Simple Living 101: Appendices: Promotional Material

Appendices 63

Additional Resources 63
- Family Activities, Community Building, Celebrating: Advent & Christmas; Celebrating Year-round; Easter & Lent; Environment (Care of Creation); Media Literacy; Music/Worship 63
Alternatives’ Simpler Living Community Network
(incorporating SLOW Down Network) 66
Promotion 72
Promotion Material
Simple Flier [URL's for Fliers and Other Distribution/Promotion]
A typical publicity plan promotes the event through:

1. Host’s newsletter. Use or adapt the following Bulletin Blurb or Media Release.

2. Media release to newspapers within 50 miles of the event site.

3. Media release and Public Service Announcement (PSA) to radio and TV stations.

4. Newsletter/Bulletin Blurb to community churches within 30 miles of the event.

5. Host’s Sunday service bulletins

6. Letter, postcard, or email message to constituents. Use or adapt the following Bulletin Blurb or Media Release.

7. Other media (optional): posters, website postings and social media

8. Take the media release “Alternatives Offers Speakers and Support for Simpler Living” to your local editor(s). It is available on our website anytime at About Us >> News.”

9. For more help, read 1) “Reaching Out Through the Media,” pp. 74-75; 2) “Publicity” in “How to Organize an Alternative Christmas Community Festival,” pp. 48-49; and 3) “Publicizing the Workshop” in “Leader’s Guide to ‘Unplug the Christmas Machine’ Workshop” and Social Media Supplement

10. Unless you have a captive audience, like a Sunday School class, or a very popular or controversial topic, it takes a great deal of promotion to get busy people to respond. “Piggy-back” on an established event or forum if possible. Then use many forms of promotion, not just one.

Workshop Descriptions

You and your hosts will need a brief description of your workshop for publicity. Here are two examples.

1. Voluntary Simplicity: Living More with Less. Life too busy, too stressed? Choosing to live more simply benefits us, others and God’s Creation. Give and get more by consuming less. Use fewer resources. How much “stuff” is “enough”? Practical ideas for a lifestyle of greater simplicity and integrity. Presenter: [YOUR NAME], a representative of Simple Living Works!

2. Voluntary Simplicity: Celebrating Responsibly. Find more meaning in celebrations, especially Christmas, by emphasizing relationships instead of “things.” Practical ideas to deal with Santa. What to do with the disproportionate burden that women bear in preparations. How to help the needy instead of spending so much on ourselves. Presenter: [YOUR NAME], a representative of the all-volunteer organization Simple Living Works!

Public Service Announcement (PSA)
Bulletin Blurb

[Your letterhead or Alternatives’]

Life too busy, too stressed? A volunteer from a representative of the all-volunteer organization Simple Living Works!, will present “Living More with Less,” [EVENT DAY/DATE/TIMES/SITE/STREET ADDRESS/CITY]. Included in the event will be audience participation, preparations for celebrating Christmas responsibly, and the award-winning video “Break Forth into Joy!: Beyond the Consumer Lifestyle.” The public is welcome at no charge. A potluck lunch will be served. A free-will offering will be received. For more information, call [YOUR NAME/PHONE].

One-liners (for worship bulletin)

Hear about Alternatives for Simple Living and “Living More with Less,” [EVENT DAY/DATE/TIMES/SITE/STREET ADDRESS/CITY]. For more information, call [PHONE].
Life too busy, too stressed? Come to “Living More with Less,” [EVENT/DAY/DATE/TIMES/SITE/STREET ADDRESS/CITY].

Media Release

[Your letterhead or Alternatives’]
MEDIA RELEASE – Release at will [Date]

Editors: For more information or an interview, contact [YOUR NAME/PHONE] or SimpleLivignWorks AT yahoo DOT com.

Simple Living Works! Comes to [YOUR TOWN], [EVENT DATE]

Life too busy, too stressed? Christmas losing its meaning? Choosing to live and celebrate more simply benefits us, others and our Earth. That's the message of Simple Living Works! which continues the mission of Alternatives. A volunteer will present “Living More with Less” and “Celebrating Responsibly,” [EVENT DAY/DATE/TIMES/SITE/STREET ADDRESS/CITY]. Included in the event will be audience participation, preparations for celebrating Christmas responsibly, and the award-winning video “Break Forth into Joy!: Beyond the Consumer Lifestyle.” The public is welcome at no charge. A potluck lunch will be served. A free-will offering will be received.

Alternatives has produced resources for responsible living and celebrating since 1973. For resources (some in Spanish) for Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, weddings, and other celebrations, visit SimpleLivingWorks.org.

