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Healthy eating provides great benefits for our children’s learning process. A campaign has begun to promote healthy nutrition from a young age. We need to support our children with heathly eating behaviors at home and at school.

The Call to Action Document below contains ten keys to promote healthy eating in schools. We must begin to assist the school community in understanding the values to our children’s future and the value to them as well.

Please Pass this along to your schools (click here)

There are many Charitable organizations that will meet your Community Outreach Projects. Here is a list compiled of local area charitable organizations. This is not an exhausted list of the areas possibilities. Get you kids involved - have them look for a need and seize the opportunity to fill it!

Community Outreach Resources

The document link below provides some helpful hints in dealing with Stress and Anxiety among all family members. Stacey DeWitt, founder and CEO of Connect with Kids Network, has talked with parents and kids across the country about issues they face everyday. Many kids today have more opportunities but along with that comes the added anxiety and stress. Read a letter from Stacey DeWitt to help your child with encouragement and support:

Empowered Parenting

Leg Chairs and PTA Presidents:The following is in regards to how you go about making the motion to bring the SPLOST up for a vote at your PTA Meetings…. 

First, it helps if the Exec Bd passes it first. If not the Exec Bd then the Board of Directors should pass it prior to bringing it before the general membership.

All should have a copy of what their school will get out of the SPLOST if passed.That should be handed out with their agenda and a copy of the entire Resolution prior to the meeting so people may view it prior to it coming up for a vote. 

Here is the verbage, if passed from the Board of Directors first, stating it came from the Legislation Committee President: “We have a motion from our Legislation Committee Chair to vote on the proposed Resolution before you to support SPLOST III, the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. Being that it comes from Committee we do not need a Second. We will read the Resolved prior to any vote”

Preferably the person/chair making the motion will read the Resolved as it is written with their school PTA inserted in the appropriate spots. 

” be it  

Resolved, that the (INSERT YOUR SCHOOL HERE) PTA supports the continued use of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) to fund the construction of educational facilities, school renovations, technology and equipment, and other capital outlay needs; and be it further  

Resolved, that the (INSERT YOUR SCHOOL HERE) PTA urges its members and the community to vote YES on the ballot question September 16, 2008, to reauthorize the SPLOST for the Cobb County and the Marietta City School Systems.” 

President, “Are thee any questions? Discussion?” This is where you can also mention if your school got alot from the last SPLOST, ie Walton got 22 new classrooms, Sedalia Park got 12 additional classrooms with technology to go along with that new addition….etc… 

Follow through with that first…..then proceed to the vote 

“All those in favor of this Proposed Resolution say AYE, All those opposed say NAYThe ___________ (Aye’s, Nay’s) have it, the motion ______________ (passes, does not pass)”   Please contact me if you have any additional questions. 

Abby Shiffman
ECCC PTA Legislation & Advocacy Chair
Legislation@ecccpta.org