Georgia PTA Advocates to Get Junk Food Out of Schools
By Kim Arasin, Georgia PTA Health & Wellness Chair
Georgia PTA is happy to be a part of Georgians for a Healthy Future. As an association founded on Advocacy, Georgia PTA is heavily involved in making a difference in the health and well-being of our children and families. In fact, there are two bills up before Congress in Washington right now that PTA is lobbying heavily to pass. They are H.R. 1324 and S. 934 – the Child Nutrition and Protection Act – aka the Competitive Foods Bill. This past June, my colleague, Natalie Rogers and I were able to participate in an Advocacy Day in DC to lobby Congress and the White House. I met with members of our Georgia Delegation to ask for their co-sponsorship and Natalie met with Michelle Obama’s staff. The bills (very similar to each other, one is house version and the other is senate version) would grant authority to the Secretary of Agriculture to update the standards on the Competitive Foods sold on school campuses.