The speaker will deal with topics such as – How much “stuff” is “enough”? Practical ideas for a lifestyle of integrity. How to give and get more by consuming fewer resources. How to find more meaning in celebrations, especially Christmas, by emphasizing relationships instead of things. Ways to deal with Santa. What to do with the disproportionate burden that women bear in preparations.

Alternatives is a nonprofit organization that “equips people of faith to challenge consumerism, live justly, and celebrate responsibly.” Started as a protest against the commercialization of Christmas, it encourages celebrations year-round that reflect conscientious ways of living. For over 30 years, Alternatives has led the movement to live more simply and faithfully. The many staff members and volunteers of Alternatives have developed a wide variety of resources, organized an annual Christmas Campaign, held the Best and Worst Christmas Gift Contest, led numerous workshops, and reached countless people with the message of simple, responsible living. Alternatives emphasizes relationships and traditions over things, thereby helping to avoid stress and debt, and promoting alternative giving – helping the needy instead of spending so much on ourselves.

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Reaching Out Through the Media
By Heidi K. Roy

Holiday sale ads, stories about crowded shopping malls, and articles that offer Christmas gift suggestions clutter our mailboxes, fill the airwaves and invade our homes during the months preceding the celebration of the birth of Christ. Whether we want to believe it or not, television, radio and newspapers play a large role in commercializing our Christmas.

However, the media also can be used to tell the other side. Perhaps you have seen an article in your local newspaper about an alternative Christmas festival or have heard a radio talk show on the pros and cons of Santa Claus. While these stories sometimes seem overshadowed by the chaos of Christmas time, they too can have an impact.

By reaching out through the media, you can help to change the way others celebrate Christmas. By introducing people to the alternatives, you can teach others that Christmas and other holidays can be more meaningful and less commercialized.

In November and December, many newspapers, television stations and radio stations will be looking for interesting Christmas stories. Whether you are planning a community Christmas festival, an alternative Christmas workshop or another alternative Christmas celebration, let the media know. Media events such as rallies, demonstrations, street theater and press conferences that offer unusual photo opportunities can also get the media’s attention. Local media will be especially interested in finding out what is happening within the community.

There are a number of ways to share your message with the public. Media releases, public service announcements, letters to the editor and advertisements are some of the ways to get your message heard.

Writing a Media Release

If an activity or project you’re undertaking is news, a media release should be written and sent to all relevant media. Consider the following guidelines when preparing a media release:
- Always type your copy double-spaced on 8 1/2" x 11" paper, using only one side.
- Leave at least one-inch margins on both sides so that the copy may be edited.
- Include information about the contact person. Type your name, title, organization, address and telephone number.
- Make sure the first paragraph covers the who, what, where, when, why and how of your event.
- If your release runs more than one page, type “– more –” at the bottom of the page and number each page. Repeat contact person information at the top of each page.
- Type “###” or “30” at the end of your release.
- Mail, email, fax or hand-deliver the finished release to all newspapers and magazines and television and radio stations in your area. Also don’t forget to include community, office and church newsletters on your mailing list.
- Look over the following sample media release as you prepare one of your own.
Sample Media Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mary Jones, Director
First Church Alternative Christmas Campaign
1000 Main Street, Mayville, CT 06000
(203) 555-0101
November 1, 2000

What Is Important About Christmas?

The congregation of First Church of Mayville is urging its members and community to consider what is really important about Christmas. On Saturday, November 25th, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the First Church of Mayville will hold its 2nd annual Alternative Christmas Workshop.

Leaders of the workshop will discuss alternative Christmas giving, the role of Santa Claus and the focus of Christmas in the household. Free household Christmas booklets will be given to each participant.

Participation is open to the public at no charge. Reservations must be made by noon, November 20th, by calling 555-0101. ##

Preparing Public Service Announcements

Radio and television stations generally have free announcement times or space for community events or public service information. Take advantage of this free publicity by preparing public service announcements (PSAs) that inform the public of your alternative Christmas events. Consider these guidelines:
- Always type your announcements double-spaced on 8 1/2" x 11" paper. Leave at least one-inch side margins.
- Include information about the contact person at the top of the page.
- Write copy to fit 10-, 20-, 30-, 45- or 60-second spots. A 10-second announcement is about 25 words long; a 20-second is about 50 words; a 60-second is about 150 words. While the station determines how frequently to run a spot, shorter spots will generally be aired more often.
- Always identify sponsoring groups clearly.
- Write scripts that get attention. Show how the listener can benefit and ask for action – such as calling for more information.
- Remember that since radio and television stations air public service announcements free of charge to nonprofit groups, no commercial references can be included.
- Mail, email, fax or hand-deliver PSAs to stations at least two weeks before you want them aired.
Sample Public Service Announcement

