The National PTA and Jamba Inc. have announced a three-year partnership to support parents and teachers in creating school-based programs that encourage healthy lifestyle choices. With the goal of raising $1 million, the collaboration aims to improve the health and academic performance of students by providing local PTAs with additional funding for their wellness programs.
Programs run the gamut from bike-to-school programs, family fit nights and walkathons to health fairs and a variety of other activities to get kids excited about exercising and making smarter food choices.
To support these initiatives, Jamba and National PTA have created a School Appreciation Card -- a keychain-sized swipe card that can be used with every purchase at participating Jamba Juice locations. Simply go to a participating Jamba Juice store, make a purchase, swipe the card and 12 percent of sales will be donated back to the PTA -- 10 percent to the local PTA and 2 percent to National PTA.
Local PTAs can visit www.jambajuice.com/PTA to register for the swipe cards and a Jamba Juice team member will ship them out to the organzaition.
"Jamba Juice has a great history of supporting schools and students through local event sponsorships and fundraising initiatives where neighborhood Jamba Juice stores donate a percentage of the sales back to participating schools," said Charles J. "Chuck" Saylors, National PTA president. "We are excited to join with the company in this new partnership, which will enable us to further support the impressive grassroots efforts of local PTAs across the country in improving the health and academic performance of their student bodies."
Jamba Juice and National PTA officially kicked-off the partnership Monday in San Francisco with an event honoring 45 PTA schools from across the country for their innovative efforts in improving the health and academic success of their children.
Hosted by the Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila in San Francisco - one of this year's honorees - the event is part of National PTA's Healthy Lifestyles Month, and each winning school will receive up to a $1,000 grant in recognition of their outstanding achievement. The National PTA was able to double the number of grants it usually awards with a generous donation from Jamba Juice, allowing it to better recognize the great work of the nation's top performing PTAs.
