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D. West and the D Team are available to host educational workshops in your school district this year. There following are three motivational program options to choose from:
- Assembly Presentation: is forty five minutes in its entirety which includes fifteen minutes of autograph signing and Q & A in various classrooms.
- Half-Day Presentation: one or two forty five minute (morning) assembly programs host by D. West, Q & A in classrooms, autograph signing and an early lunch with the children.
- Full-Day Presentation: one or two forty five minute assembly programs host by D. West, Q & A in classrooms, autograph signing, two periods of lunch with your students and faculty. We conclude the full day program with D. West touring classrooms in the building discussing the significance of goal setting, the art of leadership, discipline, teamwork, time management, cultural diversity and the ideal attitude to achieve desired results inside and outside of the classroom.
All schools are different in terms of their academic make-up, daily social problems and issues that challenge teachers, students, administrators, parents and counselors weekly. Our topics of discussion include the following: bullying, character education, leadership, anti drugs, self-esteem, self love, anti-smoking, accountability, resilience, self control, health and fitness, African American History, cultural diversity, gang prevention, live your dreams, conflict resolution, unity, team work, positive thinking, forgiveness, honesty, tolerance, discipline, responsibility, respect, importance of education, literary writing skills, career development, integrity, hygiene, nutrition, anti violence, goal setting skills, art, behavior management, acting and TV broadcasting, oral communication, flexibility, adapting to change, appreciation, self understanding, sportsmanship, compassion, citizenship, honor, kindness, consequences, attitude, and community involvement. So, please review the topics carefully and then decide on the topics that are feasible for your school.
If you are interested in D. West discussing several topics of discussion, a combination of five or more topics, feel free to ask us and/or include that in your confirmation letter and we will tailor the program to your school’s needs and specifications. We can be reached at (908) 522-0606. We look forward to motivating your students and faculty. Have a marvelous day!
Sincerely,
Management Team
We Have Current NFL Players, Super Bowl Champions, TV Stars, Recording Artist
Olympic Athletes And Celebrity Motivational Speakers
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- Self-esteem
- Character education
- Leadership, Team work, Winning attitude
- Bullying, Gang prevention, Kindness
- Conflict resolution, Self understanding
- Substance awareness (anti drugs)
- Cultural diversity, Anti bias
- African American History
- Importance of education
- Health and fitness, Nutrition, Hygiene
- Literary writing skills, Oral communication
- The Arts (Acting, TV & Radio Broadcasting)
- Community awareness, Citizenship
- Accountability, Responsibility, Adaptability
- Tolerance, Self control, Anti violence
- Respect, Discipline, Sportsmanship
- Integrity, Compassion, Forgiveness
- Goal setting, Career development
- Summer & After School programs
- Keynote Presentations for Graduations
- Parental involvement
- Staff development
(Workshops for teachers,
The art of motivating at risk students,
employee morale, bullying, diversity, sexual
harassment and stress management.)
Dr. Kevin West
New Jersey Principal Of The Year 2003 – 2004
Principal - 17 years Irvington School
District, New Jersey. Seton Hall University B.A. And
Masters In Education 3.9 GPA
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The SLAM DUNK ™ D. West Celebrity Basketball Fundraising Event is absolutely dynamic. It affords schools and organizations an opportunity to raise funding during the year to support their educational curriculum goals and youth enrichment programs.
SLAM DUNK ™ brings an entire community together for a worthy cause. More importantly, it increases the morale of the students, faculty, parents, families, administrators and community as a whole. The celebrity game is fun, entertaining and exciting. Children get an opportunity to play basketball with celebrities that they look up to and admire, which is a dream come true in the eyes of most children. Slam Dunk is very inspirational.
One of our most exciting and motivational components of the celebrity fundraising event takes place before the official jump ball to start the game. D. West presents a powerful motivational presentation to the audience. He speaks to the entire audience about living their dreams, the importance of unity in the community and leadership. He also shares some of his success stories and winning lifestyle strategies.
SLAM DUNK ™ provides hope, motivation, support, words of wisdom, encouragement, leadership and guidance to children and adults in attendance. Our program empowering today’s youth and community residence to live their dreams. This type of leadership is needed more today than in years past, particularly after the recent melees that have occurred in professional and amateur sports. Furthermore, the use of steroids in professional sports, college, high school and grade school has become an alarming national concern. So, with urgency we are taking immediate action to provide conducive remedies to ward off negative behavior that’s directly influencing our children.
The Mayor’s office, police department, fire department, post office and sheriff’s department have all participated in the Slam Dunk Fundraising Basketball Event without hesitation when they were asked to support our program at schools. The parents and school staff members have been some of the lead facilitators with the events catering. They donate food, volunteer there time and prepare the food for the event: hot dogs, hamburgers, cakes, pies and cookies for the concession stand.
It is paramount to have the support of the parents, school staff, superintendent, police and fire chief and Mayor. Everyone in the community sells tickets, promotes the game and recruits sponsors which includes the following people: parents, teachers, secretaries, board members, coaches, students, fire fighters, police officers, college and university students, sheriff officers, social workers, counselors, librarians, school nurse, correction officers, administrators and small business owners in the area.
Organizations can increase their budgets by $5,000 to $45,000 within thirty to sixty days with the assistance of our Slam Dunk fundraising event. Please feel free to contact us if your school and/or organization is interested in our Slam Dunk Celebrity Fundraising Program.
The registration for the event is simplistic. Early registration to the event takes place in the morning during homeroom and/or before the teachers begin their daily lectures. As you can see, an early registration before class does not interfere with your teachers classroom assignments.
