Holistic Living Awards Gala & Fundraiser

Saturday, October 12, 2013  6:30 pm

Sheraton Mahwah, 1 International Boulevard, Mahwah, NJ

Join us to honor a few of the many voices who have pushed holistic living forward and to celebrate the power of holistic-minded parents who are truly making a difference!

Honoring Leading Voices in Holistic Living

Awardees:

Jeffrey Hollender Green Living Expert	Barbara Loe Fisher Vaccine Awareness Advocate	Gary Null Author/Natural Living Expert

Peggy O’Mara Publisher/Author & Natural Mothering Expert	Jeffrey Smith Author & Non-GMO Activist

Cocktails & Dinner with Honorees  ♦  Awards Presentation  ♦  Special Guests

Special Sponsor Awardees:

Reserve your spot or table today!  

HMN Members: $125 Per Person,  Non-Members: $150 Per Person

All proceeds to benefit the Holistic Moms Network, a 501(c)(3) non-profit community

 For Sponsorship opportunities, please contact us at sponsorship@holisticmoms.org

Join us at our daytime Natural Living Conference as well and save on both events!

Living holistically is a journey, not an endpoint.  There are many possible roads to take along the way, but the journey itself is worth traveling especially with good friends and support along the way.

To mark this special year, we’re kicking off 2013 with our Holistic Living Challenge!  No matter where you are along your own personal holistic journey, you can join us by taking part in a monthly challenge with opportunities to learn, inspired, and grow.  We’ll travel together and throw in some great prizes and events along the way.  Let’s dive in and get started!

Enjoy the Great Outdoors!  June 2013 Challenge

Challenge: Enjoy the Great Outdoors!

Directions: Make plans, big or small – whatever works for you and your family.  The one thing we strongly encourage is that regardless of what types of activities or vacations you might plan, take a little time each and every day to get outside.  Whether it’s a walk around the block or a picnic in your backyard – enjoy whatever bits of nature you can every day this month.

Here are more ideas and resources:

• Use the National Wildlife Federation’s NatureFind tool to help you locate fun places with cool wildlife that will connect you with nature and reduce the stress in your life.
• Try Geocaching!  GEOCACHING is a free real-world outdoor treasure hunt.  Players try to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, using a smartphone or GPS and can then share their experiences online.
• Plant a tree.  Learn which trees are right for your area, how to plant them, and more from the Arbor Day Foundation.
• Do some cloud watching or stargazing.

○     Learn about the types of clouds and where to spot them from The Cloud Appreciation Society (or just watch them and use your imagination to find fun shapes in the clouds!)

○     Check out the One-Minute Astronomer’s Guide to Stargazing for some basics about the night sky.  And, on June 23, enjoy the biggest full moon of 2013 when the moon will arrive at its closest point to the Earth, making it a “supermoon!”

• Have a nature scavenger hunt.  Go Explore Nature has a great tutorial for customizing your own fun hunt.
• Go camping.  Find a location and learn tips from Go Camping America.
• Connect with yourlocal Holistic Moms Network chapter to learn what other moms are trying and get tips for your challenge. Not a member?  Sign-up today!
• Join the weekly #HolisticMoms Twitter Parties on Tuesdays at 10est/7pst to connect with other moms and learn what they’re doing!

Here are events happening across the nation that you can participate in:

• June 1-9: National Fishing and Boating Week. During National Fishing and Boating Week find a fishing and boating spot near you so you can hit the water.  Learn to fish or improve your skills by checking out their how-to information.
• June 8: National Get Outdoors Day – a new annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun.  Participating partners will offer opportunities for American families to experience traditional and nontraditional types of outdoor activities.
• June 22: Great American Backyard Campout.  Join thousands of people across the nation who will gather in their backyards, neighborhoods, communities and parks to take part in a one-night FREE event that will provide an experience for all generations to connect with nature.
• June 24-27: Great Outdoors America Week.  Great Outdoors America Week is the preeminent event celebrating our collective connection to the great outdoors while advocating for its future.  As one of the largest annual conservation and outdoor focused events in Washington DC, GO Week raises awareness around outdoors issues, brings together hundreds of diverse organizations and activists to meet with lawmakers and administrators to advocate for our outdoor way-of-life.

Share your experience for a chance to win great prizes!  Enter for a chance to win!

