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TESTIMONIALS“The kids at our school truly loved your show. It’s the first I’ve seen the kids participate in an assembly and then continually use what they have learned. I saw so many first and second graders reading food labels at snack and lunch. What you do does make a huge difference and you have a wonderful way of capturing the attention of children so they can learn from your message.” KIMDOUSE

Teacher, Barre City Elementary Barre, VT

“I think Jill did the rap better than Elvis.” NIKOLINARDOS Age 6 Queens, NY

“In one word: FABULOUS! It’s like nutrition ‘magic.’ I saw the kids having fun—and the parents truly being appreciative.” JACKIENEWGENT,RD Culinary Nutritionist Author, The Big Green Cookbook

“Jill really knows how to connect with kids.” ELLIEKRIEGER,MS,RD Host, The Food Network’s “Healthy

Appetite with Ellie Krieger” and Author, “The Food You Crave” and “So Easy”

“Your presentations were awesome. The teachers loved your show and were wondering how we were lucky enough to hear about you. The students were talking about the information you taught them all week and we heard them singing your songs in the hallway!” MEGANCOMSTOCK Teacher, Kodak Park School

Rochester, NY

“If you were my baby sitter I would make my mom work late! We would also have fun if you were my sister.” EMILY Age 6 Elmira, NY

“The children were engaged in all the activities and talked about the show the remainder of the day!” SUEROSEN Director,

Hilltop Children’s Center Middletown, NY

“Jill Jayne is a rock-and-roll advocate for healthy living, healthy eating and high self-esteem. Your kids need to hear this music.” JOSHSELIG Founder & President, Little Airplane Productions

“Jill did a fantastic job not only as a celebrity, but as a professional educator. I wish I could hire her as a teacher. She really knows how to connect with teachers, students and parents.” TIMFRAZIER, Principal, Southampton

Intermediate School Southampton, NY

“I walked down the halls today and every child told me how awesome you are! Teachers told me it brought tears to their eyes observing the excitement in our students. “ HILARYNICHOLS PE Teacher, Chetek School District

Chetek, Wisconsin

“Thanks for putting a new face on childhood nutrition!” CRAIGOLSON,MS,RD Parent and Registered Dietitian

San Antonio, TX


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ABOUTJUMPWITHJILLJump with Jill is a live rock ‘n roll concert about nutrition that travels to schools across the nation. The show takes childhood obesity by storm, serving as a kid-appropriate solution for kicking off Wellness Committee initiatives, reinforcing classroom learning, and supporting a healthier cafeteria menu. By using original music, movement-based learning, and a compelling character, Jump with Jill uses the same tools normally used to sell junk food and keep kids sedentary into a powerful tool for teaching healthy habits. The interactive experience not only makes eating breakfast and drinking water cool, but helps increase retention of these important health messages.

Created by registered dietitian and musician Jill Jayne, Jump with Jill has been performed 750 times for 170,000 kids all over the United States. The songs performed in the show are the hit tracks from the show’s soundtrack, Get Me Goin’. The songs are set up and transitioned with kid-appropriate explanations of the song content. The topics covered include respecting your body, eating breakfast, drinking more water, getting enough calcium, exercising, examining food packages more closely and eating less junk food. The show is both educationally sound and completely rock n’ roll. (Live show run time: 1 hour)

THELIVESHOWISAVAILABLEFOR• Concerts • Assemblies • Events, • Workshops • Parties

THELIVESHOWCANBESUPPORTEDWITHSONGWRITINGWORKSHOPSAfter exploring the song writing and production process of their favorite pop songs, students generate their own song using what they learned.

PARENTWORKSHOPSBring the whole family to an after hours Family Fun Night or workshop to get those rockin’ health messages into the home.

CONFERENCESANDPROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENTJill specializes in professional pizzazz at conferences and events for grown-ups. Part speech, part performance, Jill makes sure her audiences gets the facts about nutrition but

in a way that they will surely remember. Jill’s most popular topic title, “Nutrition Education through Entertainment” has been performed for professionals around the country including the Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Wisconsin and Tennessee Dietetic Associations, Action for Healthy Kids in Wisconsin and Illinois, Eat Smart New York and the American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo.

