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Now we can deliver it all to you the next day including the television and game!. All the televisions and games are from Best Buy. No one else can make that promise.

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Please visit Gardner-White today and Adopt a Family in Need-Merry Christmas

Help a Family in Need this Holiday Season
Updated: Monday, 07 Dec 2009, 8:53 PM EST
Published : Monday, 07 Dec 2009, 8:05 PM EST

By JASON CARR
myFOXDetroit.com

A record number of families are in need of assistance this holiday season, and Volunteers of America is working hard to save Christmas even as some families face job loss and eviction.

Two-year-old Alvin Andrew Bell wears broken eyeglasses held on his head by plastic twine. It's the best repair his father could make given the family's desperate situation.

"I was an independent truck driver. I got laid off Christmas Eve of last year," said Alvin Bell, Sr.

There are nine children and three adults living in the Bell household. Their home is sparsely furnished. A van parked in the driveway broke down right after they bought it.

And bills... "We got shut off notices, and it's been really a struggle. I mean, we tried to go through many... programs to help us with our bills, and with the economy being so messed up in Michigan, there's no funding hardly left," said wife and mother Kamita Bell.

Even worse, nowhere to go come January ninth -- eviction day. The house in foreclosure, sold for pennies on the dollar.

"As far as what we (are) going to do, where we're going to go," Alvin Bell, Sr. said. "It's up in the air. We don't know. We really don't," Kamita Bell added.

"With no work, the only thing we (have) got coming in right now for twelve people is food stamps," said Alvin Bell, Sr.

At this point in the story, you've probably already decided that you are going to help the Bell family, and why wouldn't you? The TV spotlight is on them. However, Volunteers of America wants you to realize that there are 2,500 other families that you can adopt.

"We know that so many children who are in... low income families, they're the ones that really suffer. They're the ones that don't understand what it means to have a special day on Christmas," said Emily Rohrbach with Volunteers of America.

There is already some good news -- new, unbreakable, flexible glasses for Alvin Andrew and his mother thanks to Jackee and Sal Co/op Optical.

"This particular family was in need of glasses. Not cosmetic glasses, but this person really needed glasses," said Co/op Optical CEO Jackee Smith.

Looking to the future, Alvin, Sr. is working on passing his GED so he can pursue a new career.

"What I've always wanted to do for all my life is be a Detroit Police officer," said Alvin Bell, Sr.

In the meantime, the kids are left hoping to have a Christmas. Put a song in their heart and adopt a family. Click here for more information.

Because the demand is so high this year, Volunteers of America says it is no longer accepting applications from families in need of help. However, they hope that you can make a holiday connection with one of the families already on the list.

Survivor Casting Today at Gardner-White in Canton

Survivor Casting Call

Source: WWJ
Thursday, December 17th

Think you're the ultimate Survivor? Then head to WWJ-TV's open call for Survivor on Thursday, December 17th, from 3-7pm, at Gardner White Furniture in Canton, for your chance to audition!

Location:
Gardner White Furniture
39453 Ford Road
CANTON, MI 48187

Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009

Time: 3 - 7pm

Applicants must be 18 and over. Please review the official application and eligibility requirements before attending and bring a copy of the COMPLETED application, and a valid Driver's License with you to the open call. You will not be considered without these items. Upon receiving these items from you, WE will film your application video, live, on site.

**if you have any questions regarding the Survivor casting call, please call WWJ-TV at (248) 355-7000

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Check out this Freep article Jillian Michael's new show has Tryouts at Gardner-WhIte

POSTED: DEC. 6, 2009

THE FIT

Jillian Michaels' new fat fight

Über-trainer will help 8 families -- including 1 from Michigan -- change habits, get fit

BY KRISTA JAHNKE
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

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Is your family making you fat?

If so, NBC wants to meet you and hear your story.

Hundreds are expected to show up at Gardner-White Furniture in Macomb Township on Tuesday and Wednesday to audition for a new reality TV show called "Losing It with Jillian."

The concept is one-part "Nanny 911" and one-part "The Biggest Loser," with a splash of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." It will air in 2010 and boasts producers with ties to heavy hitters including "Loser" and "Oprah."

The star is trainer Jillian Michaels of "Loser" fame. After choosing eight families, she will move in with each for one week to observe their environment, habits and food and fitness choices. She hopes to cut through the clutter of excuses, bad decisions and enabling peers to help those families find solutions to make their lives healthier.

"Everyone has their own set of ways they could make changes," said Jodi Thomas, the show's casting director. "Maybe they don't eat dinner together, maybe there are family issues, maybe there are things they haven't discussed or haven't thought through. They're not communicating with each other; they're playing too many video games. We're going to get people to open up and talk. It's about working things out as a family."