John Smith, Director
Newtown Alternative Christmas Festival
2000 First Avenue
Newtown, WA 91234
(206) 555-0101

Christmas Festival Offers Alternatives
FOR USE THROUGH DECEMBER 8

November 1, 2000

20-Second: Join in celebrating Christmas at Newtown’s fifth annual Alternative Christmas Festival. Puppet plays, live music, crafts and other activities are available for all ages. Celebrate with the community at the First Church of Newtown on Saturday, December 9th from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Child care available.

30-Second: “Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?” is the theme of Newtown’s fifth annual Alternative Christmas Festival. This community birthday party for Jesus offers refreshments, live music, puppet plays, a self-help craft shop and other activities and displays. Join us in honoring the one whose birthday it is at the First Church of Newtown on Saturday, December 9th from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more information call John or Ellen Smith at 555-0101.

Other Publicity Tactics

Media releases and public service announcements are only two of the many ways to publicize special events and alternative opinions. Often radio and television stations have sound-off spots where people can air their views on various subjects. Radio phone-in shows are another forum.

You can share your views by writing a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. Think about hanging posters on your community and office bulletin boards. One innovative church even placed an ad in their local newspaper inviting the community to join in simplifying Christmas. And don’t forget one of the easiest and most effective forms of advertising – word of mouth! For examples, see the following letter to the editor and newspaper advertisement written and sent in by Alternatives’ supporters.

Letter to the Editor

November 17, 2000
The Daily Reveille
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Christmas
Editor:

Christmas is coming. Merchants are doing their best to help us prepare for this wonderful day. After all is said and done, we will have spent approximately $20 billion on extra purchases just for this event. Maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to blame them for starting to push December 25th in October or September since it is going to take a bit more of our time in those checkout lanes to spend more money this year.

Christmas is a time of year when we are more generous and caring towards others. It is also a time when suicide and depression run rampant. “Tis the season” to say “I love you” or “I care about you,” usually with some material gift. But do those gifts really bring us much satisfaction in life? We try so hard during the four or five week Christmas season to be so good and happy. But on the day after Christmas, most of us are a bit down if not down right depressed. Somehow the whole Christmas season seems to be phony on December 26th.

But Christmas can become a more meaningful celebration for you if you decide to try to do a few things differently this year. Drop Christmas activities that are not enjoyable or meaningful. Dream up new ways to celebrate what Christmas means to you whether that be the celebration of human love and caring for each other or the Christian celebration of Jesus who showed us the way to love and care for each other – even unto death.

Give the gifts of yourself and your time to the people you really care about and want to love more. Give your best friend a gift certificate for an evening on the town together. You can celebrate both the gift and the relationship that is nurtured by the gift in the new year when time is less hectic. Give your little sister or brother a gift certificate for a free lesson in making something. Write Mom and Dad a letter about some special thing they taught you when you were growing up.

Seriously consider volunteering your services in the new year to a human service organization that helps people all year long. This way you can keep your Christmas spirit going throughout the coming year. The Big Buddy Program (phone #) and Operation Up-Grade (phone #) have been found to be rewarding by many students here at LSU.

For more ideas on gift giving and other ways to celebrate Christmas in more meaningful ways, come to hear me speak on Alternative Christmas Celebrations at 7:30 tonight at St. Alban's Episcopal Student Center.

Brenda Broussard

Sample Advertisement

Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?

A sobering fact: Last year, Americans spent $30+ billion on Christmas gifts for family and friends, thus honoring the American economy more than the one whose birthday it is. We are supporting one another in simplifying Christmas this year. We provide quiet time for reflection in our worship. Join us! Sunday 10:30 AM.

Mt. Hollywood Congregational Church,
4607 Prospect Avenue, L.A., CA 90027
(213) 666-1222
Worship 10:30 A.M.

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Heidi K. Roy was a staff member of Alternatives for seven years.

Graphics…

…for event publicity, hand-outs, etc. For more, see Alternatives’ poster and bulletin insert collections. All of this art may be copied, but not sold. Include the following credit: “© Creative Commons. Visit SimpleLivingWorks.org.” If you have room, include our Mission Statement: “equipping people for faith to challenge consumerism, live justly and celebrate responsibly” since 1973.

