National Turnoff Week, formerly TV Turnoff Week, is April 21-27, 2008.
National Turnoff Week, formerly TV Turnoff Week, is April 21-27, 2008.
Are you interested in learning more about National Turnoff Week and how to help your community reduce screen time by organizing Turnoff Activities? Reducing screen time is a major tenet of the We Can!
program. And, we are pleased to be working with the organizers of
National Turnoff Week to bring to you an exciting opportunity to sign-up for free training sessions.
New York State Turnoff Week 2008 Organizer*s Kit Training sessions start
today, Monday, February 4th through Tuesday, February 26. There are
sixteen 2-hour training sessions scheduled in locations across the State, offered by the New York Department of Health-Obesity Prevention Division and the Center for SCREEN-TIME Awareness. These free training sessions are open to ALL New York residents. Check out the official Turnoff Week website for the training schedule, registration form and instructions on ordering free materials: http://www.screentime.org/actions.php?id=68
The free materials available from the New York State Department of Health include a CD-Rom of the Turnoff Week Organizer's Kit and 3 posters. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about Turnoff and build it into your We Can! programming.
The Turnoff team also invites you to share your We Can! updates with others in your community during these trainings. Please let us know if you plan to attend and if you need We Can! brochures or other materials to distribute.