Pro Athletes, Inc. supplies the tickets to the game, registration forms, promotional flyers and cover letters of support and participation addressed to the Mayor’s office, Superintendent of Schools, police and fire department, sheriff’s department, post office, local newspaper, cable television station and parents. The principal of the school is the designated person responsible for recruiting other schools in his or her school district to participate in the fundraising event. In addition, the hosting principal of the event should kindly forward pertinent information about the fundraising event to all the participating school principals.
The student that sells the most tickets to the basketball game in his or her class wins either a new bike or gift certificate to Macy’s, Barns & Noble, Sports Authority, Best Buys, Circuit City, Apple Computer Stores, Comp USA or Footlocker.
The student that recruits the most sponsors/donations for the fundraising event wins a colored TV and an iPod.
The student that sells the most tickets to the basketball game in the school district wins two tickets to an NBA basketball game.
The class that sells the most tickets and recruits the most business sponsors is awarded a pizza party hosted by one of D. West’s celebrity associates.
- Game Time At The D. West Celebrity Basketball Event
- The Event Starts At Either 6:30 pm or 7:00 pm
- D. West Opens the Program with a Inspirational Presentation
- Its Time To Play “This Is How It Works”
- There Are Two Twenty Minute Half's
- Five Four Minute Quarters Each Half
- Three To Five Teams Playing For The School:
- Students & Faculty vs Slam Dunk
- Students & Mayor’s Office vs Slam Dunk
- Students & Police Department vs Slam Dunk
- Students & Fire Fighters vs Slam Dunk
- Students & Sheriffs department vs Slam Dunk
- Half-time raffle and giveaway
- Business Sponsorship Announcements at half-time
- Half Court Shot - $100 cash prize
- A thank you to the Mayor and city staff members
Celebrity Autograph Signing At The Conclusion Of The Slam Dunk Fundraiser
Students generally pay between 3 to 5 dollars.
Adults generally pay between 5 to 10 dollars.
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Former New York Jets, New York Jets Hall of Fame DB (2nd Team)
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Fit 4 Life Fundraiser
The D. West Fit 4 Life Celebrity Fundraiser is an innovative wellness fundraising program designed to help schools and organizations raise money for their youth enrichment and educational programs.
Students use our pictured illustrated health and fitness book “Crunching To Success” to raise money for their schools as opposed to the mundane cookie, cake, and candy fundraising sales that’s seemingly compounding the unprecedented overweight issues plaguing the American population. Our entire staff were aghast after readying the Surgeon Generals health in fitness report in 2004. The United States Surgeon General’s Office reported: 64 % of Americans are either overweight and/or obese. Frightening statistics! However, the fact of the matter, is that the majority of adults and children in America are out of shape and overweight. It’s imperative for us to help Americans make lifestyle adjustments to reverse the cycle of our stagnating health problem before it cripples our children, adult population and country as a whole.
Good News! The Fit 4 Life program provides conducive remedies to ward off Americans poor eating habits and high caloric fatty diet intake. Diets that continue to pack on excessive weight gain in the majority of children/adults. Fit 4 Life uses informative information and our celebrity influential power to steer children and communities toward healthier lifestyles. The sponsors are happy participants because they are contributing to a worthy cause, helping children improve the quality of their lives and instantly qualifying for a luxury vehicle lease or free vacation for two.
Fit 4 Life offers tangible incentives such as a four year scholarship program which afford students opportunities to attend college free. It provides homes and vehicles for students and their families. D. West knows what it feels like to be homeless as a child, to lack the basic living necessities. The D. West Fit 4 Life Celebrity Fundraising Program brings hope, motivation, words of wisdom, encouragement, guidance and leadership advice to schools. Fit 4 Life enables schools to invest dollars raised from the celebrity fundraising program into budgets that are effected by no child left behind
laws. Our program facilitates immediate operating revenue for educational budgets that are absolutely paramount in elevating children’s academic growth and achievement. A large number of schools and students nationally are falling short of their goals because some schools do not have sufficient operating budgets to support their curriculum objectives during the year.
Fit 4 Life offers winning solutions. We have a viable program to help your students and school achieve academic goals that may not have been obtainable during the year without the revenue raised from the Fit 4 Life Fundraiser. Parents are asked to help their children locate sponsors to place orders for the Crunching To Success fitness book.
D. West is a nationally acclaimed TV star, author, fitness guru, former pro football player and renowned motivational speaker who has worked on national TV for seven years “The Maury Show”. He is an elite international role model in the community. Millions globally admire him, respect him, support him and look up to him. Expect the
D. West Fit 4 Life Celebrity Fundraiser to be a huge success in your school this year!
D. West and/or one of our celebrity associates frequently visits participating schools to
kick off the D. West Fit 4 Life Celebrity Fundraiser. Please feel free to call us regarding a complimentary celebrity guest appearance by D. West. We can be reached at (908) 522-0606.
The Fit 4 Life fundraising program is hassle free. The founder is Duane “D” West, the nationally acclaimed TV star on The Maury Show. Fit 4 Life affords schools and school districts an opportunity to raise funding for its educational curriculum and academic programs during the school year. Our fundraising event has the ability to increase a school’s curriculum budget to a moderate level of $10,000 to $60,000 dollars in twenty days.
Our live Crunch & Jam TM fitness program hosted by D. West is sensational. Children, teachers and parents get an opportunity to crunch, jam and dance to fitness with an international TV star. The Crunch & Jam TM program opens with a five minute warm up, followed by fifteen minutes of stretching and a ten minute abdominal exercise workout to shape, flatten, tone & tighten the stomach. Crunch & Jam TM swings into high gear after the abdominal workout. D. West leads a high energy, low impact funk aerobics workout from his beginners aerobic video Rest Aerobics. Rest Aerobics is designed specifically for beginners and individuals who are 20 to 100 + pounds overweight. It is the perfect pace for people who haven’t exercised in months or for several years.
