Christmas is fast approaching! Most of us are in the middle of preparing for the most festive time of the year. Since we’re now free to meet our families and friends, I am sure that you’re all busy and excited planning for the best gifts and yummiest foods to share with loved ones.
Reunions are joyful events. How fun is it to hear stories about the family history and trying recipes that have been passed down over the years? In my family, my Mom’s Fruit Salad reigns supreme. I prepare my own version whenever there’s a family gathering, it’s a staple for every event especially when it’s Christmas.
To make it more colorful and flavorful, I always put grapes on my Fruit Salad, just like my Mom. Of course, I only useCalifornia Grapes – it’s the only grapes that I buy!
Look at my Fruit Salad, it’s so creamy and the juiciness of the grapes gives that perfect balance of freshness and sweetness in every creamy spoonful!
What’s not to love about California Grapes? It’s plump, juicy, and the sizes and shapesare so fun and perfect! You get premium quality grapes that are grown and harvested with love by hardworking California grape farmers. They are picked, packed, and transported with the greatest care.
Grapes are good for the body, too. A body of research has shown that grapes can be part of a wholesome diet. They are good for the heart, support the immune system, and even help with brain function and healthy aging.
I go for Grapes from California! I hope you do to! They are available in supermarkets nationwide. You can also order them from online fruit sellers.
Have a Merry Christmas everyone!
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Stress and problems are inevitable. People cope with stressful situations and their problems in different ways – some ways are healthier than others. Some people use alcohol, cigarette and drugs to distract themselves or escape from problems. However, these substances negatively affect our physical health and change our brains until we become dependent on them. There are ways to avoid dependence if we catch ourselves early enough and develop healthier ways of coping.
In partnership with the Department of Health, USAID, and University Research Co., The Mind Museum’s top-rated science show MIND-SCOOL is launching its Season 5 which deals with “mental health”, particularly, “stress. The Mind Museum belongs to the Bonifacio Art Foundation, Inc (BAFI), the science and art foundation that conceived and operates The Mind Museum, the BGC Arts Center (a performing arts center) and ArtBGC, a public art program.
Maria Isabel Garcia, Managing Director and Curator of the Bonifacio Art Foundation Inc. says that “MIND S-COOL Season 5 is BAFI’s contribution to multi-dimensional and transdisciplinary learning that cuts across the many divides that exist in our society. BAFI is very grateful to USAID’s RenewHealth project with the Department of Health for recognizing the opportunity to partner on such an essential topic.”
Six (6) episodes will creatively explore “mental health” for Filipino audiences, particularly families and students, and zero in on the multi-dimensional triggers of alcohol, cigarette and substance abuse and how to help oneself and the ones you are connected to, with evidence-based interventions, while in the early stages. The episodes will focus on the following:
Lahat ba ng stress masama? (What is stress and its effects on the brain)
Ano ba ang pwedeng gawin pag-stressed? (Understanding and managing emotions)
Ano ba ang epekto ng Sigarilyo Alkohol at Droga or (S.A.D)? (Effects of substance abuse, cigarettes and alcohol)
Papaano maiwasan ang pag-gamit ng S.A.D? (Triggers of S.A.D – emotions, people, places, things, events and on helping people understand what their triggers are and how to manage or avoid them.)
Ano ang gagawin ko pag pinipilit ako na gumamit? (Handling peer pressure)
Paano maging maginhawa? (Aspects of well-being and staying healthy)
Aside from the three main questers of The Mind Museum namely, Mikee and Mario (a new quester) and our “genius” Manong G, all the episodes will also be powered by two teenagers, Kaira and Simon, who will be on a journey with the MIND S-Cool team to understand what stress is, if all “stress” is bad, and how to manage it well. Mental health experts namely Dr. Alexander dela Fuente of DOH and Dr. Reginal Hechanova-Alampay and King Filart of the USAID RenewHealth project will also appear on the episodes to help the questers and teenagers understand themselves. They will visit various scenarios where mental health sits on the balance and where experts will offer various ways to manage those situations and the emotions stirred by those. It will be enlightening episodes on “stress” that are highly recommended for viewing by families.
MIND S-COOL TV Premiere of Season 5 airs on Cignal TV’s ONE PH Ch.1 on November 20, Sunday, 11:00am and replays 4:30pm (Philippines). It can also be streamed on the Mind S-Cool YouTube channel.
ABOUT the BONIFACIO ART FOUNDATION, INC. (BAFI)
The Bonifacio Art Foundation, Inc is a non-stock, non-profit foundation that champions the arts and sciences in elevating community and national life. It conceived, created and operates The Mind Museum, the BGC Arts Center and the BGC public art program.
For almost 10 years now, The Mind Museum is a self-sustaining, non-profit educational facility working to inspire solutions to real-world problems by initiating and bolstering science engagement in elevating aspects of individual, community and national life.
TO KNOW MORE, OR IF YOU WISH TO KNOW HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT MIND S-COOL AND THE OTHER PROJECTS OF THE BONIFACIO ART FOUNDATION, please send an inquiry to:
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