My New York Trip; part 1

Hello everyone,
I had an amazing trip last week to teach in New York. Monday I met with a woman who is a mentor to me; Dr. Annemarie Colbin. She started The Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and The Culinary Arts in New York long before anyone was putting the words natural and gourmet in the same sentence. She is truly an inspiration and if haven't read any of her books I suggest you do. They are Food and Healing, The Natural Gourmet, The Book of Whole Meals and Beyond Calcium. You can reach Dr. Colbin at her web site; www.foodandhealing.com
On Tuesday, I taught at The Ella Baker School in the upper east side. This school and it's students, teachers and involved parents were an inspiration. It was 8 stories and half of the students lived below the poverty level. They were the most well-behaved students and the school was so clean. I have never seen such shiny floors! I taught the kids from my Patty James Food Guide and they asked great questions and were truly interested in their health and how to support good health. Many of the teachers bought my Food Guide for their classrooms. That evening, I taught the parents how to prepare healthy dinners for their kids. We had a great time and we all learned a lot. I also met an interesting couple but I'll tell you about them tomorrow.
On Wednesday I taught at The Clinton Foundation in Harlem. I taught the interns my Nutritional Primer course. These are people from all walks of life and various interests with one thing in common; they all want to make a difference. Their interests ranged from public health or stamping out AIDS to climate change issues. They also asked a lot of questions and were really fun to teach. The positive vibrations were palpable there with everyone truly loving what they do. The Clinton Foundation always needs your help and you can reach them at www.clintonfoundation.org.
More tomorrow...best of health!
Patty