Petittion to stop the junk food madness

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Please sign and pass along - Thanks, Joe & ShariThank you in advance for forwarding this petition on to others!We're fighting mad! Right now there are thousands ofmulti-million-dollarcompanies advertising junk food to kids barely old enough totalk. It's onething to advertise junk food to adults who can make intelligentchoicesbased upon their education, knowledge, and experiences. When yougoafter 4-year-old kids to make a buck, and you bombard them withjunk foodads on TV, programming them to reach for a candy bar when theyare hungryand a pop when they are thirsty, that's just wrong! What thesecompanies aretrying to do is create a customer for life! The proof that thisworks sowell is that we are a nation of junk food addicts! The addictedonesinclude a lot of people in the Health Care Industry who see theresults ofthis lopsided programming every day!We are supporting a nonprofit campaign called "Take a FruitBreak," whichaims to create and air 30-second TV commercials all over NorthAmerica thatmake eating fruit just as seductive as eating junk food! We havetriedreaching out to corporations and the media for support for thiscampaign;so far the main feedback that we get from them is fear. Fear oflosing theirsponsors, fear of the bottom line, fear of a loss of revenues. Onthe otherside we are getting an overwhelming positive response fromparents all overNorth America and the UK. So we realize that this is going tohave to be agrass-roots campaign and we are now reaching out to peoplethrough theInternet. WE NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE THIS CAMPAIGN REACH CRITICALMASS.Here's how we can work together to help improve the lives oftoday's kids:1.) Sign this petition by adding your name, city andstate/province to thebottom of this list. If you are the 200th person to add yourname, pleaseforward this email back to info . Thispetition will bepresented to Corporate Executives in the Food and MediaIndustries to showthem that it is good business to promote healthy food products tochildren.What we're telling them with this petition is that people areconcernedabout the way they are doing business.2.) Visit http://www.takeafruitbreak.com to learn more about whatyou can doto help.3.) Forward this email on to your email contacts!THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.----PETITION TO STOP THE JUNK FOOD MADNESS - Below is a list ofpeople concernedabout the amount of junk food being advertised to children.1 Johanna Talifero, Duncan, BC2 Gerald Talifero, Duncan, BC3 Anne Schmidt, Seattle, WA 4 Annette St-Pierre, Stevenson, WA5 Shari Viger, Everett, WA6 Joe Viger, Everett WA7 Jacques Viger, Everett WA8 Taimi Viger, Everett WA

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>[RawSeattle] Re: Petittion to stop the junk food madness >Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:40:34 -0800 > >Please sign and pass along - Thanks, Joe & Shari > > >Thank you in advance for forwarding this petition on to others! > >We're fighting mad! Right now there are thousands of >multi-million-dollar >companies advertising junk food to kids barely old enough to >talk. It's one >thing to advertise junk food to adults who can make intelligent >choices >based upon their education, knowledge, and experiences. When you >go >after 4-year-old kids to make a buck, and you bombard them with >junk food >ads on TV, programming them to reach for a candy bar when they >are hungry >and a pop when they are thirsty, that's just wrong! What these >companies are >trying to do is create a customer for life! The proof that this >works so >well is that we are a nation of junk food addicts! The addicted >ones >include a lot of people in the Health Care Industry who see the >results of >this lopsided programming every day! > >We are supporting a nonprofit campaign called "Take a Fruit >Break," which >aims to create and air 30-second TV commercials all over North >America that >make eating fruit just as seductive as eating junk food! We have >tried >reaching out to corporations and the media for support for this >campaign; >so far the main feedback that we get from them is fear. Fear of >losing their >sponsors, fear of the bottom line, fear of a loss of revenues. On >the other >side we are getting an overwhelming positive response from >parents all over >North America and the UK. So we realize that this is going to >have to be a >grass-roots campaign and we are now reaching out to people >through the >Internet. WE NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE THIS CAMPAIGN REACH CRITICAL >MASS. > >Here's how we can work together to help improve the lives of >today's kids: > >1.) Sign this petition by adding your name, city and >state/province to the >bottom of this list. If you are the 200th person to add your >name, please >forward this email back to info . This >petition will be >presented to Corporate Executives in the Food and Media >Industries to show >them that it is good business to promote healthy food products to >children. >What we're telling them with this petition is that people are >concerned >about the way they are doing business. > >2.) Visit http://www.takeafruitbreak.com to learn more about what >you can do >to help. > >3.) Forward this email on to your email contacts! > >THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. > >---- > >PETITION TO STOP THE JUNK FOOD MADNESS - Below is a list of >people concerned >about the amount of junk food being advertised to children. > >1 Johanna Talifero, Duncan, BC >2 Gerald Talifero, Duncan, BC >3 Anne Schmidt, Seattle, WA >4 Annette St-Pierre, Stevenson, WA >5 Shari Viger, Everett, WA >6 Joe Viger, Everett WA >7 Jacques Viger, Everett WA >8 Taimi Viger, Everett WA >9 Helen H. Sun, Seattle, WA >10 Sara Folz, Port Hadlock, WA

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