THIS CAMPAIGN IS NOW COMPLETED
Here is the final report.
Family-Friendly Checkout Update!
THANK
YOU to everyone who has participated in the Family
Friendly Checkout Campaign.
YOUR VOICE is being heard by grocers in Sudbury
and their head offices. BACKGROUND
Between 2004 and 2009, hundreds of Sudburians participated in the
“Family Friendly Checkout Campaign”, a community-wide initiative
regarding the sale and display of sexually-explicit materials at
grocer checkouts. During this period, store managers and head
offices were contacted and presented with a petition containing
over 500 signatures. Options discussed were to move, cover, or
unsubscribe sexually-explicit magazines
GROCER RESPONSE SUMMARY
Grocer response to the Campaign varied from heavily defensive to
overwhelmingly supportive, and everything in between.
The favourite? Ramsey Lake Food Market on Elgin Street. They
cancelled all pornographic subscriptions and offered to sign the
petition. Give your Kudos to Bhavesh the Manager, the next
time you visit Ramsey Lake Food Market on Elgin.
Here is a summary, correct to the best of our
knowledge:
AND NOW THE NEXT STEP! Make your voice count!
If
you agree that sexually-explicit magazines in the checkout
are not appropriate for our community, let your grocer
know! Many grocers think it is not important because NOT
ENOUGH PEOPLE SAY ANYTHING to them. Now is your chance. Your
shopping dollar speaks volumes – grocers have told me so.
Let’s continue to encourage grocers to do their part! So take
a deep breath and: - take the magazine in
question - ask to speak with the
manager - respectfully indicate this is not
appropriate (or however you are comfortable communicating
it) - ask the grocer what they are willing to do
to create a more family friendly environment
or
- thank them for working to create family
friendly spaces!
If you
have 2 more minutes, follow up with a letter to the store and CC to
the head office:
2nd Floor, North Tower1 President’s Choice Circle Brampton, Ontario L6Y 5S5Customer Service: 1-866-596-7277
| Head office for Metro, Food Basics, LOEB, Super C: Andre Gagne VP Merchandising Metro Ontario Inc. 5559 Dundas St., West Etobicoke, ON M9B 1B9 Customer Service: 1-877-763-7374 | Head office for Real Canadian Superstore, Independent Grocers, Valu-mart: Lisa Dupere Customer Relations Loblaw Companies Limited |
See the attached from Focus on the Family for more about this topic, as well as answers to common objections. Remember, God can give you the courage and the words! Don't believe the lie that these things don't matter. They do, and you can make a difference.
Report by Jane Djivre, October 13, 2009
ACTION ALERT!
We were created to be SALT and LIGHT in our community.
Together we CAN make a difference!!
Tired of seeing sensual images and offensive captions at the store checkout?
Here's your chance to DO something about it!!
SPEAK OUT FOR A FAMILY FRIENDLY CHECKOUT
Each church in Greater Sudbury is invited to participate in a community-wide petition regarding the display of sexually explicit material.
It's easy to participate:
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Take 5 FOR FAITH: *
Please pray that the eyes of our fellow believers will be opened to
see how damaging soft pornography is to the hearts and minds of our
precious families, and the potential we have as we do something
about it in unity.
* Pray that local retailers and their head offices will respond favourably.
- Take 5 for ACTION: Sign the petition at your church!!! OR Download a petition and Focus on the Family INFO SHEET HERE and ask your priest or paster if you can collect signatures from your church!
YOU'RE DONE!
All petitions will be collated, copied and respectfully presented to grocers and retailers in the region. Take 5 minutes, act in obedience and see God move!
James 2:14-18, 26 (The Message version):
14-17 Dear friends, do you think you'll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, "Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!" and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn't it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?
18 I can already hear one of you agreeing by saying, "Sounds good. You take care of the faith department, I'll handle the works department." Not so fast. You can no more show me your works apart from your faith than I can show you my faith apart from my works.
26 Faith and works, works and faith, fit together hand in glove. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse.