Today is NCSCP's "Don't Fry Day"-Please Cherish Your Skin

Today, the Friday before Memorial Day, is "Don't Fry Day"as designated by The National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention. The purpose is to encourage sun safety awareness while urging everyone to protect their skin while outdoors on this holiday weekend.

Cherish Your Skin Organization and the National Council have partnered with the EPA's SunWise Education program and the Nation's Aquariums and Zoos today to provide educational tools to those visiting participating parks. In Texas, you can find the stickers and coloring pages at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, the Houston Zoo, and The Aquarium in Rockport.

Remember that skin cancer is the most preventable cancer of all, if caught early. These steps are important to avoiding overexposure this weekend, and everyday!

Avoid sun burning, intentional tanning, and using tanning beds.
Apply sunscreen generously.
Wear sun-protective clothing, wide-brimmed hat, and sunglasses.
Seek shade.
Use extra caution near water, snow, and sand.
Get vitamin D through diet and vitamin D supplements.

Have safe and fun in the sun this weekend, and please, "DON'T FRY!"

Cherish Your Skin Supports National Council's "Don't Fry Day"

As a member of the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention, Cherish Your Skin Organization Encourages Everyone to Protect Your Skin Today and Every Day! Friday May 28, 2010 is Declared “Don’t Fry Day” To Encourage Sun Safety Awareness.

To help reduce rising rates of skin cancer from overexposure to the ultraviolet rays of the sun, the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention has designated the Friday before Memorial Day, May 28, 2010, as “Don’t Fry Day” to encourage sun safety awareness and to remind everyone to protect their skin while enjoying the outdoors.

The action step the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention emphasized for 2009 was “Slap on a Hat,” encouraging everyone to wear protective clothing like a wide-brimmed hat to provide important protection from too much sun. This year the National Council is emphasizing practicing all of the action steps ---because no single step can fully protect from overexposure to UV radiation, so use as many of the followingactions as possible.

• Avoid sun burning, intentional tanning, and using tanning beds.
• Apply sunscreen generously.
• Wear sun-protective clothing, wide-brimmed hat, and sunglasses.
• Seek shade.
• Use extra caution near water, snow, and sand.
• Get vitamin D through diet and vitamin D supplements.

The National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention is the united voice of 45 groups dedicated to reducing skin cancer morbidity and mortality in the United States. Council members represent some of the nation’s premier researchers, clinicians and advocates for melanoma and skin cancer prevention.

Source: http://www.skincancerprevention.org

Cherish Your Skin Announces Membership in Honored National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention

The National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention is a united voice to reduce skin cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality, through awareness, prevention, early detection, research, and advocacy.


The core members of the Council are the American Academy of Dermatology, American Cancer Society, Shade Foundation of America, The Skin Cancer Foundation, and Melanoma Research Foundation. Some of the other members include American Academy of Pediatrics, American Red Cross, Dermatology Nurses Association, Melanoma International Foundation, National Safety Council, and Women's Dermatological Association.

"We are honored to join the center of excellence known as the NCSCP. CYSO will benefit greatly from exposure to key tools and information shared through the Council."said Jenifer Kuykendall, founder of Cherish Your Skin Organization. "We will be excited to bring these resources to further our impact to teachers, families and communities."

Cherish Your Skin will have an opportunity to meet the Council at their semiannual meeting next week in Washington, D.C. The group will be discussing the latest updates to the FDA reclassification process of tanning beds, as well as the upcoming "Don't Fry Day" activities.

Cherish Your Children's Eyes this Summer

"Wearing Sunglasses is COOL for KIDS this Summer!", says Jenifer Kuykendall, Mrs. Rockport-Fulton International. She tells everyone she meets to "Cherish their Skin" AND now, their eyes, too!

According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, sunglasses may save their skin and eyes later in life by blocking the sun's powerful ultraviolet rays (UVR).

Children under age 10 are at a high risk for skin and eye damage from UVR. The skin on their eyelids and around their eyes is more delicate and vulnerable than adult skin. "And until about age 10, the lens of a child's eye is clear, allowing greater solar penetration and thus greater UVR-induced ocular changes," explains Adelaide A. Hebert, MD, professor and vice chair of Dermatology, University of Texas, Houston. "After that, the lens starts to become more opaque, providing better protection."UVR exposure causes 90 percent of all skin cancers. In addition, retinal exposure to UVR is associated with cataracts and macular degeneration, both causes of vision impairment. UVR damage builds over time, so the sooner you start protecting your children's eyes from the sun, the lower their risk will be of ever developing future eye problems.

Fortunately, good sunglasses protect both the skin around the eye and the eye itself. While children under 6 months old should never be exposed to the sun, once they reach 6 months, they should wear sunglasses outside. If they require prescription glasses, they should also wear prescription sunglasses.Keep these rules in mind when buying sunglasses for children:

• Find glasses that block 99-100 percent of both UVA and UVB rays. Buy ones that indicate the percentage of UVR protection they provide. The more skin covered, the better, so look for large, wraparound styles.


• Use playground-proof lenses. Kids run, trip, fall, and bounce off objects at alarming speed. Their sunglasses should match this active lifestyle. Find impact-resistant, scratch-proof lenses that don't pop out of the frames. Avoid glass lenses, unless recommended by a doctor; plastic is safer. Frames should be bendable but unbreakable. Make sure the glasses fit snugly, close to the face.
  
• Let them choose. You're not the one who has to wear the glasses or hear other kids' comments on them. Children – especially older kids and teens – are likelier to actually wear them if they select them themselves.
  
• Eyeball the glasses. Check to see that lenses are not scratched or warped and have no other flaws that distort vision. Very young children may not know to complain if the glasses are flawed, so it's up to you to check before buying.
  
• Double Up. Sunglasses block only rays that come directly through the lenses. The skin around the eyes remains vulnerable to rays entering though the sides or from the top, or reflected upwards off snow, sand, water, etc. Wearing a wide-brimmed hat is a good backup, blocking out many rays from above and even from the sides, while also shielding the face and neck.
  
  
  "We need to teach children early the importance of wearing sunglasses – just as we teach them to brush their teeth and wear a seat belt, so that they develop good habits that last for life," concludes Dr. Hebert.
• Source: Skin Cancer Foundation 2010

Mrs. Rockport Pie Recipe Revealed

Jenifer Kuykendall, Mrs. Rockport-Fulton International 2010, visits many of the Coastal Bend's groups to share her message to "Cherish Your Skin". More often than not, a yummy pie is delivered with samples of sunscreen.

It has become the official "Mrs. Rockport Pie"and the recipe is listed here:


Mrs. Rockport Pie
Make in 9 in Pillsbury Rollout Piecrust in dairy section


3 Eggs
1 1/4 cup Sugar
4 Tbsp Butter (melted)
1 Tbsp Flour
1/8 Tsp Baking Powder
Dash Salt
1/2 Tsp Vanilla
1/2 Cup Buttermilk
1/2 Cup Chopped Pecans
3/4 Cup Coconut
1 Tbsp Cinnamon


Bake at 350 Degrees for 40 min
ENJOY with Bluebell Homemade Vanilla ice cream.
Come see why Rockport-Fulton is truly the "Charm of the Texas Coast"!

Jenifer Kuykendall, Mrs. Rockport-Fulton: Finalist in Texas International Pageant 2010

We had an amazing experience at Mrs. Texas International Pageant weekend! I met incredible women and competed for the crown in interview, fitness and evening gown. The participation heightened awareness about our nonprofit organization, Cherish Your Skin.

Many thanks to family and friends who supported me through this outstanding personal growth opportunity. Love to Carson, Cash & Connally AND my husband, Kirk, Mr. Rockport Fulton!

What an honor to place in the TOP 5! I received 3rd Runner Up to the new Mrs. Texas, Natalie McLarty. Congrats to all of the gorgeous, dynamic ladies who make a difference in their communities!

FDA Panel Advises No Tanning Beds for Minors

Yesterday was a GIANT LEAP forward toward a ban on the sale of UV tanning to minors! The collective testimonies of some very dedicated physicians, researchers, organizations and individuals made it very difficult for the FDA committee to recommend anything other than a ban for minors.

Melanoma Survivor and Cherish Your Skin Organization Founder, Jenifer Kuykendall, "What an amazing experience to be a part of this influential group addressing the FDA panel. Let's hope the FDA does the right thing and protects our children."

Stay Tuned for the final ruling to come soon!

According to ABC News this morning:

FDA Panel Advises No Tanning Beds for Minors
FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Ban on Tanning Beds for Children Under 18

Minors could be barred from indoor tanning and a registry could be required to monitor the use of tanning beds by salons if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration heeds advice from a panel it convened to review the classification of tanning beds.

Ultraviolet, or UV, lamps for tanning currently are considered class I medical devices by the FDA, which means they are subject to relatively few regulations.
The FDA could boost tanning beds either to a class II or class III medical device -- a change that would mean stricter regulation. Among the new rules could be a prohibition of devices containing mirrors that amplify the power of UV exposure. A few members of the FDA panel dissented on the under-18 ban. They agreed with the sentiment of a ban, but thought it would be unrealistic to implement a ban and would be better to require strong warnings and parental notification.
More than 30 million people tan indoors every year, and nearly three quarters of them are women between ages 16 and 29, according to the Journal of American Dermatology.

Using a tanning bed before the age of 35 increases the risk of melanoma -- the deadliest form of skin cancer -- by 75 percent, according to the Melanoma Research Foundation.
Skin cancer is one of the few cancers for which a preventative option exists, said Dr. Allen Halpern, vice president of The Skin Cancer Foundation, who testified at the panel meeting.

Tanning salon businesses, one of the many industries hard hit by the recession, are already feeling the heat with the passage of the Obama administration's new health care bill. The bill includes a 10 percent tax on individuals receiving indoor tanning services, and the initiative is expected to generate $2.7 billion over 10 years to help fund the health care overhaul.