chester SC -RMDSF announces today the official launch of Chicks Who Play™, a monthly reward program designed to encourage women to become more active by meeting up with others to workout, learn something new about their own health or healthy lifestyles, take advantage of community and governmental resources to achieve better health and seek improvements in the quality of life consistent with RMDSF’s mission. This year's theme is centered on girl power and the idea of feeling youthful and fun again.

Chicks Who Play™ was developed from our blog’s monthly themes of 2012. In 2013, we want to reward you for your activity. To participate and win in Chicks Who Play™, you must first “like” the RMDSF Facebook page (www.facebook.com/RMDSF) and/or follow us on Twitter (@onlineRMDSF). Then, you must comment on our Questions of the Month to be entered into the drawing for a monthly reward. Each responsive and complete comment will receive an entry in the drawing. So, yes, you may comment more than once to increase your chances of winning. Some opportunities to win may be based on accumulated points or require the submission of pictures, video, and other media. Program details are provided on our website.  Examples of reward: gift cards, juicers, groceries, blenders, exercise accessories or equipment, videos, mp3 players or iPods, event tickets, spa treatments, bowling passes, personal training sessions, etc.   We are currently working with our sponsors to offer the best motivating rewards for our Chicks Who Play™.  

About RMDSF

The mission of RMDSF is to increase the capacity for proper health and nutrition in the Carolinas and to provide families of the Carolinas with necessary information and education on addressing poor nutrition, sedentary lifestyles, preventable chronic diseases, and overall tools to better health and quality of life. RMDSF was founded in 2008 in honor of Mrs. Rosa M. Douglas and her mother, Eunice Feaster Wright. It is a 501c3, tax-exempt nonprofit organization that focuses on their major issues of concern: education, women’s health, culinary arts/food service, and community awareness and leadership in the Carolinas.  RMDSF’s events have a specific method, edutainment - Education and Entertainment - to encourage women to adopt healthy lifestyles. Angela  Douglas, Co-founder and President says “Our goals for Chicks Who Play™ will be to encourage women to leave their sedentary lifestyles behind and find the fun in physical activity again. We want to get people motivated about moving their bodies.” Our website, blog, and social media provide information, tips, and resources about becoming more active and developing a healthier lifestyle.  Chicks Who Play™ is the latest addition to our integrated online promotions of good health. For more information on RMDSF, visit us online at www.rmdsf.org.

 

Contact

 

Angela Douglas, President
Phone: 803-250-1948
adouglas@rmdsf.org

President's Proclamation of World AIDS Day 2012

Photo: Ryan Rayburn/IAS

U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton addresses

the XIX International Aids Conference in July, 2012:

ecretary Clinton marked World Aids Day 2012 by unveiling

a blueprint for the creation of an Aids-free generation.

THE WHITE HOUSE

WORLD AIDS DAY, 2012

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

 

On World AIDS Day, more than 30 years after the first cases of this tragic illness were reported, we join the global community once more in standing with the millions of people who live with HIV/AIDS worldwide. We also recommit to preventing the spread of this disease, fighting the stigma associated with infection, and ending this pandemic once and for all.

 

In 2010, my Administration released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, our Nation's first comprehensive plan to fight the domestic epidemic. The Strategy aims to reduce new infections, increase access to care, reduce health disparities, and achieve a more coordinated national response to HIV/AIDS here in the United States. To meet these goals, we are advancing HIV/AIDS education; connecting stakeholders throughout the public, private, and non-profit sectors; and investing in promising research that can improve clinical outcomes and reduce the risk of transmission. Moving forward, we must continue to focus on populations with the highest HIV disparities -- including gay men, and African American and Latino communities -- and scale up effective, evidence-based interventions to prevent and treat HIV. We are also implementing the Affordable Care Act, which has expanded access to HIV testing and will ensure that all Americans, including those living with HIV/AIDS, have access to health insurance beginning in 2014.

 

These actions are bringing us closer to an AIDS-free generation at home and abroad -- a goal that, while ambitious, is within sight. Through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), we are on track to meet the HIV prevention and treatment targets I set last year. We are working with partners at home and abroad to reduce new infections in adults, help people with HIV/AIDS live longer, prevent mother-to-child transmission, and support the global effort to eliminate new infections in children by 2015. And thanks to bipartisan action to lift the entry ban on persons living with HIV, we were proud to welcome leaders from around the world to the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C.

 

Creating an AIDS-free generation is a shared responsibility. It requires commitment from partner countries, coupled with support from donors, civil society, people living with HIV, faith-based organizations, the private sector, foundations, and multilateral institutions. We stand at a tipping point in the fight against HIV/AIDS, and working together, we can realize our historic opportunity to bring that fight to an end.

 

Today, we reflect on the strides we have taken toward overcoming HIV/AIDS, honor those who have made our progress possible, and keep in our thoughts all those who have known the devastating consequences of this illness. The road toward an AIDS-free generation is long -- but as we mark this important observance, let us also remember that if we move forward every day with the same passion, persistence, and drive that has brought us this far, we can reach our goal. We can beat this disease. On World AIDS Day, in memory of those no longer with us and in solidarity with all who carry on the fight, let us pledge to make that vision a reality.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States do hereby proclaim December 1, 2012, as World AIDS Day. I urge the Governors of the States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, officials of the other territories subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and the American people to join me in appropriate activities to remember those who have lost their lives to AIDS and to provide support and comfort to those living with this disease.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.

 

BARACK OBAMA

 

retrieved from allafrica.com

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

From us all at the Rosa M. Douglas Scholarship Foundation to all of you, Happy Thanksgiving. Please remember that it is not about food or shopping but coming together in thanks and appreciation for one another. Be sure not to over indulge in food, but in love this holiday. Small plates and plenty of water will help you stay on track.

Chester HILLarity!

It's times for the festival on the Hill! Chester SC will be hosting its annual festival on October 19-20, 2012. RMDSF will be there on Saturday with our PINK on! So what to expect from us there?

In the midst of lots of fun and food (yummy but so unhealthy), the YMCA will present a health segment. Yes, you read correctly. Before getting sausage dogs and funnel cakes, come to the stage during the health segment on Saturday, October 20th at 9:30am and workout with us.

Also, stop by the RMDSF booth for a great chance to win! We are sponsoring two raffles: An Avon Breast Cancer Awareness prize pack and a Ninja Kitchen System Pulse with grocery store gift card. The Avon prize pack requires a $1 donation per ticket and the Ninja prize pack requires a $2 donation per ticket. We will be giving away breast cancer awareness items with every raffle and non-raffle donation.

The booth will be decorated in PINK, our signature color. We are celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month and will decorate the booth to show it.  Moreover, we will have fun activities like hula hoop and other fun exercises.

Meet you on the Hill...your life may depend on it.

SAVE THE DATE - GEM Day: A Field Day for Chicks Who Play

As announced at the last Mother-Daughter Health Forum and Luncheon, we have decided to take a break from the luncheon format. In 2013, we will roll out Chicks Who Play, an initiative to keep women on the move! During National Women's Health Week, we will host our first GEM Day: A Fun Field Day for Chicks Who Play! We are going back to the the good old times when we could just run, jump and PLAY various games during an annual day of recess...FIELD DAY!

SAVE THE DATE:

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Rosa M. Douglas Scholarship Foundation

presents

GEM Day:

A Fun Field Day for Chicks Who Play!

11am - 1pm

Joe Collins Stadium

(Chester Fairgrounds)

Chester SC