Date: May 1 - 4, 2008
Place: Shenango Valley Mall, Hermitage, PA 16148
Purpose: To provide information on Indoor Air Quality & Health at the Spring Bazaar Event
Time: Mall Hours: 10 - 9 all 4 days
What you can do:
- Come help us: pass out literature on Indoor Air Quality from the EPA and the American Lung Association. We will be providing information on how IAQ affects the health of building occupants, especially children in schools.
- Learn: about "Going Green" at home & in schools
- Sign our petition: which we will forward to Pennsylvania's Governor Rendell asking for his support in creating strong, effective laws supporting cleaner air and smoke free public places in Pennsylvania.
- Bring the Kids: We will have something special for the children so they can learn about IAQ and how they can help.
- Our Green Friend, Dee, from "More Tranquility" will be giving 5 minute mini-chair massages on Thursday, May 1 from 3 - 6 or 7 PM.
- And more . . .
Created:
- G-mail: greengrannies@gmail.com
- Blog: http://greengrannies.blogspot.com - Please feel free to comment
- Created a website: http://www.greengrannies.x10hosting.com/ - Thanks Amy!!
Sent:
- National Healthy Schools Day Postcard reminders to all public schools in Mercer, Lawrence, Crawford, Venango, Butler and Erie Counties, many private schools in Mercer, Lawrence, and Crawford counties and all the colleges in the Tri-county area.
- National Healthy Schools Day Postcard reminders were sent to all the Parents, Grandparents & Friends on our Green Grannies & Friends e-mail list.
- Letter to the Editor, Sharon Herald, PA: Letter #1 - [3-6-08] Topic: Health concerns for children and staff during school renovations
- Letter to the Editor, Sharon Herald, PA: Letter #2 - [3-26-08] Topic: Questions parents should ask of administrators and builders prior to school renovations
Thanked:
- Green Grannies and Friends for sending e-mails and letters to our State Representatives asking them to support National Healthy Schools Day, April 28.
- It's not too late: send an e-mail to your state legislator and thank them for supporting National Healthy Schools Day: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/find.cfm
Meeting / Presentations:
- 2-8-08: Met with State Representative Mark Longietti, Mercer County, PA who is sponsoring a statewide resolution for National Healthy Schools Day.
- 4-3-08: A well received talk & discussion with the Sharon La Leche League on the affects of Indoor Air Quality on children’s health
- 4-4-08: Met with local members to discuss the local National Healthy Schools Event at the Shenango Valley Mall Spring Bazaar Event, May 1 - 4, 2008
WHAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW:
- Send an e-mail to your state representative, click below, find your local representative and say thank you for supporting National Healthy Schools Day, on April 28 and thank them for strengthening legislation to clean up and green up our state: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/find.cfm
- If you can help us at the mall event - e-mail us: greengrannies@gmail.com
- Check out :Lessons Learned - a national study on how indoor air quality is affecting 32,000,000 children nationwide - http://www.healthyschools.org/documents/Lessons_Learned_Rpt.pdf
- To learn more check out: http://www.nationalhealthyschoolsday.org/
- To join our efforts and volunteer to help at: greengrannies@gmail.com
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