Michaels will handle not just the fitness intervention but also will help people with emotional struggles, something Thomas said she's had success with on "The Biggest Loser." Curtis Stone, known as the Take-Home Chef from TLC, will provide cookinglessons.

Sheila Kitchens, 35, is sure Michaels could exorcise her weight-loss demons. At 4-foot-11 and 250 pounds, the Milwaukee mom of four admits she's overweight. Kitchens was a teen mother four times over; her kids range in age from 16 to 20.

Now she's trying to get her life back on track by taking business classes online through American Intercontinental University. But she said she has tried and failed to lose weight and needs help. "I have the ab lounge, the ab roller, all those things," she said.

Kitchens believes Michaels, known for her no-nonsense attitude served with a side of sugar, could help her. That's why she plans to head to the Chicago audition next week.

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"I'm definitely excited," Kitchens said. "I believe she's a strong person with a sincere heart to help people lose weight. It would be a dream come true."

The show is looking for families with kids, but couples can apply, too. The individuals don't need to be drastically overweight, but should have at least 25 pounds to lose.

People will be seen at the auditions in the order they arrive, and Thomas said she expects to speak with every family. If only one family member can make it, that's OK. Bring non-returnable photos of each family member.

Thomas said the show "definitely" intends to cast a family from Michigan, one of eight casting locations. Why? It seems the state's track record of being fat and friendly makes for good TV.

"I've cast 'Biggest Loser' and for the last three seasons, I've been to Michigan and found the people are hard-working, loveable, amazing people," Thomas said.

The Fit offers news, trends and advice on running, yoga and other fitness pursuits every Sunday. Contact KRISTA JAHNKE: 313-222-8854 or kjahnke@freepress.com

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Tryouts for Jillian Michaels new show -Gardner-White Macomb Township

'Loser' trainer looks for families for her new show
Kimberly Hayes Taylor / Detroit News Health Writer
Imagine how much weight you would shed if Jillian Michaels, the tough-as-nails fitness trainer and wellness expert on NBC's "Biggest Loser," lived in your house for a week. She'd not only tell you when and what to eat, she'd whip your body into shape as well.
It's not such a far-fetched notion. Michaels will star in a new eight-episode NBC television show for 2010, "Losing It With Jillian," when she invades the home of a different family every week to give them her own brand of tough love, and fitness and nutrition transformation. The show is looking for Michigan families to star on it, and a casting call is being held Dec. 8 and 9 at Gardner-White Furniture in Macomb Township.
"When your health is out of balance, everything else suffers -- finances, relationships, work and family dynamics," Michaels says in a release. "I'm moving in with families across the country, getting down and dirty and rooting out bad habits in every corner of their lives that are preventing them from health and happiness. Get ready America, because I'm heading out and you never know, I might just end up on your doorstep, so watch out."
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Helen Phillips is the Season 7 winner from Sterling Heights who reduced from 257 pounds to 117 during the course of the show. She says Michaels will prove to be a blessing for any family, even if she remains with them only for a day or two.
"She would be able to restructure the whole family," says Phillips, who ended up working out with Michaels after losing a challenge on the show and is now traveling the country helping others to become big losers. "She will get to the emotional part of the overeating as well, and bring them closer together as a family unit."
Michaels will continue to work with "Biggest Loser" contestants too.
Ann Arbor's Pete Thomas, the At Home Season 2 winner who took away a $100,000 prize after losing the most weight after being eliminated from the show, also will never forget the lessons Michaels taught him. He shed 85 pounds on the show in seven weeks, and then went home and lost another 102 pounds with Michaels' instructions. In nine months, he shed a total of 185 pounds -- and has kept it off.
Thomas says he admires Michaels because she once weighed 180 pounds as a teen. As a result, she developed a gift of getting to the core of what drives a person to abuse food and helps them overcome that.
"We had a food addiction, and food addiction had a root. That's what Jillian helped to deal with," says Thomas, who now coaches and trains people on fitness on wellness and offers free weight-loss tips on his Web site, www.winningman.com .
"It really is going to be a gift from God to have her come into someone's home."
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Adopt a Family-Join Gardner-White Fox 2 and Volunteer of America

  Helping others is part of the Gardner-White holiday tradition.  We are proud to partner with Fox2 and Volunteer of America as we help families in need . Here is how you can make the holidays a happier time for a family in need:

* Visit a Gardner-White store and decide which family you would like to help.

