CliffClavin
10-20-2004, 02:47 PM
TV-Turnoff Network, formerly TV-Free America, is a nonprofit organization that encourages children and adults to watch much less television in order to promote healthier lives and communities.
Founded in 1994, TV-Turnoff Network is dedicated to the belief that we all have the power to determine the role that television plays in our own lives. Rather than waiting for others to make "better" TV, we can turn it off and reclaim time for our families, our friends, and for ourselves.
TV-Turnoff Network has helped millions of people do just that. Our two primary programs, TV-Turnoff Week and More Reading, Less TV, help people, especially children, to turn off TV and turn on life.
TV-Turnoff Week is a grassroots project that works. More than 65 national organizations, including the American Medical Association, the National Education Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, support or endorse TV-Turnoff Week. TV-Turnoff Week succeeds because our network of thousands works hard to organize local schools, clubs, religious congregations, and communities. Since 1995, more than 24 million people have participated in TV-Turnoff Week.
More Reading, Less TV is a four week program that helps elementary school teachers motivate their students to put down their remote controls and pick up books instead. More than 30,000 students nationwide have benefited from More Reading, Less TV, and the program gets results.
According to an independent study, the program improves students' reading habits and their attitudes toward reading, especially among those who identify themselves as poor readers. Students watch less television, read more, and participate in more screen-free activities than before. Fully 94 percent of teachers would like to participate again.
TV-Turnoff Network also works to raise public awareness about the negative
impact of excessive television. By working with the media, distributing fact sheets, and communicating directly with the public, TV-Turnoff Network continues to shift the debate from concerns about television's content toward an understanding that breaking free of TV is a fun, liberating, and enriching experience.
With a full-time staff of four, TV-Turnoff Network garners the lion's share of its funding from memberships, individual donations, and from sales of its products. Though small, we make a real difference in millions of lives.
Turn off TV - Turn on Life!
http://www.tvturnoff.org
What do you all think about that ?
Founded in 1994, TV-Turnoff Network is dedicated to the belief that we all have the power to determine the role that television plays in our own lives. Rather than waiting for others to make "better" TV, we can turn it off and reclaim time for our families, our friends, and for ourselves.
TV-Turnoff Network has helped millions of people do just that. Our two primary programs, TV-Turnoff Week and More Reading, Less TV, help people, especially children, to turn off TV and turn on life.
TV-Turnoff Week is a grassroots project that works. More than 65 national organizations, including the American Medical Association, the National Education Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, support or endorse TV-Turnoff Week. TV-Turnoff Week succeeds because our network of thousands works hard to organize local schools, clubs, religious congregations, and communities. Since 1995, more than 24 million people have participated in TV-Turnoff Week.
More Reading, Less TV is a four week program that helps elementary school teachers motivate their students to put down their remote controls and pick up books instead. More than 30,000 students nationwide have benefited from More Reading, Less TV, and the program gets results.
According to an independent study, the program improves students' reading habits and their attitudes toward reading, especially among those who identify themselves as poor readers. Students watch less television, read more, and participate in more screen-free activities than before. Fully 94 percent of teachers would like to participate again.
TV-Turnoff Network also works to raise public awareness about the negative
impact of excessive television. By working with the media, distributing fact sheets, and communicating directly with the public, TV-Turnoff Network continues to shift the debate from concerns about television's content toward an understanding that breaking free of TV is a fun, liberating, and enriching experience.
With a full-time staff of four, TV-Turnoff Network garners the lion's share of its funding from memberships, individual donations, and from sales of its products. Though small, we make a real difference in millions of lives.
Turn off TV - Turn on Life!
http://www.tvturnoff.org
What do you all think about that ?