To better service the needs of each participating school, we provide a 24 hour (on call) fundraising executive specialist to assist the principal and school’s special events coordinator with any questions and/or concerns they may have regarding the fundraiser. D. West and/or one of our celebrity associates are currently available to make a complimentary guest appearance (assembly program or classroom visits) at your school to kick off the D. West Fit 4 Life Fundraising Program.
50 % of All Money Raised is Invested in:
- Public Education
- College Scholarships
- Youth Leadership Programs
- Youth Health And Fitness Programs
- Youth Community Enrichment Programs
How To Participate With Your Child
- Parent and/or Guardian please participate with your child.
- Register your child on time. Sign the permissions form and return it to your child’s teacher/school.
- Help your child locate sponsors for the Fit 4 Life Fundraiser.
- Ask your co-workers, members at your church or religious congregations, friends, neighbors, family members and businesses particularly those businesses you patronize.
- Please collect all sponsorships and donations before the due date.
- Do not allow your child to solicit this program on the street or to strangers.
- Do not allow your child to collect the money.
- Do not allow your child to go door to door collecting money and/or soliciting.
- Parent and/or Guardian, please turn in your contributions to the school by the scheduled due date listed on this registration form.
Soliciting On The Street Is Absolutely Prohibited!
We look forward to helping you maximize your school’s or organization's programing budget.
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Leadership skills, character education, self-esteem, literacy and literary writing skills, tolerance, respect, goal setting skills,career development skills, oral communication skills, adaptability, accountability, resilience, team work, community involvement, conflict resolution, cultural diversity, self understanding, substance awareness (anti drugs), gang prevention, wellness, health and fitness, importance of education, sportsmanship, athletics, nutrition, hygiene, the arts and music, citizenship, self control, discipline, anti-violence, behavior modification, journalism, publishing, integrity and honor.
Steer youth in positive directions toward success, socially acceptable behavior and winning strategies in school, their homes, family, social life and in the community. We aim to address children’s emotional and psychological needs as we guide them to success. Assist children in establishing goals that are realistic and obtainable. Help children develop tangible personal achievement plans that will enable them to achieve long term success in the classroom and society. Fundamental blue prints and winning recipes. Practical plans that are simplistic to follow. We are on a national crusade to save as many children from despair and hopelessness as we can. Serve as team facilitators in a global effort to help school districts and teachers increase literacy and literary writing skills in the schools and community. With urgency we are applying a dogged effort to better prepare our children for the future. Supporting them in their efforts to understand themselves and the significance and value of their existence in society. We are providing our children with a real sense of hope and purpose in life. We are obligated to find solutions for today’s youth, and provide one on one support for children who are searching for positive role models, direction and leadership advice. The mission is youth empowerment and team work to help our children seal their victories and tap into their full potential.
Our objective is to provide support and inspire children to work hard and pursue their education and dreams relentlessly. To facilitate in guiding children expeditiously towards their self greatness. Prepare youth for productive roles in society. Influencing youth to dream, set goals, take action and think positive as they live their dreams. To help schools and communities produce winners and champions in life. Promote wellness, fitness, sportsmanship, citizenship, character, integrity, tolerance, humanitarian efforts, hard work, and unity in the community. In addition, one of our main objects is motivating and mentor children to achieve success. We understand the significance of exposing children to elite business professionals, corporations, entrepreneurs, CEO’s, scientist, doctors, attorney’s, authors, journalist, professional athletes and entertainers who offer successful modeling strategies. The exposure is an excellent leaning environment because it enhances their leadership skills, knowledge and practical hands on experience. Youth empowerment and youth achievement is not merely a goal and objective, it is our passion.
The D. West Mentoring On Wheels Program is an innovative interactive leadership skills program that helps children build character, leadership skills, knowledge, self understanding, self-esteem, self love, goal setting and literary writing skills and tolerance. It is an innovated behavior modification program. It helps students develop rational cognitive thinking skills inside and outside of the classroom and encourages students to take responsibility for their actions.
Our program connects students to their goals and dreams. It reveals consequences associated with their action in society. It is an interactive approach to facilitate student conflict resolution discussions. There are creative role playing exercises that link appropriate social behavior with effective choices and decision making. Children learn how to respect themselves and value the lives of others around them while developing team work, self-esteem, tolerance, and leadership skills. Pro athletes, Inc., is proud to be a part of winning solutions in the community globally!
At risk youth, student athletes, socially and economically disadvantaged youth, elementary students, middle school students, high school students, college students, youth residing in single parent households, alternative school students, gifted & talented youth and youth with low self-esteem etc.
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Welcome To The D. West Obesity Center
OBESITY IS NOT LIMITED TO OVEREATING
AND EXCESSIVE CALORIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION
There are several contributing factors that are directly link to obesity other than overeating. If you are not struggling with this physical, mental, emotional and psychological debilitating health issues associated with obesity, please try to be empathetic to those who are overweight and/or obese. It is much easier to be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem: ignorance, labeling, prejudice acts and stereotyping people who are overweight only exacerbates the unprecedented and alarming health concerns plaguing (millions) over two thirds of the American population!
Think before you speak and prejudge others. Be nice and diplomatic, up lift those who are struggling with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, weight management issues, loneliness and self hate. Build up and revitalize the spirits of the people you come in contact with daily, as oppose to braking individuals down and draining the life out of them.
