Giveaways, The Plaza|July 3, 2011 9:32 am

Generation Go!

MVP Generation Go

Peppe playing Lacrosse with Gary Gait & 300 kids

I am thrilled to join MVP Health Care with their Generation Go program. When I had the opportunity to ask the Field Marketing Team at MVP to describe this program, they simply asked me to come and see! I was invited with the boys to a sports clinic with the Lacrosse Master Gary Gait.

I needed no further explanation.  And the boys felt like real pros playing with the big kids and Gary Gait.

MVP Health Care believes that all kids have the power to make healthy decisions…and that’s why they created MVP Generation Go.  I hope you don’t think that MVP Generation Go is all celery sticks and sit-ups (nothing against celery sticks and sit-ups).  It’s about building confidence.  It’s about doing what’s good for your body. It’s about balancing school, play and fitness.  It’s about listening to parents, teachers and coaches.  But mostly, it’s about having fun!  Simply put, we are dedicated to helping families get up, out and active…and live well

So to make this experience more exciting, we’ve invited a group of top mom bloggers from the Northeast to become MVP Generation Go Ambassadors. They will share their personal stories about healthy living in their families. You know what that means right? We’re going to have a blast! Are you ready?

Let’s jump right into Week 1. The topic of the week will be “Meal Planning” – We all know the benefits of making a weekly meal plan. It helps us save money, keep a healthier nutrition balance and save tons of time. I’m curious to know if you have a weekly/monthly menu. Let’s also discover together all the resources out there and the blogs that focus on meal planning.

The way we do it in our family is by assigning each kid to a day of the week (you can do that in a big family).  As the meal leader, he

At Sienna College during the clinic

gets to plan the menu for that day. You can’t imagine how much this strategy has helped me. We have some ground rules. They must use the Pyramid Tracker tool (if you haven’t used it, you must) and they have to respect a budget. The entire family takes ownership of our health, finances and time management through this process.

The best part is to see the kids so engaged in learning about nutritional values. As an incentive, we pay the kids 5 cents for every coupon they find at our local store’s newsletter or the penny saver as long as the coupon is relevant to our menu of the week.    They also get extra points for keeping a healthy balance by including all the food groups.  They love this exercise. The coupon hunting, the cutting, the matching with the meal plan, the payment. I must admit that the most exciting part comes with the sound of dropping the 5 cents into their piggy bag. If you have kids, you know what I mean.

This week will be a journey of discovery! Keep an eye on the MVP Generation Go Facebook fan page every day to find out who the ambassador of the day will be. We’ll be using the #GenGo hashtag on Twitter. Needless to say, don’t forget to share some love by liking the new page and following @MVPGenerationGo – I promise the best tips to keep your family healthy in a fun and engaging way. HELLO! this will be done by real moms, so it must be good. Right?

Giveaway

For a chance to win a $50 Visa card (which you can use towards your grocery next week), share your meal planning tips in the comment section of this post. For additional entries you can:

1) Like the MVP Generation Go fan page and add your tip there (one entry)

2) Tweet your meal planning tip with the #GenGo and #MealPlan hashtags (one entry)

3) Add your #MenuMonday post on this linky (two entries)

We have 4 cards to give away. The best of luck to each one of you and enjoy a healthy week with Generation Go!

Disclosure: MVP Health Care Has provided us with compensation for this post. My participation is voluntary and my opinion is always my own



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