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Calling All Healthy Recipes


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Calling All Healthy Recipes

Let’s Move!, First Lady Michelle Obama‘s initiative to raise a healthier generation of kids, is thrilled to announce the Second Healthy Lunchtime Challenge & Kids’ State Dinner — a nationwide recipe challenge just for kids.

We invite parents or guardians and their kids, ages 8-12, to create and submit an original lunch recipe that includes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, or low-fat dairy foods. The creators of the winning recipes will have a chance to come to the White House for their very own Kids’ State Dinner.

Submit a recipe for the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge here.

Submit a recipe

In Case You Missed It

Here are some of the top stories from the White House blog:

President Obama Meets with President Park of South Korea President Obama and President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea mark 60 years of bilateral partnership between our two nations.

Here’s What President Obama Told the Class of 2013 at The Ohio State University President makes a pitch for civic connection — for participation in public life, for engagement in national debates, for community service — as he speaks to the Class of 2013.

Celebrating and Listening to Our Nation’s Teachers Teacher Appreciation Week starts this week and honors extraordinary teachers for their work in the classroom.

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Backstage at the White House: Memphis Soul


Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite talk about the music known as “Memphis Soul” and give a special acoustic performance at the White House in the hours leading up to the “In Performance: Memphis Soul” event, held on April 9th in the East Room

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Soulsville, USA: The History of Memphis Soul Student Workshop


First Lady Michelle Obama hosts 120 middle and high school students from across the country for an interactive workshop event featuring a discussion about the origins and history of Memphis Soul, and a question and answer session with Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite, Mavis Staples, Sam Moore and Justin Timberlake. April 9, 2013.

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First Lady Michelle Obama Visits the Fisher House


 

As part of her Joining Forces initiative, First Lady Michelle Obama visited the Fisher House located at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and participate in a pre-Easter celebration with military families and children. The Fisher House program supports military families by welcoming them to stay at the House while their loved one is receiving specialized medical care.

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BOOM ! New ad hits McConnell: Stephanie Taylor and team


Gary Nutt is a gun owner and veteran.

He’s not happy that his senator, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, is standing in the way of sensible gun laws. Especially after gun interests spent $198,615 to elect McConnell.

So Gary worked with us to make a powerful TV ad calling for strong gun laws. We want to air it this week, as the Senate holds a key hearing on banning assault weapons.

Can you watch the TV ad and donate $3 to help air it in Washington DC and Mitch McConnell’s homestate of Kentucky? Click here.

Enable images to see new TV ad, in which a gun owner makes the most obvious case in the world against assault weapons

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Our latest poll shows that Kentucky voters favor an assault weapons ban by 50%-42%. But Senator McConnell is threatening to abuse Senate rules and block gun reform.

Our ad reminds folks back home that McConnell is not on their side. He sides with big gun manufacturers who spent $198,615 to elect him.

Let’s go on offense! Watch the ad — and donate $3 to put it on TV.

Thanks for being a bold progressive.

— Stephanie Taylor, Adam Green, Matt Wall, Karissa Gerhke, Drew McConville, and the PCCC team