SpankOut Day Ideas
Ideas for Recognizing
SpankOut Day, April 30th
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Easy and inexpensive ideas | ||
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| Get children to write/speak about how spanking affects them | Have SpankOut Day/parenting information on your website | Write and send news articles on positive parenting/SpankOutDay |
| Send out media releases on what your organization does to end spanking and promote positive discipline | Secure a Proclamation from Mayor/County Commissioners for SpankOut Day and publish in the newspaper | Take positive parenting materials to school personnel for distribution to parents |
| Write an Op-Ed article on positive discipline for newspaper | Letters to churches, businesses, agencies promoting SpankOut Day | Coloring contest: "Hands Are Not For Hitting" |
| Have children write why they love positive discipline and publish in newspaper | Parent packets on positive discipline for organizations to distribute | Distribute fact sheets on progress in ending corporal punishment to organizations |
| Placemats in restaurants | Posters/Flyers | Articles in church newsletters |
| Decorate bulletin boards in public buildings | Put up "Hands Are Not For Hitting" bulletin boards | Send 10, 30 & 60 second radio spots to stations |
| Get your city governing body to declare the city a "Spank-Free Zone" | Write an article on SpankOut Day for your organization newsletter | Distribute "10 Reasons for NOT Hitting Children" handout |
| Sponsor an essay contest for children | Displays at events and businesses | Distribute SpankOut Stickers |
| Get SpankOut Day endorsements from parents, organizations and businesses | Send out public service announcements to radio stations | Give Parents who don't spank a Peaceful Parent Certificate |
| Walkathon | Distribute handouts on college campuses | Family Fun Day/Night with speakers on positive discipline |
| Display SpankOut banner in town square | Class/School Banner Contest | Put up "Spank-Free Zone" cards in public places |
| Help teens produce a video on positive discipline | Distribute "10 Guidelines for Raising a Well-Behaved Child" | Give out "Materials for the Faith Community" |
Easy ideas with some cost involved | ||
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| Give out SpankOut T-shirts and Positive Discipline magnets | Sponsor a Family Celebration picnic with music and speakers | Workshop on positive discipline |
| Greet parents with coffee and donuts and provide brochures at child care centers | Run a local "help line" on positive discipline through your organization telephone/email | Have staff and employees wear ribbons |
| Billboards: "It's Never Right to Hit a Child" | Distribute bumper stickers "Never Hit a Child" | Do a forum of community leaders to address positive parenting |
| Take out an ad in a newsletter promoting SpankOut Day and your organizations' programs | ||
Individuals and groups to involve | |||
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| Mayors and local government | Restaurants | Health Departments | Schools |
| Child Care Centers | Churches | Businesses | Youth Groups |
| Service Clubs | Libraries | Grocery Stores | Radio |
| Newspaper | Chamber of Commerce | Preschool Parents | Church Groups |
| Hospitals | University Students | Health Care Providers | Child Protective Services |