You Can Win The Battle Against Obesity
Say yes to life and no to additional weight gain. Say yes to health and fitness and no to additional calories and fat. Make the commitment today to live a healthier and more fulfilling lifestyle. One of the greatest investments that you can make in life is within yourself.
Take control of your life because you can. Take control of your life because you have the power. Take control of your life because you are important, special and unique. Move closer to a healthier more fulfilling lifestyle because it is within you.
No one is more precious on this planet than you are, and no one is going to care more about you than you care about yourself. True love starts first from within, true love starts with you, true love lies within you, so love yourself unconditionally. We are here for you if you need our support. Self-love is everlasting.
Work hard daily to seal your victories in health and fitness. Most importantly, never give up. It is paramount for you to fight, scratch, claw, bite, crawl, scream, run, jump and be dogged in your effort to achieve your personal goals in wellness and in life. Don' t let anything stand in your pathway of personal achievement. Set the standards and new levels of personal achievement in your life. Create opportunities as you move closer to achieving your self-greatness. Don' t wait for others to present opportunities to you or hope and wish for opportunities to randomly appear over night at your doorstep. Allow optimism, positive thinking, self-motivation, commitment, determination and your daily take action strategies to be your catalyst to success, your number one fans, and your best friends.
Now, I have to be candid and forthcoming with you. Reducing the fat and excess pounds will be only as easy as you believe it is in your mind. At times you will experience some discomfort and soreness after exercising and/or feel emotionally withdrawal from being weighted down with the excessive weight? And yes, there is a high probability of at least one of the things mentioned above occurring from time to time. However, it' s normal, expected and a natural part of life. Most of us have experienced it. In addition, at some point in life every human being will experience some form of emotional and physical adversity before they expire. As a matter of fact, life' s adversity will most likely sneak up on you when you least expect it and challenge you simultaneously with not one, not two, not three or four things that are seemingly overwhelming, but five or more unfortunate flurries of misfortune and hard times. Just keep in mind, every storm passes. You are a champion, and you can weather the storm of obesity or excessive weight gain and fat.
Think like a champion: "tough times don' t last tough people do. I can overcome any man made obstacle if I set my mind to it. Believe and I will succeed, because self belief is the building block to unlimited possibilities."
Questions Of Concern!
Q: Will you need support with your battle against obesity?
A: Yes, a professional support group, counseling, positive reinforcement, expert fitness advice, program and strategies,
eating behavior therapy and contagious motivation is essential if you are seeking long
term success, and not a quick fix that typically fails after several weeks.
Q: Do you have to be discipline to achieve success?
A: Of course you do.
Q: Can you keep the weight off once you loss it and feel good for a lifetime?
A: Absolutely! However, you are the only one who can guarantee yourself successful results.
The Smile Of A Warrior
You deserve to smile with joy, to feel excited about your body, your future, your dreams and your purpose in the world. When you look in the mirror at yourself, you have to appreciate your unique individual beauty: the beautiful image reflecting back at you in the mirror. The worst thing that you can do to impede your growth and development is to hate yourself. Self-hate stunts growth and progress. It scars the core of our souls and sets us up for life long failure and unhappiness is. Self-hate and the disliking of ones self is one of the shortest and narrowest roads to continuous personal failure, limited achievement, limited progress, short-comings and sadness. So, keep smiling and love the person in the mirror.
Success Is The Only Outcome! It' s In My Blood!
Failure is not an option. Keep your head up. Take action and live your dreams. There' s no time to waste on negative thinking, negative people, negative thoughts or on self-pity. Don' t think about where you should be or could be in life if you did x, y and z. From this point forward, we suggest you think about things you can do for yourself daily that will help you achieve the results you desire. Fixate on positive things that you are going to do right now to finalize your victories today. The elite winners and champions in life use continuous positive reinforcement and support to achieve success. You can win too with positive reinforcement and support. You have our support; we are behind you 100%.
HOPE! HOPE & MORE HOPE!
There is hope for you; you' re not alone. Do some soul searching to discover the essence of your existence. Find reasons and meaning to live a health lifestyle, to get better in life as oppose to getting bitter due to the excessive fat and weight gain. There are millions of people nationally in similar situations like yourself who are fighting and winning the battle against obesity. You don' t have to try anymore yo-yo diets that pack on additional pounds and body fat once you start eating regular food after the diet ends. If you are sick and tired of carrying those extra pounds around, we want you to gain the power and self-motivation to change your situation today. Give yourself permission to feel fantastic, to be just as healthy as an Olympic athlete. Embrace the sun light; smile with grace and sense of purpose. You can wipe away all of your resentment, guilt, frustrations, self-pity, sadness and sorrow that has accumulated over the years from the weight gain. Today is your day to a new beginning, so spring into action with urgency, and do something about your situation right now. Give it your best effort. Make an everlasting change today. Don' t wait until you experience some of the crippling effects, diseases or life threatening health care problems linked to obesity to make a health conscious decision to improve your health. Stand up and lead the race with courage, take the initiative and improve the quality of your life, because your life depends on it. Hope is your best friend. Hope is your self-motivation.
Hope is your drive, your self belief and willpower, your faith, your ability to win. Use your hope to improve your life now.