MORETHANKIDDIEROCKThe Jump with Jill CD is exceptional for its content and sound. The CD was:

• Created, written and produced by the Rockstar Nutritionist, Jill Jayne, who meshes her experience as a musician with her credentials as a registered dietitian

• Modeled after Top 40 pop hits to make educational messages stick

• Produced in a variety of genres to reinforce the messages through sound

• Produced with music and kids’ entertainment industry experts:

Loren Israel, A&R—developed The Plain White T’s and Jimmy Eat World

Michael Rosen, mixing and mastering—sound engineer for The Donnas, Papa Roach, Santana, Tesla and Less Than Jake

Beth Richman, Educational Consultant—former Director of Development at Scholastic Media responsible for the hit TV show for kids, Maya and Miguel

• Founded on theories of effective nutrition education

• Performed by real musicians playing real instruments

• Packaged in Digipaks made from 100% recycled board stock with recycled plastic trays

GETTHEMUSICFollow-up exposure to the music improves the impact of the live show. We offer the CDs at discounted rates for schools, fundraisers and catalogs. Visit the MUSIC tab at www.jumpwithjill.com for ordering information.

The music is available for individual digital and physical purchase.


THESTORYTHEEARLYYEARSJill was born in Pittsburgh to an art teacher and construction worker, where she learned how to teach and how to work. In high school, Jill was captain of the cross-country team, lead of the musical and valedictorian. Jill attended Penn State where she graduated with degrees in nutrition and theater. She developed a reputation as the singing nutrition major by creating a popular musical about Penn State’s football coach and producing rock ‘n roll versions of the Penn State fight songs that appeared on ESPN. Just before graduation, Jill landed a job as the writer and host of a nationally-syndicated children’s nutrition program on PBS. Realizing that she could apply her interests in media to address the growing childhood obesity epidemic, Jill moved to the children’s entertainment capital of the world, New York City. While pursuing her registered dietitian (RD) credential and MS in Nutrition Education at Columbia University, Jill racked up stage credits as an off-Broadway actress, public school teacher, Radio Disney DJ, model and puppeteer.

DEVELOPMENTOFJUMPWITHJILLDrawing from her experience in entertainment and training in nutrition, Jill decided to create her own show that could use the same tools of effective mass media to teach kids about health. Jump with Jill debuted in 2006 in Central Park as a free street show, where Jill took tips in a pot. During this time, Jill was also writing and performing with Sunset West, a rock band formed with her brother Mark, spending summers on The Vans Warped Tour and a season of The Next Great American Band from the producer’s of American Idol on FOX. Jill decided to combine the most successful elements of the rock band and the nutrition street show into the greatest nutrition rock show the world would ever see. The Jump with Jill CD was released in 2008 and by 2009, the Jump with Jill show completed the first national tour. CDs were selling, Jill was blogging, people were Friending and reporters wanted interviews.

TODAYSince Jump with Jill’s inception, the show has been performed 750 times for 170,000 kids across the United States. Jill is now a professional Rockstar Nutritionist, and that little idea to use entertainment to address childhood obesity is now a company, Note to Health. Jill keynotes regularly at conferences throughout the country about the science behind her work. Jill is now an expert at creating and delivering interactive media about health for kids and families. She is the poster child for redefining how we teach kids about health, taking her rock ‘n roll nutrition approach to other age groups, audiences and media formats.


Research on Jump with Jill demonstrates kids are tuned in to the Rockstar Nutritionist. Not only does Jump with Jill get kids rockin’ and learnin’, the messages translate into measurable behavioral improvements. These changes include an increase in physical activity, drinking more water and drinking less soda. Even seven months after seeing the show, kids could still recall the messages, particularly about the importance of physical activity. Not bad when you consider how easily kids forget their homework and that Jill’s one time intervention is competing with the well-funded, unhealthy competition kids see daily in advertisements.

STUDYDETAILSIn support of America on the Move, Fort Wayne Cardiology in Indiana conducted an independent evaluation of Jump with Jill in the fall of 2009. Researchers determined the show had a meaningful impact on 3rd, 4th and 5th graders’ behavior with regard to health and fitness. Seven weeks after watching Jump with Jill, 153 students completed a questionnaire examining their responses to the performance.

SPECIFICFINDINGS

AFTERSEEINGTHEJUMPWITHJILLSHOW:

• 75% of all students reported trying to be more active

• 81% of 4th graders and 74% of 3rd graders reported trying to drink more water.

• 58% of the 3rd graders reported trying to drink less soda.

• 80% of 3rd graders reported telling a parent about Jill’s health and nutrition messages.

• More than half of 3rd and 4th graders reported that a family member had changed their behavior due to Jill’s messages – drinking more water, drinking less soda and/or being more active.

