Monday, November 24, 2008

Fly High Joy™ Inspiring Feel-Good Products Create Big Smiles and Help Relieve Stress

In a world filled with increasing challenges and stress, Fly High Joy, LLC answers the call to Create New Smiles Every Day with its refreshing line of inspiring feel-good products that put big smiles on people's faces, uplift their spirits, and help relieve stress.

Yelm, WA (PRWEB) November 24, 2008 -- Joy to the World is the well-known slogan during the holiday season, but with a failing economy, concerns of war and strife, hunger and other forms of stressful challenges, many people are feeling anything but Joy. Knowing that we all need to find ways to Smile more, feel some relief from stress and hopefully a sense of Joy during the holiday season, Fly High Joy, LLC (FlyHighJoy.com) answers the call to help in that endeavor with the creation of its Fly High Joy™ brand of Joyful Inspirational Feel-Good Products that promise to Create New Smiles Every Day.

Fly High Joy Inspirational Products

Children absolutely love the Joy Jumper Plush Dolls, and so do adults. They are particularly desirable to adults who feel depressed or who have heart problems, because of their plush heart-shaped design with Joyful facial expression, and how soft, comforting and healing they are to hold.

There is much medical documentation available that confirms that smiling and laughing helps you relieve stress and feel good. Plus, with the on-going practice of smiling and laughing, you have the potential of living a longer, happier, healthier life. Generally, a person needs some stimulus to invoke a smile or laugh, such as a happy thought, listening to a beautiful piece of music, sitting quietly in nature, or something visual that creates that special chemical reaction which results in a smile and a joyful moment of stress relief. Fly High Joy™ products with their funny, smile-invoking designs and inspirational sayings provide the much needed stimulus that creates a smile and thus, helps relieve stress.

Fly High Joy™ products currently include a line of inspiring, joyful Designer T-Shirts in many short and long sleeve styles for women, men, teens and children with funny, uplifting images & inspirational sayings, and adorable Joy Jumper plush toys (dolls) with inspiring embroidered sayings on the back. The Joy Jumper stuffed plush toys are available in different color schemes, and they can also be used as small pillows. They have soft, plush heart-shaped heads with Joyful facial expressions, arms, legs, hands and feet (wearing socks, sneakers and shoe laces). As Luke Sutton, co-owner of Fly High Joy says, "Children absolutely love the Joy Jumper Plush Dolls, and so do adults. They are particularly desirable to adults who feel depressed or who have heart problems, because of their plush heart-shaped design with Joyful facial expression, and how soft, comforting and healing they are to hold." Many customer testimonials on the FlyHighJoy.com website support the company's claim of creating Smiles and Joy with its line of Inspirational products.

New products for 2009 include: An inspirational picture book, entitled The Many Expressions of JOY; a musical CD of original inspiring music and songs, with the underlying theme of Joy; maternity tops with joyful designs and inspiring baby/mother sayings; and a deck of beautifully designed, Joyful inspirational cards.

For co-founders / co-owners of Fly High Joy, LLC, Luke Sutton and Liza Bennett, the Fly High Joy™ brand of products came from their intent to focus more on Joy, rather than all the challenges in the world. That intent inspired Luke Sutton to create his signature Joy Jumper character, which he had drawn for many years, because it represented for him what Joy was all about - not so much an emotion, but more of a gleeful abandonment. It always made him smile when he looked at it, giving him a sense of calm knowingness that everything's OK. He noticed that when he drew his adorable beloved character for friends and family in their greeting cards and notebooks, they would also get Big Smiles on their faces.

That inspired his business partner and wife, Liza Bennett to suggest that Luke share his Joy Jumper character and concept with the world through inspirational designer t-shirts and apparel, stuffed plush toys, books, music and more. Luke agreed, and after they sold their previously successful business (offering stress relief products), they created Fly High Joy, LLC and the Fly High Joy™ brand.

Fly High Joy™ products are available in several retail stores in Washington State as well as some online retail stores and, of course, at FlyHighJoy.com. They can also be seen at the upcoming Seattle Gift Show (Washington State Convention Center) January 24-27, 2009, in the Personal Style section, Booth # 3317.





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Friday, November 21, 2008

From Rags to Riches

THE second of the Kenton Lectures will be given by Dame Stephanie Shirley, a lifetime achievement winner at the Henley Standard Business Awards.

