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Seattle, WA (PRWEB) June 01, 2012

Patricia Hansen, a Washington State woman, is fighting local hunger as she is pedaling her way across the US on an ambitious journey that has already taken her across Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and most of Kansas. Patricia, who will turn 70 on July 7th, the day she hopes to successfully complete her cross-country trek, has had a life long passion for cycling and for helping those who face hunger on a daily basis.

Hansen has combined these two passions into a way to raise awareness and money to feed the hungry in her own back yard. In the meantime, she is still biking and inspiring people along her journey with the states yet to be crossed including: Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, and Virginia.

In 2005, Hansen merged her love of cycling with her passion to help the hungry with the founding of a nonprofit, http://emeraldcitylights.com/ With monies raised from community biking and walking fundraising events, Hansen?s organization has fed 1,000 Seattle-area families over the past 8 years.

Having personally experienced wellness through healthy eating, Hansen and her volunteers create 5-day food baskets filled with organic, natural food, as well as dried soup mixes and Hansen?s homemade jams.

Many of the families who benefit from Emerald City Light?s food baskets have been stricken by illnesses, cutting short earning potential and forcing difficult choices between feeding families and buying medicine or seeking medical care.

When asked about hunger in America, Patricia said, ?We all have people in our own backyards that can?t put food on their tables. People seem to remember those in need during the holidays, but we need to help each week, each day. My goal in life is to feed more families each day of the year.?

For more information, to view Hansen?s daily progress through her travel blog, to donate or become a fan on https://www.facebook.com/emeraldcitylights

Emerald City Lights Bike Ride a 501(c)3], a 501(c)3 non-profit, charitable and educational organization based in Seattle, is dedicated to providing to those in need. Our goal is to support activities, organizations and programs that work to provide nutrition and general humanitarian aid.

Note to media: Patricia Hansen is available throughout her bike ride for interviews. Photos of Hansen are available at her website or upon request.

EAST ORANGE, N.J. (PRWEB) February 02, 2012

This new release from Dog Ear Publishing tackles the serious subject of domestic violence in homes of young children. A 4-year-old girl serves as the heroine of this story, which is aimed at inspiring discussion after children see domestic violence.

Four-year-old Ibby is like most other preschoolers: She has a mom who takes her to preschool, lots of friends and loving grandparents. She also has typical emotions for a young girl, feeling pretty when wearing her grandmother?s hat and feeling happy when she jumps in the leaves, notes this new book from Dog Ear Publishing. It?s what she feels when her daddy gets mad and what happens when he does that sets this young girl apart from her peers.

?Ibby?s Feelings,? designed to be read out loud with young children, focuses on a young girl who sees domestic violence in her home; Ibby?s father hits his wife hard enough to send her to the hospital. Once again, Ibby?s feelings turn from happiness to fear and sadness. The author, who saw domestic violence herself when young, offers a story that paves the way for adults and children to talk about the shame, rage, fear and pain domestic violence brings, sometimes without warning.

The story, told in simple words, can help adults who work with children and help children to discuss their feelings. Ultimately, the book is a ?cry for help from the young child who is witnessing and/or experiencing domestic violence, and the wounded child who lives within adults who witnessed or experienced domestic violence as children,? the author writes.

Author Baaqia Uqdah spent more than 35 years caring for young children and educating them, including directing a child care center and training teachers. After retirement, she served as a domestic violence victims advocate. She is pursuing a domestic violence specialist certification in New Jersey, focusing on the impact of domestic violence on very young children. The book grew from her work with students expressing their feelings with language arts and her realization of the power of a children?s book to teach adults.

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For additional information, please visit http://www.ibbysfeelings.com.

Ibby?s Feelings

Baaqia Uqdah

Dog Ear Publishing

ISBN: 978-1-4575-0468-6