SEVENMONTHSAFTERJUMPWITHJILLOf particular significance is a follow-up study conducted seven months after students’ exposure to Jump with Jill. The message regarding the importance of physical activity remained especially strong and continued to be recalled at similar rates to the initial assessment at seven weeks.(1)

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(1) Follow-up results apply only to 3rd and 4th graders, as 5th graders were not available for the follow-up study because they moved to the Middle School.

Chubinski, S. (2009, 12). Report of baseline and 7 month data from children and adults about Jump with Jill Rockstar Nutritionist program. America on the Move board meeting, Fort Wayne, IN.


MEETTHETEAMJILLJAYNE,MS,RD,CREATORJill Jayne is the country’s only Rockstar Nutritionist. She is the leading expert in creating and delivering interactive media about health to kids and families. Jill is the creator of Jump with Jill, as well as the Executive Producer of the show’s accompanying audio CD, Get Me Goin’. Jill’s knack for rock ‘n roll nutrition is the result of being a registered dietitian mixed with her musical experience as lead singer-songwriter of her rock band Sunset West. Jill is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in nutrition education from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in nutrition and theater from Penn State University. Before becoming a professional Rockstar Nutritionist, Jill was writer, producer and host of the nationally-syndicated, nationally-acclaimed children’s nutrition news program What’s in the News for PBS and a New York City public school teacher.

MARKJAYNE,COMMUNICATIONSMANAGERMark Jayne is Jill’s business partner, communications manager, guitar player and brother. Mark handles booking of live Jump with Jill shows, media outreach, and composes & records Jump with Jill music. Mark spent years with and without his sister playing in rock bands that have toured the country wide, including appearances on the Vans Warped Tour and The Next Great American Band on FOX, and has had his music played on ESPN. Mark is a graduate of Penn State University in Corporate Communications and is currently pursuing his M.Ed. at Duquense University.

TREVORGAST,SOUNDENGINEERANDPRODUCERTrevor first worked with the Jayne’s as part of the rock band Sunset West, playing bass in live shows. The three’s first full co-production was Rock on State for Penn State University, released in 2007. With his production prowess and the sense of humor of a 10-year-old, Trevor smoothly transitioned with Jill into kids music with the completion of Get Me Goin’ for Jump with Jill in 2008 and Goin’ on a Journey in 2010. Trevor takes Jill’s scratch demos and verbal ideas for a song, and turns them into full, coherent ideas. In January of 2011, Trevor joined the team full time as the touring sound engineer, known better to audiences as “DJ T”. Trevor holds his B.A. in Music Composition from Penn State University in 2004, where he was drum major of the Penn State Blue Band,

and continued on for graduate studies in Composition and Theory.

LORENISRAEL,SONGDEVELOPMENTLoren Israel is a music producer in Hollywood, CA who specializes in developing independent artists. Loren worked with Jill and her band beginning in 2007 only to discover that her knack for kid’s music was far superior. Because of Loren, Jill wrote the best music of her life to date for the Jump with Jill album. As an A&R executive for Capitol and now an independent consultant, Loren has developed and signed bands like Less Than Jake, Jimmy Eat World, the Plain White T’s and Sugarcult.

BETHA.RICHMAN,ED.M.,EDUCATIONALCONSULTANTBeth Richman is an educational consultant specializing in research and content development for children’s media. Beth ensures that Jill’s crazy educational concepts are clear and age-appropriate. Prior to consulting, Beth was Director of Development and Creative Executive for Scholastic Media where she managed the development and production of new television projects, including Maya and Miguel. Beth has also held several positions in the Education and Research Division of Sesame Workshop. Beth holds a B.A. in English from Amherst College, and an Ed.M. from Harvard University.

MICHAELROSEN,MIXINGANDMASTERINGMichael Rosen is a powerhouse, industry standard for sound engineering. Michael mixed and mastered the Jump with Jill and the Jill & Jam CD. Because of Michael, Jill’s independent music is radio play quality. Michael has engineered and produced records with Rancid, Less Than Jake, AFI, Tesla, The Donnas, Santana, and Journey.

TOMDEJA,GRAPHICDESIGNTom Deja is head honcho at Bossman Graphics, and is responsible for the entire graphic presentation of the Note to Health portfolio, including logos, CD art design, press kits, and client presentations. Tom has worked with clients as varied as Nissan, The Weekly World News, Redbox, and The Second City, for whom he created a 50th Anniversary logo, and is currently assisting in updating their branding. He is also and award-winning illustrator, and had his poster designs featured in The Art of Modern Rock.

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