The Rolling Strong health and wellness app now has the ability for Trucking terminal vs. terminal, company vs. company and industry-wide competitions.

“Transportation operations compete for freight and drivers every day so competing for health will be a fun challenge for them”

RIVERSIDE, Mo. (PRWEB)
February 26, 2020

Rolling Strong, the provider of health and wellness programs for transportation companies and their drivers, as well as owner-operators, today announced that its app now has the ability for terminal vs. terminal, company vs. company and industry-wide competitions.

“Transportation operations compete for freight and drivers every day so competing for health will be a fun challenge for them” said Stephen Kane, president of Rolling Strong. “With the new capability to set up terminal vs. terminal, company vs. company and industry-wide competitions in the Rolling Strong app, successfully building a culture of wellness has never been easier. Expanding efforts to improve health and wellness beyond driver and employee competitions improves everyone’s health across the industry.”

Rolling Strong’s new capabilities allow senior leadership and management staff to enable health and wellness improvement initiatives by fostering competition between teams, facilities and other transportation companies. The new capabilities of the Rolling Strong app also make it possible for industry organizations to promote health and wellness through competitions.

Several associations have expressed interest in this opportunity and are looking for industry suppliers to sponsor awards, Kane noted. Rolling Strong is also ready to support those efforts by promoting competitions through the app, emails and social media, and by providing trophies or even hosting awards events.

In the competitions, participants earn prizes for signing up for the Rolling Strong app, getting wellness checks, speaking to wellness coaches who can provide mobile or live support through the platform, and by taking steps to improve nutrition, fitness, sleep, and stress and weight management. Winners are determined by averaging the points earned by all terminal, department or company participants without impacting a driver’s or an employee’s individual ranking in the app.

“We’ve been realizing steady adoption of our health and wellness mobile app among drivers and other trucking company personnel,” Kane added. “Adding this new fun element of group competitions is going to help facilitate even more growth. Prevention is the key to wellness for everyone and we intend to be an active partner and work to help improve health across the transportation industry.”

About Rolling Strong

The provider of driver wellness programs for transportation companies and their drivers and owner-operators, Rolling Strong promotes behavior change and provides support in the areas of Nutrition, Fitness, Sleep, Stress Management and Weight Management. Driven by its mission to reverse the declining health of America’s CDL Drivers and get them home safely, the company offers in-terminal and on-the-road solutions that target health improvement. Its customizable programs include the Rolling Strong App for drivers and administrative reporting capabilities to help carriers and drivers improve compliance with CDL medical requirements and to implement and manage their wellness initiatives. For more information, visit http://www.rollingstrong.com.

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“Last year was our first time at Expo West, and we were blown away by the support and interest in green healthcare alternatives,” said PATCH CEO James Dutton.

SAN MARCOS, Calif. (PRWEB)
February 26, 2020

Nutricare’s PATCH bamboo bandages are returning to Natural Products Expo West March 3-7 at Booth H213, where they’ll be showcasing their pioneering line of compostable bamboo bandages while competing for one of the most coveted NEXTY awards.

“Last year was our first time at Expo West, and we were blown away by the support and interest in green healthcare alternatives,” said PATCH CEO James Dutton.

“That interest has helped fuel our expansion into over 3,200 CVS locations as well as secure shelf placement at Albertsons-Safeway stores nationwide, increase our online presence with Amazon and Grove Collaborative and open the door for additional natural living and national chain retailers to come in 2020.” “We are also excited to have recently expanded our reach into North America with availability throughout Canada. We truly feel that the future is bright and full of possibility for eco-conscious consumer brands like PATCH,” added Dutton.

In 2019, PATCH brought home the NEXTY Award for Best Natural Living Product, and is now up for the Consumer Choice Award in the Personal Care or Natural Living category.

Parents and kids alike love PATCH for their hypoallergenic and easy to remove adhesive, commitment to sustainability, and use of naturally healing ingredients like coconut oil and aloe vera instead of additional ointments.

PATCH Highlights:

Made from organic bamboo fiber

Free of plastics, latex, and silicon

Safe for sensitive skin

Easy to remove and pain-free

Dad-invented for kids who don’t like to use ointments

100% compostable – breaks down into soil in a matter of weeks

Vegan-friendly and cruelty free

Available in four lines, each imbued with naturally healing ingredients:

PATCH Natural — For use on cuts and scratches

PATCH Coconut Oil Kids — For use on abrasions and grazes

PATCH Aloe Vera — For use on burns and blisters

PATCH Activated Charcoal — For use on bites and splinters

Find your favorite line by stopping by Booth H213 in the Hot Products area between March 3-7 at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, California.

