Kick the Tube Habit April 23-29

This is for Patti!

I don't know if I could it - I guess since I've been in grad school I kinda have been although it wasn't by choice. Last night I did see LOST, but that's the first thing I've seen since last Thursday or Friday besides the weather channel.

Allison Topper, Executive Director of Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity (PANA) invites PA libraries to celebrate National Turn off the TV Week (April 23-29) with communities across the Commonwealth.

PANA is a coalition of various public and private partners working to promote healthy eating and active living across the Commonwealth. This year, PANA is coordinating statewide activities for Turn off the TV Week in schools and communities. The week is designed to provide youth, families, and community members with events and activities that are alternatives to watching TV.

Community organizations, businesses and civic and volunteer groups are encouraged to get involved by promoting existing community events throughout the week. Turning off the television gives us a chance to read, create, think, and connect with our families and engage in our communities.

Here is how you can get involved:

1. Promote existing library events during this week as an alternative to watching TV. To enter events into the state-wide database that will serve as a "calendar of events" by county for the week, please visit: http://www.panaonline.org/programs/khz/enterthezone/turnoffthetv/tot_eventform.php

2. Serve as a local distribution location for event posters. Local community organizations hosting an event would be directed to your library to pick up their promotional posters. If you are willing to serve as a central distribution location for your community, please complete the online from at: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2265DEWXB6F, and posters will be mailed to you in early March.

If you have any questions about Turn off the TV Week, please contact Robyn Ricketts, PANA's Active Communities Coordinator, at rricketts@psu.edu or 717-540-2633.

Quote from Allison Topper: "We look forward to working together to put the week's message in to practice by turning off TV and turning on life!"