National PTA joins forces with Coca-Cola

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggghhhhhhhh! Thanks Dr.Marasco for the article. I will exit

out of my e-mails now and log on to the PTA website and call the 1-800 number

now.

Theresa

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At the risk of reviving this dreadful topic I thought that you guys

would appreciate this article. We may not agree on what to do, but

we all agree that this is NUTZ!

The National PTA Snuggles Up With Coca Cola

" Instead of promoting the welfare of children, the National PTA is

promoting the welfare of a corporation that seeks to fill them with

sugar and caffeine. " writes Ruskin, Executive Director of

Commercial Alert.

Sponsorship of the National Parent Teacher Organization has become a

commercial fete. It enables corporations to align themselves with

the PTA for benefits such as the " Proud Sponsor of National PTA "

mark on product packaging and sponsored program materials,

recognition in NPTA's publications, National Conventions, and

Exhibitions, as well as development of press materials and media

messages about the sponsorship.

On June 4th Commercial Alert sent a letter to NPTA's President

Shirley Igo asking her to cancel Coca-Cola's NPTA sponsorship. You

can read that letter at Commercial Alert's website.

What can you do? Contact National PTA President Shirley Igo at the

toll free number 1-800-307-4782. Her office is extension 312. Her

assistant is Barbara Sargent. The PTA's fax is (312) 670-6783 and

the email address is info@.... Please tell them that the

National PTA should sever its ties with Coca-Cola. Let them know

that it is inappropriate for the National Parent Teacher Association

to promote Coca-Cola, Disney, Microsoft, or any other corporation,

or its products.

For more information contact Ruskin (503) 235-8012