PATCH can be found at CVS and Albertsons-Safeway locations nationwide as well as numerous natural living and specialty retailers. PATCH is also available online at Amazon, Grove Collaborative and patchstrips.com.

For more information or media inquiries, contact Leah Cybulski – Leah@teamchicexecs.com

About PATCH:

PATCH is the first product to come out of the environmentally-conscious Australian-based brand Nutricare. Their dedication to creating natural solutions to common health care items is empowering consumers to make healthier choices for their families and the world. Nutricare has been a certified B Corporation since 2018 and was named ‘2019 Best for The World’ certified B Corporation in September 2019. For more information, visit patchstrips.com or nutricare.co.

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St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, New York is home to the newest Nike Field Hockey Camps.

We are very excited to bring Nike and US Sports Camps to our campus.

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (PRWEB)
February 26, 2020

Located about 40 minutes north of New York City, the Nike Field Hockey Camp at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill is set to be offered this August and is open to both boys and girls. Head Field Hockey Coach, Genesis Pacheco, and the rest of the STAC coach staff will instruct and lead all drills during the program.

This is STAC Spartans are recently coming off of their 2019 season with a Northeast Conference Semifinal finish and multiple player All-Conference Honors. Pacheco and her staff are ready to continue the positive momentum by bringing the same high energy and hard work her players use to the new camp.

“We are very excited to bring Nike and US Sports Camps to our campus,” exclaims Pacheco. “Here we will focus on teaching the fundamentals of the game, while also providing them with a fun, yet intensive training program to help improve their skills.”

This New York field hockey camp will be offered as an All Skills program, meaning players of all ability levels are welcome to join. Under Pacheco’s instruction, campers will be grouped into a ratio of 1 coach to 10 players and undergo various drills that emphasize different aspects of field hockey.

Goalies looking to work on their specific skills can expect to receive instruction from a STAC goalie coach that will teach them the various techniques used by the Spartans field hockey goalkeepers. At the end of camp, all players will be able to partake in an All-Star game that will allow them to showcase and work on the drills learned during the week of camp.

The Nike Field Hockey Camp at STAC is set to run August 10-12 and will run 9:00am-4:00pm every day.

Players, coaches, and parents interested in the program can visit Nike Field Hockey Camps or call 1-800-645-3226.

About US Sports Camps

US Sports Camps (USSC), headquartered in San Rafael, California, is America’s largest sports camp network and the licensed operator of Nike Sports Camps. The company has offered summer camps since 1975 with the same mission that defines it today: to shape a lifelong enjoyment of athletics through high-quality sports education and skill enhancement.

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Building Weights and Measures’ Future by Sharing our Knowledge

As we’ve seen in recent years, systems of weights and measures are ever-changing and at a much faster pace

LINCOLN, Neb. (PRWEB)
February 25, 2020

The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) announces Weights and Measures Week, March 1 -7, 2020. These dates are designated every year to commemorate President John Adams’s signing of the first United States weights and measures law on March 2nd, 1799.

NCWM Chairman Craig VanBuren of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced his theme for the year, “Building Weights and Measures’ Future by Sharing Our Knowledge.” In doing so, he set out three goals.

The first goal is to create a mentoring program on NCWM. This program will also assist in succession planning for weights and measures inspections programs across the country as well as those industry organizations actively involved at NCWM. The meetings and collaboration create outstanding opportunities to network and share experiences and knowledge.

The second goal is to create an online marketing plan to share our knowledge with the outside world. “We have the world at our fingertips, we need to use that power to our benefit and share, not only our knowledge but our story and our value…” said VanBuren. NCWM has been developing strategies through YouTube videos, social media, and outreach to accomplish this.

Mr. VanBuren’s final goal is to create more training opportunities for NCWM membership. He is looking for additional opportunities, whether at NCWM conferences, regional meetings, online sessions, or special training events. He emphasized, “As we’ve seen in recent years, systems of weights and measures are ever-changing and at a much faster pace. There is always something new we can learn, whether it be a two-hour class or a 30-minute demonstration.”

The National Conference on Weights and Measures is a professional nonprofit association of state and local weights and measures officials, federal agencies, manufacturers, retailers, and consumers. NCWM has developed national weights and measures standards since 1905. The organization brings the right interests together to keep pace with innovative advancements in the marketplace.

