PTA Parent: November 2011 |
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Parents can download PTA Healthy Lifestyles: A Parent’s Guide as well as a toolkit developed in partnership with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver at PTA.org/goodchoices. Both resources provide tips to parents on how to eat healthy and stay active as a family. The Parent’s Guide is also available in Spanish. Parents can also tell their PTAs about the resources available for local units to promote healthy lifestyles in schools. It’s not too late for a unit to get started. A promotional toolkit is also available at PTA.org/goodchoices.
November Safety Tip General Mills has issued a recall of their Chocolate Flavor Fiber One 90-Calorie Chewy Bars after a production error resulted in a limited number of improperly labeled individually wrapped bars. Consumers allergic to peanuts should not consume Fiber One 90-Calorie products from five-count boxes bearing the “Better If Used By” date of “19May2012BV” on top of the box. For more information on these recent food recalls and for more safety information go to ClickCheckandProtect.org. PTA Issues Call for Convention Presenters National PTA has issued a call for workshop presenters for the 116th Annual National PTA Convention and Exhibition in San Jose, California. If you or someone you know is interested in presenting a workshop go to the Call for Workshop Presenters page on PTA.org. The National PTA Convention will be held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. National PTA will offer 60 top-quality workshops centered on six topic tracks, with 10 workshops per track. Each workshop will last 90 minutes and focus on topics that advance PTA’s mission and meet the needs and goals of the association and its members. The convention attracts hundreds of PTA leaders from the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and Europe seeking new ideas, tools, and inspiration to grow their PTAs. Attendees positively influence school decisions and legislation affecting the well-being of millions of children. When they leave the convention, attendees share the valuable information they learned with their schools, communities, and fellow PTA members.
PTA Responds to Negative Portrayal of PTA Members On October 26, National PTA President Betsy Landers issued a letter to Paul Lee, president of ABC Entertainment, to respond to the network’s casting of PTA members in a negative light. Recent episodes of the series “Desperate Housewives” and “Suburgatory” used PTAs as a way to poke fun at the lives of some families. Landers wrote that there are millions of families that are fighting to ensure their children have a high quality education. She stated that ABC should “educate its viewers about PTA, as well as the significance and positive effects of family engagement.” Landers also wrote that “As a major network with enormous reach, ABC has a responsibility to its viewers and the American public to call positive attention to everyday champions of children and the state of education.” PTA Proud National Sponsor Message
November is PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month. Malt-O-Meal, a Proud National Sponsor of PTA, is dedicated to providing families access to a great-tasting breakfast that is easy on the wallet and the earth. Through PTA’s Healthy Lifestyles initiative, and with Malt-O-Meal’s support, National PTA has awarded grants to local units for implementing programs that promote healthy lifestyles in the home, school, and community. More than 20 million families start their mornings with a breakfast that includes Malt-O-Meal cereal. Beginning each day with a bowl of whole-grain cereal creates a diet high in nutrients, vitamins, and minerals for great energy and endurance. Ready-to-eat cereal also has fewer calories than almost any other breakfast option and is a great way to incorporate whole grains into your diet. Malt-O-Meal hopes to continue helping families make smarter choices and live healthier lives.
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November is PTA® Healthy Lifestyles MonthSM, and PTA provides parents a wealth of information on how to promote healthy lifestyle choices.