Health, Fitness And Wellness Advice, Solutions And Support For People Who Are Loaded Down With Unwanted Pounds and Fat
Pro Athletes, Inc., a proven leader in providing health support and healthy lifestyle strategies for adults and children of all ages whom are overweight and/or obese. Say yes to life. Start living your dreams today because tomorrow is not guaranteed. Stop the pain, the emotional roller coaster because you don' t have to settle or give in to the extra-unwanted fat, calories and pounds. No more mixed emotion about your character and purpose in life. No more negative thoughts, negative self-talk or self-doubting your abilities, self-worth and true value as a human being. You' re important, start treating yourself like it. Place yourself first ahead of everything else sometime. Think about yourself for a change, and commit to a healthier lifestyle. Stand up for a worthy cause. Move steadfast to improve the quality of your life. Use fitness as a catalyst to propel you toward your next level of personal achievement. Get the most out of life, because life will take the initiative from you if you procrastinate and idle listlessly throughout life. There is no excuse in allowing life to get the best of you. With all this said, it is important for you to take advantage of this opportunity, you have our support. Good health means the world to us, and we want you to feel the same. You can count on the D Team and D. West to stand behind you, beside you and in front of you 100%.
Immediate "Emergency" Motivational Support
- Counseling
- Eating behavior modification therapy
- Personalized fitness and wellness programs
- Support groups
- The D. West 12 Step Program To A Healthier Mind, Body, Spirit, Lifestyle and Leaner Physique
What is the definition of obesity?
Obesity is defined as an increase in body weight resulting from an excessive increase in body fat. Doctors, scientist and experts in the health and wellness field use a quantitative approach when measuring obesity. Many health experts and doctors use Body Mass Index or BMI to determine if an individual is obese. BMI is expressed as weight/height (over 2), and according to the Body Mass Index, an individual is deemed as being obese if his or her BMI exceeds the cut off point for his or her age.
Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among American Adults, 1999 - 2000
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey using the BMI discovered that an estimated 65 percent of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese. The good news is that you are not alone. There are millions of individuals in similar situations that are struggling, battle the excess fat, calories and weight gain.
Obesity Health Consequences
The alarming consequences of obesity: overweight and obesity individuals are at an increased risk for physical ailments such as
- Coronary heart disease
- High blood pressure, hypertension
- High blood cholesterol, dyslipidemia
- Congestive heart failure
- Strokes
- Type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent)
- Insulin resistance, glucose intolerance
- Varicose veins
- Gallstones
- Flat feet
- Osteoarthritis of the knees, hips, lumbar spine
- Gout
- Angina pectoris
- Cancer (several types of such as endometrial, breast, prostate, and colon.)
- Obstructive sleep apnea in which a person can stop breathing for a short period of
time during sleep (pulmonary problems).
- Respiratory infections
- Psychological disorders (depression, eating disorders
- Abdominal hernias
- Complications of pregnancy
- Gallbladder
- Poor female reproduction for example: menstrual irregularities, infertility,
irregular
- Ovulation.
- Bladder control problems
- Flat feet
- Varicose veins
- Osteoarthritis of the hips, knees, lumbar spine
Self Hate - Failure To Love Yourself Unconditionally
You can' t effectively receive love from others if you don' t love yourself, and you can' t effectively give unconditional love to others if you don' t love yourself conditionally. We don' t have control over what other people say, think and feel about us, but we do have control over the things that we say and think about ourselves. Self-talk is powerful. What ever you say to yourself and think about yourself becomes the truth to you. It becomes a reality in your mind. And nothing can change how you feel about yourself (that reality in your mind) until you change how you feel and think about yourself. We become what we say and feel about ourselves. If you think that you are ugly it will become a reality in your world regardless of how beautiful other people perceive you to be. If you believe you are attractive, you are right. You are what you believe and you become what you think and say about yourself, to yourself.
Be Proud Of Yourself Inside Out
Be happy and proud of yourself everyday. Love the complete you with all the positives and negatives. Embrace the good, bad, functional and dysfunctional components within your personality. Work steadfast on strengthening your weakness to get better in life. Focus on being productive daily, weekly, monthly and yearly. Think positive, be optimistic and setout daily to maximize your desired results. Concentrate on things that are important, things with value, meaning and real substance. Look beyond the frivolous issues and matters in life. Don' t allow the small things to take up your time, waste your time, become issues, problems, headaches and stress. Successful people choose not to entertain the frivolous things or allow frivolous matters to attack their nerves system or drive them off course.
Keep your head up. Don't look back look forward. You have our support! There are various factors that contribute to obesity, therefore, by no means, should you be discourage or put your head down and give up. People don' t wake-up in the morning planning to gain excess weight or to live with the inevitable fatal risk factors associated with the extra pounds.
Factors That Can Contribute To Obesity
- Heredity - genetics
- Lifestyle habits
- Decrease in physical activity
- Psychological, depression, boredom, sadness, or anger
- Low self-esteem
- Over eating
- Prescribe medication, antidepressants, steroids, insulin, oral contraceptives, phenothiazines
- Defective or decreased thermogenesis (the process by which calories are converted to
heat)
- Altered metabolism of adipose tissue
- Endocrine Factors
- Aging
Emotional Scar Tissue
The emotional scars suffered daily may be one of the most exhausting and traumatizing effects of obesity. Many times, individuals who are overweight and/or obese are shunned and treated condescendingly. For example, let' s compare the treatment, perception and general attitudes that an immense number of American' s seemingly have for thin women verses obese women: the petite, lean, feminine body composition of women in many cities globally is typically perceived as healthy, beautiful and attractive. Fat women are frowned upon while thin female models nationally and internationally are idolized as glamorize beauty queens. It' s not fair, and it' s a shallow societal way of thinking. Obesity doesn' t equate to ugly, inferior, or less important. To often-obese individuals are prejudged and perceived as lazy, undisciplined, ugly, overeaters. They are shun and challenged daily with discrimination, prejudice, and many times frowned at as outcast which is why depression is seemingly so prevalent among individuals who are obese. There is no place and excuse for such treatment in society. America and the world as a whole have to do better.