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Join Us in Our St. Patrick’s Day Sweepstakes Event

ITASCA, Ill. (PRWEB)
February 24, 2020

HealthyChildren.org, the official parenting website of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) encourages parents to try their luck in the site’s 2020 St. Patrick’s Day Sweepstakes event. Ten lucky winners will receive a $200 Amazon.com* gift card. The contest begins March 8 and ends on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2020.

Registered users may enter once each day during the event. Winners will be drawn on or about March 18, 2020. Full rules and more information can be found here.

About HealthyChildren.org

The only parenting website backed by 67,000 AAP member pediatricians, HealthyChildren.org offers trustworthy, up-to-the-minute health advice and guidance for parents and caregivers, along with interactive tools and personalized content. Registered users enjoy a customized home page that features articles geared to the ages of their children. The site also offers a Find a Pediatrician service, an Ask the Pediatrician tool, the KidsDoc Symptom Checker, and more than 5,000 articles on children’s health and safety in English and Spanish.

*Amazon.com gift cards are given away on behalf of HealthyChildren.org. Amazon is not a sponsor of this contest.

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We continue to innovate in Early Life Nutrition by providing ingredients such as HMOs and probiotics to support good nutrition in the First 1000 Days.

WILMINGTON, Del. (PRWEB)
February 25, 2020

Continuing its leading research on human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences (DuPont) recently published the results of its safety assessment on the biotechnologically produced 3-Fucolsyllactose (3-FL) HMO.

3-FL is one of over 130 HMOs currently identified in human milk. These complex carbohydrates are indigestible and therefore function as a prebiotic by promoting early microbial colonization of the gut. This, in turn, provides benefits related to immunity, digestion and potentially cognitive health – benefits that begin in infancy but have a lifelong impact on human health.

This new safety study supports past research which indicated that commercially produced HMOs can mimic some of the health-promoting effects of the HMOs present in human milk. DuPont has been a pioneer in the field of HMOs and launched 2’-fucosyllactose (2’-FL) in 2018 under the name CARE4U™ for infant nutrition and dietary supplements. The important results of this current study help DuPont continue to build the framework for the upcoming launch of CARE4U™ 3-FL.

The Results

To investigate safety of this new ingredient for early life nutrition, 3-FL was produced by fermentation and then assessed for acute oral toxicity, in vitro and in vivo of genetic toxicity, and included a sub chronic rodent feeding study. These are standardized testing protocols for all new ingredients.

The results showed that subchronic dietary exposure of rats to 3-FL did not produce any statistical or biologically relevant differences in growth, food intake or efficiency, clinical observations, or clinical or anatomic pathology changes. The weight of evidence from these studies support the safe use of 3-FL produced using biotechnology as a nutritional ingredient in foods and dietary supplements.

“This is an important milestone for the launch of Care4U™ 3-FL, the next HMO from DuPont. A robust safety assessment has been completed for 3-FL demonstrating the safe use as a nutritional ingredient in foods,” stated Ratna Mukherjea, Ph.D., Technical Fellow and Global R&D Leader for Human Milk Oligosaccharides. “We continue to innovate in Early Life Nutrition by providing ingredients such as HMOs and probiotics to support good nutrition in the First 1000 Days.”

You can read more about this study at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691519306088?via%3Dihub.

About DuPont™ Danisco®

DuPont™ Danisco® is the brand for a range of products that help provide enhanced bioprotection, an improved nutritional profile, and better taste and texture with greater cost efficiency and lower environmental impact, meeting the needs of manufacturers of food and beverages and dietary supplements. Through the work of the global network of food scientists and technologists in DuPont, the Danisco® range is supported by a uniquely broad spectrum of know-how across applications and processing.

About DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences

DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences applies expert science to advance market-driven, healthy and sustainable solutions for the food, beverage, dietary supplement and pharmaceutical industries. We also use cutting-edge biotechnology across a range of markets to advance bio-based solutions to meet the needs of a growing population, while protecting our environment for future generations. We are innovative solvers who help our customers turn challenges into high-value business opportunities. For more information: http://www.dupontnutritionandbiosciences.com or http://www.biosciences.dupont.com

About DuPont

DuPont (NYSE: DD) is a global innovation leader with technology-based materials, ingredients and solutions that help transform industries and everyday life. Our employees apply diverse science and expertise to help customers advance their best ideas and deliver essential innovations in key markets including electronics, transportation, construction, water, health and wellness, food and worker safety. More information can be found at http://www.dupont.com.

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