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On May 13th, I will be attending the third annual Greening Our Children luncheon in Connecticut.  Their mission is ” to gather like minded people and to educate others on the effects of environmental toxins which have been proven to cause life threatening illnesses in children and adults.” My sister is involved with the organization – she’s pretty hard core when it comes to all things green for her daughter – and was kind enough to invite me to the event.  Throughout the years of developing our JOON products, and just from being a concerned and, admittedly, overprotective mom, I’ve learned so much about what’s good for our children and what’s not.  There are so many things that are coming to the forefront of conversation and consciousness that weren’t even considered just a mere decade ago.  In fact, I remember that there wasn’t  a strong dialogue about BPA and phthalates just five years ago when my son was born.  Now, it’s all over the news and now we certainly know better – we know that there can be (are, I believe) chemical connections to a host of developmental problems and illnesses that could potentially effect our children.  I know what I know and I don’t know what I don’t know.  And, every day I learn more.  I’m very excited to hear the perspective of the medical community about the consequences that our children face.  There are so many groups out there who have an opinion and perspective, but I believe that those who are treating and studying the actual effects of environmental factors, ingredients, products that we consume, etc. will not only inform me as a parent, but will inform our company and our future product development.  I look forward to sharing with our JOON Girls, Moms and followers the information that’s out there that we all should be armed with.  To learn more about Greening Our Children, visit http://greeningourchildren.wordpress.com/about/.

Thanks for the invite, sis!