Dame Shirley, who lives in Phyllis Court Drive, Henley, has called her talk Give and take — an unusual tale of rags to riches.
She will tell the story of her childhood as an unaccompanied German refugee and her journey to becoming one of England’s most successful businesswomen.

Dame Shirley has formed three charity organisations: the Kingswood Trust, the Priors Court Foundation and the Shirley Foundation.

She has also given away more than £50million, mainly to autism charities. Her talk on December 1 will begin at 8pm and tickets are available from the Kenton Theatre box office in New Street (01491) 575698.



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Caring neighbor gets a High 5

KLS News in Salt Lake City, Utah honors a caring neighbor.

November 21st, 2008 @ 8:00am

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

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(KSL News) Some Salt Lake City residents made sure an unsung hero in their neighborhood knows that she's made a difference in their lives.

We helped them surprise Joy Waldron with a High 5 this morning. The neighbors who turned out for the High 5 had e-mailed us saying Joy constantly is taking care of those who live around her. She brings people together in a spirit of love and caring.

They say she mows the lawn on a regular basis for others. She also rakes leaves, babysits and is the "guardian angel" of the neighborhood.

Carla Freebairn nominated Joy because she's always helping her neighbors.

"On the holidays she takes the flags and puts them out on both sides of the street. She calls the elderly in the neighborhood to make sure their needs are met. On Election Day she called to make sure they had a ride to vote. She takes care of everybody in the neighborhood, and we wanted to tell her we appreciate her and love her."

Joy said, "I just love everyone. I love the neighbors. I just love them, and I want to take care of them if I can, as much as I can," she said.



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A look at the top 10 inspirational sports movies

by John A. Zukowski

Photo Courtesy of Disney PicturesDenzel Washington gets up close to look over a practice in "Remember The Titans." It's one of the top ten inspirational sports movies of all time.

Not so long ago I came across something on the Beliefnet.com Web site about inspirational sports movies. There were 20 of them listed -- everything from "Rocky" to "The Mighty Ducks." They didn't rank them in any order. But it got me thinking about why some sports movies could be called inspirational.

So I came up with my own list of ten inspirational sports movies. And yeah, a few people already told me ones that shoulda been on the list. So my colleagues Dustin Schoof and KJ Franz have some choices, too.

Something many of them have in common? They're about underdogs. Nobody seems to want to see a sports movie about star athletes or a well-oiled competent team. They want to see scrappy underdogs who've been written off try to make it.



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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Local student changing lives with colourful picture

Service from the heart out of Lucknow Sentinel in Canada:

Dona-Maria Knight-Dubé, of Lucknow is celebrating the launch of Happiness Is… a picture book created by children for children to raise awareness about, and funds for, child poverty. Dona-Maria participated in a contest with hundreds of children across Canada and around the world, and was chosen as a finalist for her drawing of the word future. Dona-Maria now has the satisfaction of knowing that her drawing is helping to provide children living in extreme poverty with essential items for their health and well being - as well as hope for the future.

Happiness Is… is a unique picture book that provides Canadians of all ages with the unique opportunity to learn about how children living in extreme poverty see their world; it acts as a discussion tool for adults to address the topic of child poverty with their children. At the same time, when parents, guardians and teachers purchase a copy of Happiness Is…, they have the satisfaction of knowing they are taking the first steps to change a child's life, as the proceeds from the book provide children-in-need with critical items such as clean water, nutritious food, medical care and an education.

“I'm so excited my drawing was chosen to be in the book!” says Dona-Maria. “I really hope I can help other kids around the world and make a difference.”

Happiness Is… was created as part of an initiative by Christian Children's Fund of Canada (CCFC), a child-focused, international development organization, to help children living in extreme poverty. Imaginative and colourful, the book is a vivid collection of child drawings from across Canada and around the world. Children were invited to express what certain words, like 'happiness' or 'danger', meant to them to show the differences and similarities between how children in different countries see their world.

“In many countries racked by chronic poverty, children say they feel better knowing that people in other countries far away care about them,” says Dr. Michael Wessells, Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health at Columbia University and Professor of Psychology at Randolph-Macon College. “Through Happiness Is…, we express our care for the children of the world and become part of a circle of people committed to supporting children's well-being and resilience.”