Life Expectancy
The life expectancy of people of all ages who are obese and overweight decreases considerable over time. In fact, the mortality rate of overweight people from health related illness has steadily increased over the past ten years. Studies in this area have discovered that the degree of the mortality among the obese varies more or less in proportion to the level of obesity.
What About Surgery?
Surgery is an option, however, we believe surgery is the very last alternative to consider for an obese individual. Hundreds of people die a year during and after weight loss surgery. There are some serious medical complications associated with weight loss surgery that place some patients in a higher health risk category than others.
There are two types of obesity surgery that we are currently aware of - restrictive and combined restrictive/mal-absorptive, and each surgical procedure is different. More importantly, both surgical procedures have independent (own) risk factors and side effects associated with them, which is why it is significantly important for you to speak to your physician first before making a hasty decision to have obesity surgery.
Thus, we strongly suggest, you think this over with the help a professional physicians and counselors in the health care field before opting to go ahead one hundred percent with any weight loss surgery. Speak to several physicians first. Ask each doctor to thoroughly examine you to ascertain if you are a potentially low risk candidate for weight loss surgery or a high risk patient. Last but not least, go online, research and investigate as many weight loss surgeons as you can to determine the doctor that is the most feasible to perform your surgery. Do your homework and get professional referrals from the top hospitals, physicians and medical institutes in the world. You should only consider a weight loss surgical procedure if you have a gross, intractable obesity. Remember that some complications with obesity surgery can sometimes be fatal.
Discover A New You! It' s Your New Beginning To Happiness!
Before you move any further, take a moment, reflect on all the positive things and people who are important to you. Focus on all the things and people who inspired and/or inspire you today. Now, take a visual journey to a place where you feel at peace, where you feel joy, pure happiness, and nirvana: a sense of elation, that serene place called cloud nine.
Now, close your eyes for thirty seconds. Focus deeply once again. Say to yourself, "My life is on the line, I have to succeed, there is only one road to succeed, and I am in the drivers seat to navigate myself to the top. I now the road, I feel the road, I understand the road with all its obstacles. I control my own destiny, and I will succeed. The pot of gold is within my reach, it' s my time to win in life, not too lose. It' s my decision to make the change, no one else. I' m not alone, I have support."
You are almost there. Your next step is to write down these words of empowerment and motivation on a 8" x 11" piece of paper. Place them on the mirror or on the most visible wall in your bathroom or bedroom. Every morning when you wake up we want you to religiously, repeat the words of empowerment and motivation on your 8" x 11" piece of paper to yourself out loud. Repeat them again out loud to yourself before you go to bed. Give the words life, true meaning, and live by them daily. Don' t allow the words of encouragement above to merely become a daily slogan, but ensure yourself that your new words of motivation will become a part of your soul. Think of the words as a source of life. As oxygen, water and food relates to our existence as human beings, but most importantly, as you give the words life daily, make sure that use each word as a fuel pump to nourish your heart, your mind, your thoughts, your soul and your blood stream. Use the inspirational words as a motivational tool to get you moving with effervescent feet toward your next level of achievement. I get excited about my goals and life when I repeat inspirational words to myself daily. Try it! You' ll like it. The more you say it, the more you will believe it. The more you believe it, the closer you get to achieving it. You Can Do It!
Use your intrinsic faith, the power of your inner strength to help guide you through the mist of this adversity. Commit to a healthier lifestyle today, not tomorrow.
- Make the change because you can.
- Learn to love everything about you.
- Don' t dislike the person in the mirror.
- Be at odds with the excess fat and calories, the poor eating habits and extra pounds that' s attacking your body.
- Refuse to settle or accept undesired results.
- Prepare for battle.
- You have to go to war and fight like you have never fought before in your life for a cause.
- Failure and loosing is not an option.
- As long as you believe in yourself, you will and can win the battle against obesity.
- You will come out on top and be victorious.
- Establish realistic expectation from the start.
- Plan for success.
- Set goals.
- Assess your daily progress.
- Create balance in your life.
- Get out the house and move.
- Become a positive thinker.
- Set realistic deadlines to accomplish your health, fitness and wellness goals.
- Chart your daily progress.
- Stay active daily.
- Surround yourself around positive people at all times.
- Join a support group.
- Be accountable for your results and actions.
- Commit to a regular exercise routine.
- Modify your diet.
- Change your poor eating habits.
- Increase your daily activity.
- Engage in things that make you happy.
- Give yourself credit when you accomplish a goal.
- See your goals through to the very end.
- If you start something finish it.
- Lead yourself to victory because you can.
The D West (S.O.C) Gang Prevention And Intervention Leadership Program
SAVE OUR CHILDREN
Prevent Adolescent Gang Involvement In Your Community
Long Term Take Action Strategies - 5, 10 & 20 Year Plans
The D. West Save Our Children (S.O.C) Celebrity Gang Prevention and Youth
Leadership Program is designed for the entire youth population in the community.
S.O.C focuses on solutions, educational training, counseling, mentoring, tutoring, life skill strategies, early gang intervention and prevention approaches, leadership and character development skills, tolerance and behavior modification skills.
The S.O.C Gang Prevention and Intervention Program steers youth away from gang activity, violence, delinquent behavior, peer pressure, criminal activity, wanton lifestyles and self-destruction.