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Find out more on our blog, follow our challenge on Facebook or Twitter, and join in the fun!

NOTE:  This is strictly a personal challenge for anyone interested in living more holistically – it’s not a contest to see who can do the most.  No matter where you are on your holistic living path, you should feel proud about every small step you take and this year of challenges is simply meant to help you along – however it works best for you and your family!

Holistic Living Month is an annual celebration of natural and holistic lifestyle choices throughout the month of October!  Created by the Holistic Moms Network, Holistic Living Month was formed to help celebrate and honor holistic lifestyle choices and to raise awareness for natural health and green living.

Join us each October to discover natural and holistic living through our community, to participate in special events – both live and online – and through our educational meetings, Twitter parties, webinars, and other happenings.  Find a local Chapter event or follow us on Facebook or Twitter to learn, connect, and share your experiences!  Register for the Natural Living Conference, take part in our HMNRaising Auction, or visit a local community at our nationwide Open House during October.

Discover holistic living and make greener, healthier choices for yourself and for your family!  Follow Holistic Living Month on Facebook or Twitter for 31 Holistic Actions for Everyone – simple changes that you can make each day to live a little healthier and a little greener!

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The 5th Annual HMNRaising Online Auction will kick off on October 11, 2013!

This year the auction will run for ten days, from Friday, October 11 to Monday, October 21st on eBay!  You will be able to view the auction items at eBay-HMNAuction or eBay Giving Works – Holistic Moms Network.

Mark Your Calendars!  Everyone Can Participate!

We are currently seeking donations and are thrilled to offer this opportunity for businesses to share their products and resources for natural living with holistic-minded families while helping to promote the companies and organizations that make it all possible.

About Holistic Moms and our HMNRaising Auction

Ten years ago the Holistic Moms Network (HMN) was born from a small support group of moms in New Jersey in 2003.  Over the past decade HMN has grown into a national non-profit organization with more than 100 chapters across the country, representing the voices of thousands of families who are interested in holistic health and green living.  The Holistic Moms Network’s (HMN) mission is to generate awareness, education, and support for holistic parenting and green living by providing nurturing, open-minded, and respectful local community networks nationwide that encourage families to share these ideals and learn from each other.

Each year HMN organizes an HMNRaising Online Auction to raise much-needed funds to drive awareness of our organization and vital work.  As we enter our second decade of operation, the Holistic Moms Network aims to expand its reach to even more families across North America.  We depend upon the generosity of our members, donors, sponsors, and supporters to help build our growing communities. Our auction is convenient, well organized and promoted, and easy to star in!

Companies, individuals, organizations, and communities donate holistic, natural, and organic items, trips, show tickets, books, and more to our annual auction.  The event is hosted on eBay and all proceeds will go to our 501(c)(3) non-profit community.

This event offers a unique opportunity to promote your business to a highly-targeted, holistic audience, while supporting a worthwhile cause.  By pledging your merchandise, assortment of items (such as a gift basket), services, or a gift certificate, your company will be listed on the HMN website, which receives a considerable amount of traffic from holistic families and practitioners every month.  In addition, the auction is promoted through our Facebook and Twitter networks and other social media channels.

If you donated last year, THANK YOU!  If you would like to participate in the future, be sure to email us below to receive more information or simply go to our Online Donation Form and make your pledge!

Questions?  Email our Auction Director at auction [at] holisticmoms [dot] org.

Save the Date: Tuesday, July 30, 2013

#HolisticMoms, 10 pm Eastern

2012 Party a Huge Success!

Last year’s World’s Biggest Breastfeeding Twitter Party was a huge success, thanks to the many attendees, Sponsors, and tweeters who took part and joined in to show their support!

The party generated more than 14 million impressions on the #breastfeeding hashtag, plus 6 million impressions for the regular #holisticmoms hashtag!  Read more about the party by clicking here!

We are grateful to our Sponsors, Motherlove Herbal Company, Divine Mama Bars and Earth Mama Angel Baby for their support and participation, and for their ongoing commitment to Holistic Moms and natural parenting!

We hope you will join us again in 2013 and make the party even bigger!

Check out this time zone grid to find out when the party takes place where you are!

New to Twitter and/or Twitter Parties? Click here for our Twitter Party Worksheet!