Happiness Is…is the latest life-saving gift to be added to the CCFC Gift Catalogue. The 2008 Christmas Gift Catalogue is currently available online at www.ccfcanada.ca, providing essential items to children and families in eight developing countries around the world. To purchase a copy of Happiness Is… please visit www.ccfcanada.ca/DonateNow/GiftCatalogue/ or call 1-800-263-5437.

For almost 50 years, Christian Children's Fund of Canada has helped children and families of all faiths break the cycle of extreme poverty around the world. CCFC is a Canadian based charity and child-centred international development organization. Please visit www.ccfcanada.ca for more information on our global approach.



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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Motivational Speaker Les Brown Launches YouTube Channel

Les Brown uses new media to share motivational message

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) November 17, 2008 -- Internationally known speaker and traininer, Les Brown, has created a channel on YouTube to share messages. Les Brown hopes that these brief messages can be used to help keep you active, encouraged, and motivated in your daily lives.
The site is enabled with the ability to leave comments, and Mr. Brown would like to be able to respond to messages and connect in an informal way with subscribers. Additionally, Mr. Brown envisions the site can be a gathering place where subscribers can support each other in their endeavors.

In an effort to offer access to the Les Brown message, the site currently has snippets on the following topics:

  • Enter your Greatness
  • Live Full, Die Empty
  • It's Possible
  • You've Got to be Hungry
  • Reaching New Heights
Les Brown's unique, customized, and powerful format called the Les Brown Experience, is suited to help you understand:
  • The Messenger - You, the person behind the words. This in-depth process forms the basis for your plan, to do the work, and maximize your potential
  • Your Message - How you deliver it. You prepare, speak, and get critical feedback to make you, your content, and your delivery better, no matter where you are as a speaker.
  • Your ideas, energies, and resources. You explore how to make money, make an impact, or both.
For more information, please visit www.youtube.com/LesBrownEnterprises
About Les Brown
Les Brown is one of the nation's leading authorities in understanding and stimulating human potential. Utilizing powerful delivery and newly emerging insights Les' customized presentation will teach, inspire, and channel your audience to new levels of achievement.
Les Brown hosts a weekly motivational call on Monday evenings called Motivational Monday. Open to all, the phone number is 712.432.7606 - Participant Code 623383





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Above the Victim Mentality -- New Inspirational Memoir About the Courage to Confront and Overcome Life's Obstacles


Another heroine choosing to succeed!

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov 18, 2008 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- For determined and highly motivated individuals, life's obstacles are just challenges to be overcome. There are obstacles such as physical impediments that one is born with that take great courage to overcome. Other obstacles are man-made and institutionalized by segments of society that harm targeted groups and individuals. They may take the form of racial, ethnic, gender, and other forms of discrimination. In either case, overcoming such obstacles takes great courage.

Keep Getting Up is the first book of its kind written by a courageous black woman about her career in public service. It's about author and diplomat Ann L. Stanford's 40-year journey of finding her place on the world stage as an accomplished and talented professional. In the sheltered environment in Kansas in which she grew up, her parents, her school teachers, and her community failed to prepare her for the truth of the Black Experience in America. When she stepped out onto the world stage at age 17 determined to make her mark on the world, she crashed into the wall of racial discrimination that shattered her belief system and rocked her self-confidence.

Prejudice was a terrible setback, but she rapidly educated herself about what life for Blacks in America was all about. She then developed strategies to overthrow all racial and gender barriers placed in her path. She triumphed over countless obstacles along her international journey and rose to the top ranks in public service. That took a lot of courage! And to be sure her mark on the world is noteworthy.

Keep Getting Up is a must-read, particularly for those who are concerned about social justice for all in America. Get a copy of this book now! The book will be featured in the Bologna International Book Fair to be held March 2009 in Bologna, Italy.

About the Author

Dr. Ann Stanford's multiple identities are: internationalist, public servant, academician and diplomat. Her dream at age 12 was to become an internationalist, which she accomplished midway through her public service career. As a diplomat, she served as First Secretary-Consul, American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya responsible for the management of the embassy; and as Consul General, head of the American Consulate General in Lyon, France. Her other federal government positions have been in three states and the District of Columbia and she has received numerous honors and awards for her outstanding achievements.


Keep Getting Up * by Ann L. Stanford, Ph.D.
Reflections of a Global Agent for Change
Publication Date: September 4, 2008
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