For more art, see Archives >> Spirit of Simplicity >> ART, and Worship Alternatives >> ART.

RESOURCE INDEX

These pages may be copied and used as a handout/order form. At the end of most entries is a number referring to a page in this book. Go there to find more description of that resource. Items having no page number are not mentioned in “Simple Living 101,” so check our Website.

VIDEOs & CDs

Alternatives’ Audio Series - most free at Archives >> Audio

* Christmas Audio Trilogy. 65 min. (The Celebration Revolution of Alexander Scrooge; Let’s Get Off the Christmas Roller Coaster; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas)
* Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas VIDEO: 18 min. DVD, CD – 24, 54, 60.
* Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 CDs. 70+ min.
* What Does JESUS Want for Christmas? 70 min.
* Living Simply and Loving It! 70+ min.
* Carols with Justice. 60 min.
* Stories & Songs of Simple Living. 10 selections. CD, Book, Cassette
* Let Jesus Come, Let Santa Go: Celebrating an Alternate Christmas. 3 hours.
* Affluenza and Escape from Affluenza. 60 min. each. $30 each. Book. 300 pp. $17. –61
* Break Forth into Joy! Beyond a Consumer Lifestyle, study guide. DVD 45 min. – 25, 61

BOOKS, etc.
- * Adviento. Spanish “Whose Birthday?” 1997 to 2005.– 40
  * The Good Life Curriculum: 5 Lessons to Nurture Simplicity Within Christian Communities. For Vacation Bible School, camps, midweek school.
  * The Book of New Family Traditions: How to Create Great Family Rituals for Holidays & Everyday. Meg Cox. 128 pp. $13.
  * The Conscious Consumer: Promoting Economic Justice Through Fair Trade-3rd Ed. Rose Benz Ericson. Shift 5% of the average U.S. household budget (just $415!) to products from Fair Trade businesses would make a big difference in the lives of artisans and small farmers at home and overseas. 24 pp. $3.
  * Fairly Traded Organic Coffee, Tea, Hot Cocoa. Drink with your conscience. Support small farming co-ops, not multinational corporations. From Equal Exchange -
  * Extending the Table. A World Community Cookbook. Joetta Handrich Schlabach. 1000 recipes and 300 stories from more than 80 countries in the spirit of More-with-Less. 336 pp. $14. -
  * How Much Is Enough? Hungering for God in an Affluent Culture. Arthur Simon, Bread for the World. 190 pp. $12. -
  * A Call to Peace: 52 Meditations on the Family Pledge of Nonviolence. Jim McGinnis. 128 pp. $5. -
  * Dealing Creatively with Death: A Manual of Death Education & Simple Burial: Updated & Revised. Earnest Morgan. 160 pp. $15.-
  * Extending the Table: a World Community Cookbook – Joetta Handrich Schlabach. 336 pp. $16. – 40
  * Food and Faith: Justice, Joy & Daily Bread. Michael Schut of Earth Ministry, ed. 296 pp. $15. – 40
  * Greeting Cards. Visit web site Archives for details.
  * Hundred Dollar Holiday: The Case for a More Joyful Christmas – Bill McKibben. 96 pp. $12.
  * Inviting God In: Scriptural Reflections and Prayers Throughout the Year. Joyce Rupp. 160 pp. $13.
  * Living More with Less – Doris Janzen Longacre. 294 pp. $12. – 62
  * Living More with Less Study/Action Guide UPDATED – Delores Histand Friesen. 111 pp. $10. – 25, 62
  * Living Simply: Studies in Learning to Live as Jesus Did. Murray Sheard. 45 pp. $5. -
  * More-with-Less Cookbook – Doris Janzen Longacre. Recipes to eat better and consume less of the world’s limited food resources. 332 pp. 25th Anniversary Ed. 328 pp.$16–40
  * National Green Pages: A directory of products and services for people and the planet – current edition. 250 pp. $6.
  * Posters
  Acts of Mercy
  Beatitudes
  Gandhi: 7 Deadly Social Sins
  Living More with Less
  Ten Commandments
  * A Simple Christmas – Alice Chapin. 256 pp. $15.– 40
  * Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: a Christian Perspective. Henri Nouwen, Richard Foster, Cecile Andrews and others; foreword by Bill McKibben; Michael Schut, ed. 300 pp. $15. – 62
  * The Simpler Living Alternatives Calendar for Any Year. Ideal for a bulletin insert series – 25
  * Simple Living Investments – Michael Phillips and Catherine Campbell. 58 pp. $6. – 62
  * Simplify & Celebrate! Embracing Soul of Christmas. 200 pp. $16. – 24, 40
  * Sing Justice! Do Justice! New Hymn & Song Texts to Familiar & New Tunes. $8. CD, $10. – 25, 65
  * Six Weeks to a Simpler Lifestyle – B.D./D.A. Sorensen.128 pp. $9.–62
  * Seeing for Ourselves: Voices of women who saw Jesus. K. K. Whitley. 115 pp. $11. -
  * Speaking for Ourselves: Voices of Biblical Women. K. K. Whitley. 115 pp. $11. -
  * Stories & Songs of Simpler Living. Book,$8. Cassette,$10. CD,$12–25
  * 365 Outdoor Activities: You Can Do with Your Child – Steve and Ruth Bennett. Ages 2 & up. 430 pp. $9 – 64
  * 365 TV-Free Activities: You Can Do with Your Child – Steve and Ruth Bennett. Ages 2 & up. 430 pp. $9. – 64
  * Treasury of Celebrations: Create Celebrations That Reflect Your Values and Don’t Cost the Earth – Carolyn Pogue, compiler. 288 pp. $15. or free in Archives – 25, 64
  * The Ungame: World’s Most Popular Self-Expression Game. Ages 5-adult. $17.
  * Unplug the Christmas Machine: A Guide to Putting Love and Joy Back into Your Holiday Celebrations – Jo Robinson & Jean Coppock Staeheli. 207 pp. $13. Workshop Leader’s Guide, Participant’s Manual, Workshop-on-a-CD – 39, 50
  * Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich – Duane Elgin. 240 pp. $10.
  * Wedding Alternatives: Guide to Planning Out-of-the-Ordinary Celebrations. English or Spanish – 25, 64
  * Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? all 25 editions – 23, 54, 61
  * Yards of Purple: Stories for Advent Sarah M. Foulger, 128 pp. $13.
  * Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence – Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin. 384 pp. $15. – 62
KIDS & THEIR ADULTS