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SPONSORS

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The Holistic Moms Network is excited to offer our members an easier way to live green and save green: our annual Online Savings Book!

Located on our Online Member Community, this handy online book provides members with special offers, discounts, and coupons from our HMN Sponsors.  Save on fabulous natural care products from Motherlove, get coupons for organic products from Organic Valley, or enjoy some Little Me Tea, and more!

With more than $50 in coupons and discounts provided by Sponsors (more if you use them multiple times!), you’ll save throughout the year.  Plus, we’ll be adding new coupons and swapping out different offers from our Sponsors all year round, so take advantage of the current offers now and keep an eye on upcoming discounts for you!

In addition to coupons and discounts, you will also find handy tips to live a greener, healthier lifestyle!

Not a member yet?  Join today and start saving!  Plus, you’ll get all of  our other fabulous benefits of membership, including local Chapter meetings and activities, access to our online discussion forums, our Wellness Savings Club card and more!

Family Travel Tips

Heading out for a family trip this summer?  What are your best family tips for healthy travel?  What do you pack, where do you eat, have any great recipes for road trip food?  Join us with host and HMN Sponsor Organic Valley for a great chat!

You can join us on 
http://tweetchat.com/room/holisticmoms to bring the party right to you – or to just read along!

Now Available on DVD!

A great gift for an expecting mom, a breastfeeding friend, or for your patients or clients!

Lactation consultants, midwives, doulas and others can order in bulk and share this positive message about breastfeeding!

Press Release: HMN Releases Nursing Our Future

Nursing Resources:

Preparing to Breastfeed http://www.llli.org/NB/NBpreparing.html

Breastfeeding: Getting Started http://mothering.com/breastfeeding-getting-started

Breastfeeding Information and Support http://kellymom.com

Nursing: It’s More Than Breastfeeding http://www.thebabybond.com/ComfortNursing.html

Breastfeeding Links http://www.holisticmoms.org/category/holistic-living/resources-articles/pregnancy-childbirth-breastfeeding/

How Does Your State Rank on Breastfeeding Support? http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/report_card.htm

More Fabulous Nursing Photos from the Nursing is Normal Project: Click Here

LEARN.  SHARE.  CONNECT.

Annual Natural Living Conference

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Sheraton Mahwah, 1 International Blvd, Mahwah, NJ

8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Celebrating 10 Years of the Holistic Moms Network!

2013 is a banner year for the Holistic Moms Network, as we celebrate 10 years as a national, non-profit community.  This year’s Natural Living Conference will return to our original home, in New Jersey, and will be paired with a special Holistic Living Awards Gala honoring some of the leading voices in natural living and parenting.  You won’t want to miss this special celebratory Conference. 

Keynote Speakers 

Dr. Shefali Tsabary The Art of Conscious Parenting	Jeffrey Smith Creating a Non-GMO Mom Revolution

Expert Panel: Controversial Parenting Choices

Unjunking Our Food Andrea Donsky	Vaccination Choice Barbara Loe Fisher	Holistic Treatments for Children Dr. Lawrence Rosen	Circumcision Laurie Evans	Fluoride for Kids Philip Memoi, DDS

 “The HMN Natural Living Conference was an amazing experience, somehow tailored towards families that are already entrenched in the Holistic Lifestyle, yet offering a gentle introduction to those families that are just taking the first slow steps to “Natural Living.”  I look forward to future conferences, as well as the opportunities offered by my own local chapter – which I am joining.  Thank you!”- Heather, 2011 Conference Attendee

Keynote Speakers ♦ Expert Panel ♦  Holistic Exhibit Hall ♦ Gourmet Lunch ♦ and More!

Conference Fees: $95 per person  ($85 per person for HMN Members)

Join us for whole day and participate in our evening Holistic Living Awards Gala & Fundraiser!  

Attend both events and save!

Visit our full conference website for more information about this annual event!

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Discover what is happening with HMN by subscribing to the HealthE Mama News, visit our HMN in the News page or read up on our Press Releases, or become a member [link to membership page] and receive The Wise Mom E-Newsletter for in-depth information on holistic health and green living. And don?t miss our annual Natural Living Conference for an inspiring day to learn, share, and connect!

Want to talk to us about HMN for a story or interview? Email us or contact us at 877-HOL-MOMS. And visit us on Flickr for HMN images.