* Visit the Volunteers of America website at www.voami.org

* Call the Adopt a Family phone hotline at 248 353 4862

Consider Adopting one of these families:

A Single Mother form Detroit with 2 kids. They are wishing for warm clothing, toys and food (ref #408)

A Married couple from Ferndale with 1 child. They are wishing for warm winter clothing , toys and food (ref#7114)

A Single Mother from Detroit with 5 kids. They are wishing for clothing toys and food. (ref#465)

There are thousands of families just like the few mentioned here who need help. Please lend them a hand this holiday season.

Gardner-White's After Thanksgiving Sale- Sneak Preview!

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Using Hand Sanitizers Properly Can Prevent The Flu

Using hand santiziers properly can help prevent the flu. Please take a minute and read this article published in today's Free Press.

http://bit.ly/cleanhand

A Good Night's Sleep can help you escape the flu- Do you need a New Gardner-White Mattress?

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, US came to the conclusion that people who sleep less than seven hours per night have a three times higher risk of catching a cold than those who shut-eye for eight hours or more. Getting a good night's sleep might not cure the common cold, but the new study says that it could prevent one. According to scientists, sleep is very closely connected to the strength of the immune system and that is why people feel tired and exhausted when they have an infection or are sick. The conclusions were based on an analysis of 153 healthy people with an average age of 37 between 2000 and 2004. Also, a wide variety of factors was taken into consideration, such as age, weight, socioeconomic status, stress, smoking, and alcohol consumption.

Volunteer participants were interviewed on a daily basis for two weeks, reporting how many hours of sleep they got per night, how well they slept and how rested they felt, their sleep habits being documented and then quarantined in a hotel for 24 hours (with instructions to stay at least several feet away from other people to limit spread of the infection), where the common-cold-causing rhinoviruses (the most common viruses that cause colds) were dropped into their noses. For five days the study participants were monitored for sneezing, coughing, stuffy noses, and had mucus samples collected from their nasal passages. After about a month, they submitted blood samples that were tested for immune system proteins (antibodies) responding to the virus. As a result, participants who slept less than seven hours were four times more likely to get sick than participants who slept for eight hours or more. Among the 153 study volunteers, 135 were infected, but only 54 developed a cold. People who had the best sleep efficiency (defined as the percentage of time actually spent in sleep) were the least likely to get ill. The authors wrote in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine: "A possible explanation for this finding is that sleep disturbance influences the regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines, histamines and other symptom mediators that are released in response to infection." Cytokines and histamines are chemicals that are being released by cells as part of the body's immune response. "Although sleep's relationship with the immune system is well-documented, this is the first evidence that even relatively minor sleep disturbances can influence the body's reaction to cold viruses," Sheldon Cohen, a psychology professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who led the study said in his statement.

So what is more important: number of sleep hours or sleep quality? Cohen suggests that both are very essential, that someone who sleeps more efficiently is also likely to sleep for longer hours. The experts believe that lack of good quality sleep prevents regulation of key chemicals produced by the immune system to fight infection and say that sleep and the immune system are were closely linked. "The immune system may control the sleep-wake pattern and lack of sleep or sleep disturbance may depress the immune response to infection," Ron Eccles, Professor and director of the Common Cold Centre at the University of Cardiff says, "I do believe there is enough information on this to indicate that lack of sleep or sleep disturbance will reduce our resistance to infections such as colds and flu."

The connection between sleep patterns and bad health has also been examined in the previous research of coronary heart disease, which discovered that the lowest death rates and less illness were found in people who slept at least seven-eight hours per night. Previous research has shown that lack of sleep may result in the immune system changes that could make a person more vulnerable to infections but there was little data on its effect on specific infections, such as colds and flu. The current study is one of the first studies that links sleep problems to increased susceptibility to the rhinovirus, the most common cold. It has become pretty clear that long and uninterrupted sleep has major effects not only on the brain in terms of alertness and performance, but also on the health of the body. "Getting good sleep should count among the priorities of health-conscious people," says David L. Katz, director of the Yale University School of Medicine Prevention Research Center, "Time invested in sleep will almost certainly be paid back in dividends of better health - fewer colds and greater productivity." So, there is another reason now why people should take more seriously the problem of sleepless nights and make time in their schedules to get a complete night of rest.

The study was published in Monday's edition of the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine.

Now Casting: Losing It With Jillian Michaels!

Families, this is your chance to have America's Top Health and wellness expert, Jillian Michaels move in, kick butt and change you and your loved ones' lives!

Detroit's Open Call:

When: December 8th, 2009. 3PM-9PM and December 9th, 2009 3PM-8PM.

Where: Gardner White Furniture, 45300 Hayes Road, Macomb, MI 48313

For more location information, go to: http://gardner-white.com

You Can Watch the Fox2 & Gardner-White Tribute to Our Veterans

You can watch the FOX2-Gardner-White Tribute to our Troops by clicking on the link below:

http://bit.ly/tributetroops