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The Super Easy Super Bowl Recipe
Here’s the beauty of this recipe; you don’t need to measure anything! Just buy your ingredients and layer them in a glass, bowl, or serving dish. Feel free to add or subtract a layer to make it taste...
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5K to Half Marathon Plan
Scenario: You’re kind of getting into the whole running and walking thing, and you just knocked out a 5k. Huge accomplishment! But now you’re looking for an even bigger challenge, and it’s time to...
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10 Ridiculous but Awesome Fitness Fads
We’ve all been there; while watching late night TV, you’ll catch an infomercial for a miracle fitness device. As you’re reaching for your credit card, you’ll think, “Oh yeah! Rock hard abs, here I...
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A $5 Million Idea? Vote for Springfield, OR!
The Huffington Post wants to reward innovative cities who are trying to change our country for the better. To back it up, they’re putting their money where their mouth is and offering a grand prize of...
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A Community Rec Center in Action: Willamalane Does It Right
Rock climbing, roller derby, zumba, basketball, ping pong, yoga, and puppy obedience training, all one building? It sounds crazy, but this is just another night at Willamalane Park District in...
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March Madness: The Veggie Bracket (part 1)
Last week, we did a post asking, “How do you get your kids to enjoy vegetables?” and we got a great idea from one of our readers (thanks Justin). He suggested doing a veggie bracket with your kids to...
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March Madness: The Veggie Bracket (part 2)
Since I’m a pathetic vegetable eater, I decided to bring a little fun to the process. So last week, I rolled out my Veggie Bracket (part 1). With the “Color Me Bad” and “Get Your Leaf On” regions...
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The Veggie Bracket: The Final Four
By now, your NCAA bracket has probably gone down in flames. If it hasn’t, you either have super powers or you secretly filled out 11 brackets to cover just about every scenario (even with your 11th...
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My Day With ABC House
Last year, PacificSource supported the All Because of Children (ABC) House of Linn and Benton County, OR. They sounded like a great organization, but I’ll be honest, I didn’t really know what kind of...
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Pounding the Pavement for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is battling to cure blood cancers like leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and Hodgkin’s disease. In addition, they also provide resources to improve the quality of...
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Sharing Healthy Ideas at Balloons Over Bend
Combining hot air balloons with a bunch of kids might sound like a strange (and slightly terrifying) combination. But for some reason, it just works. We spent this weekend in Bend OR, for the annual...
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5 Reasons Why Cycling is for Crazy People
I used to work with a guy who was probably the healthiest man on the planet. Needless to say, I hated him instantly. We shared an office, were about the same age, and for the most part, had the same...
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We Came, We Saw, We bRambled!
Full disclosure; I am not an avid cyclist. If you read my 5 Reasons Why Cycling is for Crazy People post last week, you know why. But thanks to some peer pressure from a few of my fittest co-workers, I...
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Riding with Northwest Association for Blind Athletes
Since I was blessed with decent vision, I take a lot of activities for granted. I can run, I can play sports, and despite my gangly legs and propensity for poor decision-making on the field, I can...
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Getting Paid to Walk It Off
It’s pretty tough to beat a summer walk in the park. But we found a way; paying you for it! Last night in Eugene OR, we donated $1 for every mile walked, run, jogged, or biked to the youth athletics...
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Up at Dawn, Hiking for Healthcare
5:00 a.m: The Alarm Sounds While I’ve never taken a karate chop to the head, I’m pretty sure it feels exactly like waking up at 5:00 a.m. If you’re a morning person, I salute you, but I have to...
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I Think My Baby is Trying to Kill Me
This chubby faced, gummy smiled little man is my son. Adorable isn’t he? Granted, I’m a little biased because those are my genes he’s sporting, but his cute level through the roof. I absolutely adore...
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Introducing the 31 Day Push-Up Challenge
I do not have “blasted pipes.” I don’t have “fiery cannons,” “explosive guns,” or “screaming pythons.” As you can clearly see in the “Cartoon Upper Body Strength” meter, I’m sitting somewhere between...
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Cold Weather… Who Cares!?
We don’t get much snow in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, so when it hits us, most of us are gigantic wimps. We drive like morons, we wear everything we own, and a good majority of the population refuses...
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Teaching Healthy Maintenance at the Icy Portland Auto Show
My first car was a 1986 Mercury Cougar. She was big, she was old, and every time I reached 60 MPH, that beast shook like I was going back in time (the fact that it never exploded is miraculous). It’s...
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