Re: Dr. Laura and Toys-R-Us

["Sharron L. McElmeel" <smcelmeel@ESC.CR.K12.IA.US>]

It occurs to me that we might be wise not to reinforce the idea of
"cancellation of support" but rather might simply thank them for
contributing to the efforts of librarians and the general public to
encourage young readers to read and think for themselves and express out
appreciation for their support to build reading rooms for young readers.
:>)  JMHO
I think it's a great idea to contact Toys R US; I'm not so sure in terms of
Colin Powell as he is commanding big $ to keynote and I'm not sure that he
has that much of a message for LMS -- more of a political agenda in some
people's opinion.  I'm not sure of my own opinion -- just thinking about it.
Sharron McElmeel

At 11:39 AM -0400 5/12/99, Chris Finer wrote:
 http://www.toysrus.com/" Via Toys R Us Web Site Click on 'customer
>>service' and then select 'contact Toys R Us'.=A0 Click the pulldown menu
>>by 'subject' and highlight 'corporate comments'
>>from the list and you will be given an email message form to use to
>>submit your endorsement.=A0 (Thanks to the Dr. Laura listener for this
>>information!)
>

>Here is the message I sent to Toys-R-Us.  Imagine if we ALL wrote?  They'd
>never know what hit 'em!
>snip>
>Please rethink your cancelation of support for the ALA's children's reading
>room.  Dr. Laura does NOT reflect the views of most of the nation!  You
>sell toy guns, action figures, and so forth -- you can counterbalance this
>a little by encouraging children to read and think for themselves.  I look
>forward to hearing your response.
>

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