A prodigious number of children have a proclivity to listen to and model the strategies
of TV stars, entertainers, recording artist, professional athletes and movie stars. Thus, with that in mind, we have decided to use our celebrity status to motivate and inspire children to live their dreams and avoid gangs. We use the power of our celebrity influence, professional networking circle, leadership experience and media resources as a motivational vehicle to steer children steadfast toward positive, productive and socially acceptable
roles in society. Our primary goal is to divert youth away from gang activity into productive activities, including educational, recreational, career development and employment programs.
National law enforcement agencies are reporting an increase in youth gang participation. Gang activity is rapidly migrating into the urban cities in large numbers. An immense number of children are being murdered senselessly in our neighborhoods. Furthermore,
youth gangs are slowly starting to filter into the suburban neighborhoods and schools.
Safety is a major issue and alarming concern in our communities. No one is safe in the community. We are all at risk and subject to being victimized by the growing emergence of youth gangs and violent crimes nationwide. We have a viable gang prevention and intervention program, plan and strategies to help your community ward off youth gang involvement and/or any senseless acts of gang violence that may be occurring in your area.
Win The Battle Against Gang Violence With A Proven Leader In The Community!
D. West has achieved unprecedented results with at risk children (and gang affiliate youth) on national TV for seven years. Children globally look up to him, admire and respect him as a leader in the community. Millions of adults of all ages and ethnic groups nationally and internationally appreciate his work and motivational lifestyle strategies. D. West is a philanthropist who is achieving positive results in the community.
Gang members respect him and believe in him. More importantly, they value his words of wisdom, advice, opinion and leadership role in the community. He is a celebrity that they can trust and confide in. Gang members respect him because he takes time out to listen to them without prejudging them. He steps out into the neighborhoods where the gang violence is intense, which is a risk that most celebrities are not willing to take to save our children and keep our communities safe.
The D. West Save Our children Gang Prevention And Intervention Program
Breaking News:
Children are taking unnecessary risks to participate in gang activity and live wanton lifestyles. Many kids are disconnected from the reality of the consequences of their actions. Children in America are in crisis. They are faced with increasing temptation and peer pressure.
Today' s gang prevention programs have to be creative and interesting to stimulate our youth. We have an obligation to guide our children toward success and teach character education skills, while addressing their emotional and psychological needs.
Morals and values have changed over the past twenty years. The impact of poor choices and decisions seem to have very little or no value. Joining gangs, experimenting with and selling drugs, cutting school, committing adult crimes, having unprotected sex, dressing sexy, and carrying hand guns are acceptable standards by many youth today.
Consequences for reprehensible behavior are at the bottom of their priority list. " I can do what I want do because I can and you can' t stop me." This is the attitude that some youth have a proclivity to utter when an adult in authority gives them constructive advice.
An alarming number of adolescents are being murdered by gang members in unprecedented numbers in our communities. Police departments are doing what they can to suppress gang activity in neighborhoods with limited resources.
The Big Question!
Why are city and county law enforcement agencies nationwide falling short of the community' s expectation to combat youth gang problems? It' s conspicuous, city/county police departments are battling a problem with limited budgets (economic resources), limited man power, limited equipment and limited community support. Most importantly, many police agency' s and departments nationally are facilitating gang problems without take action plans and programs. The publics reaction, complete outrage: the consensus on the streets, there is no excuse for the ineptness of the system and loss of countless lives to gang related acts of violence. Innocent children are dead and we cannot bring them back. Correct the problem before we lose another child.
Scare Them Straight
Tolerance, character education, leadership programs and gang prevention and intervention resources are needed more today in our communities and schools than ever before. The S.O.C gang prevention and intervention program teaches leadership skills, character development and civility.
Today' s youth should be scared of the consequences if they join gangs, commit crimes and/or break the law. The consensus among adults today is clear, they were terrified of the consequences of delinquent behavior when they were children. " I was scared out of my shoes of going to jail when I was a child. Just the thought of sharing a small jail cell with a convicted murderer kept me straight and on the right track." - D. West.
S.O.C also has a character education DVD " The Navigator" . It' s a learning tool used to divert youth away from gang activity, poor choice and decisions in life. We creatively parallel D. West' s personal success story and character educational themes with prison inmates emotional stories of poor choices and decisions. Prison inmates both male and female tell riveting stories about the poor choices and decisions they made that led to their failure and incarceration. The inmates warn youth not to make the same mistakes they made because they will face the consequences. They discuss drug abuse, criminal acts and prison life. The Navigator sends a powerful message to youth, there are serious consequences associated with their actions.
Tears of Outrage Covered Parents Faces
Another Child Lost To Senseless Gang Violence
During a recent community gang prevention conference, a grieving parent stood up and shouted out with tears rolling down her cheeks " Why! Why! I lost my baby. Only after she is gone now, have you finally decided to do something about the gang problem. Why didn' t the police and city do something about the gangs before the situation became a problem. Before I lost my baby! Do you know what it feels like to lose a child. Why did I have to lose my child. How many more children in the city will have to die before you stop the violence? Before you stop the bleeding. You don' t know how I feel. Gangs aren' t in your neighborhood yet. Why me? Why my child?" The woman' s words of outrage, pain, sadness and withdrawal continues to echo in my ear drums when I see gang members, think about gangs and work with communities to prevent gang activity in the neighborhoods.
No parent in America should have to endure the pain and heartache of burying a child before his or her time. Don' t allow another child in our community to perish in senseless acts of gang violence. Be a part of the solution. Help your community develop a viable citywide gang prevent and intervention plan and program because we can not afford to lose another child due to complacency. The U.S Military doesn' t fight a battle without a strategic take action plan of executions. Thus, with that said, we have to plan for success, and tackle gang problems in the community with organized strategies and detailed take action plans. The D. West S.O.C Celebrity Gang Prevention Program is a viable program (extension or starter) for schools/school districts, communities, local law enforcement agencies and city governments. More importantly, it' s an ideal blue print for communities and institutes that do not have viable gang prevention and early intervention programs in place.
Take A Proactive Gang Initiative Stance In The Community. Not A Reactive!
S.O.C Goal & Objectives
Our goal is to help communities, city governments, law enforcement agencies and school
districts establish feasible gang prevention and intervention plans and programs: winning
strategies to prevent and combat the escalating problems associated with youth gangs in the
community. By providing communities with early primary prevention strategies we can
reduce gang activity considerably. In addition, we aim to educate the entire youth
population as to the consequences of gang involvement, while simultaneously teaching
them leaderships skills, civility, tolerance, character development, morals, values, and
behavior management skills. We expose youth to the elite leaders and professionals in the
community, including TV stars, professional athletes and hero's they look up to. The
objective is to connect youth to successful people whom they respect, admire and are
willing to listen to other than their parents and teachers. Finally, we aim to decrease
juvenile delinquency and recidivism rates.
As you know, an immense number of today' s adolescents are embracing the advice and lifestyle strategies of celebrities and entertainers. Please understand, by no means are we suggesting that celebrities and entertainers are the ideal mentors, role models or motivators that our youth should immolate. Nor, are we suggesting that a parent' s home is not the most conducive learning environment for a child. The fact of the matter, is that we have isolated a core group of adults that adolescents are listening to. S.O.C has simply discovered an innovative motivational medium to steer youth toward productive roles in society. Therefore, by combining our motivational gang prevention strategies with the positive influence of our associates who are entertainers, professional athletes, celebrities and elite business professionals, we are able to captivate the undivided attention of a prodigious number of youth, moving them away from negative thinking, peer pressure and gang activity. S.O.C is a viable gang prevention and intervention leadership program that guides youth toward rewarding careers and socially acceptable roles in society, which is a major objective and goal of our program. Connect the youth to worthy causes in your community. Be a part of the solution. Mentor children in the community. Use the power of inspirational words of encouragement and leadership to make a difference.
Gang prevention and Intervention Consulting Service
- Design, coordinate, implement and/or manage community based gang prevention and intervention take action plans (Blue Print Programs) and programs for police departments, cities/towns, schools and school districts.
- Provide gang prevention and intervention consulting support and training for the following: city government agency' s, school districts, law enforcement agency' s, judges, attorney' s, social workers and counselors, doctors, nurses, coaches, parents, community leaders/organizations, all educators and business professionals.
- Facilitate motivational discussion and conflict resolution (mediation and negotiation) strategies with rival gangs/gang members to defuse conflict. Provide emergency crisis intervention mediation to reduce tension between rival youth gangs.
- Provide celebrity gang prevention mentoring, counseling, advice, intervention strategies, career development and successful leadership modeling strategies.
- Host national gang prevention leadership workshops and conferences.
- Celebrity keynote gang prevention presentations.
- Provide assessment teams to help communities and schools ascertain reasons for youth gang involvement, and assist them in developing their own cohesive gang crime prevention strategies and plans.
- Long term (5, 10 and 20 year plans) gang prevention supporting services, programs and plans.
The D. West S.O.C Gang Prevention Program
There is no celebrity gang prevention program like The D. West S.O.C Program in America, particularly a gang prevention program that has a lead facilitator who' s a renowned TV star and motivational speaker with accolades similar to D. West.
The S.O.C gang prevention and intervention program is in an elite class all by itself. Our
program is designed for the entire youth population in the community. S.O.C focuses on solutions, educational training, counseling, mentoring, tutoring, life skill strategies, early gang intervention and prevention strategies, leadership and character development skills. The S.O.C program steers youth away from gang activity, violence, delinquent behavior, wanton lifestyles, self-destruction, peer pressure and criminal activity.
What' s unique about the S.O.C gang prevention and intervention program. S.O.C affords youth an opportunity to model the success strategies of a nationally acclaimed TV star who is a proven role model and leader in the community, a philanthropist that is achieving positive results and accolades from the President' s Office of The United States, and a celebrity motivator that is currently working on national TV in his eighth season on the Maury Show. We have comprehensive, well organized youth enrichment take action plans, programs and strategies that facilitate youth leadership in the community. More importantly, the S.O.C celebrity gang prevention program provides long term solutions to reduce youth gang involvement. S.O.C, helping communities develop future leaders.
S.O.C Gang Prevention Workshops
- Mapping out and planning a feasible gang prevention and intervention take action strategy.
- Organizing and recruiting a professional (staff) team of expert facilitators to manage direct and lead the project.
- Designing long-term community based leadership programs and gang prevention and intervention programs.
- How to effectively coordinate a gang prevention program, assess the programs success, facilitate, trouble shoot,
adjust manage statistics, track results, integrate new ideas and computer software, add new or more creative youth
enrichment programs and staff, analyze the staffs performance and program expectation, update assessment and
progress reports and the significance of fundamentals of maintaining accurate programing records.
- Implementing and managing a gang prevention and intervention program.
- Establishing an advisory board of key members to oversee the progress of the program.
- Understanding your role and job responsibility. Who reports to whom? Everyone is accountable for the success
and failure of the program.
- School based gang prevention and intervention strategies. Keeping a baleful eye on student delinquency and
how to assess and reduce the problem if you have one.
- How to use the media to your advantage. Getting celebrities involved with your leadership and gang prevention
and intervention programs.
If you are interested in our celebrity gang prevention and intervention consulting services we can be reached at (908) 522-0606.
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