* The Anytime Game –A new intergenerational, non-competitive conversation game, similar to our popular The Christmas Game. fits in purse, glove compartment. Beats TV! 20 pp.
* The Plug-In Drug: Television, Computers, and Family Life: 25th Anniversary Edition / Completely Revised and Updated. Marie Winn’s landmark book about how children get hooked on TV. 350 pp. $14. -
* Before & After Easter: Activities & Ideas for Lent to Pentecost – Debbie Trafton O’Neil.64 pp.$10.–65
* Everyone Wins. Sambhava & Josette Luvmour. Cooperative Games and Activities. 100 pp. $9.
* The Ungame: World’s Most Popular Self-Expression Game. Non-competitive. Ages 5-adult, 2-6 players. Everybody wins. $19. -
* Kids Creating Circles of Peace. 40 pp. $5.
* How to Teach Peace to Children New Edition! Anne Meyer Byler. 72 pp. $9. -
* The Shoemaker's Dream – Mildred Schell. Ages 3-8. Seeing Jesus in the stranger. 24 pp. $10.
* Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge – Mem Fox; Julie Vivas, illustrator. Age 3 & up. Love and respect across generations. 32 pp.$8.

ALTERNATIVES' COLLECTIONS

* Alternatives' Spirit of Simplicity: Quotes & Art for Simpler Living & Global Justice 200+ pp. CD-ROM
* Spirit of Simplicity Guided Journal. Sort out problems. Grow inspirations. Record a legacy for others, especially children and grandchildren. A thought for the day inspires you to start writing. Undated, 96 pp. $8.
* Worship Alternatives CD-ROM (excerpts in Archvies)
* Christmas Campaign Kit: plans and tools for a simpler, less commercialized celebration at home or church. Kit includes one each of the following. 25 items.
(Kit also available on “Over 30 Years of Alternatives,” CD-ROM and website Archives)
Advent-Christmas Guided Journal: One for each A-B-C cycle. 52 pp. $6.
Alternative Giving Cards: We Honor Christ’s Birth by Continuing His Work. Inside: In your name, a gift has been given to ___ by ___. 10 cards, envelopes. (Also non-seasonal version)
Bearing Gifts Does Not Make Us Wise
Flyer/poster/stationery (8.5x11). Back blank. Ideal for holiday letters.
Greeting cards
Bulletin insert
Buy Me Nothing... I’ll Still Love You.
Flyer/poster/stationery (8.5x11). Back blank – ideal for holiday letters.
Postcard. Message: “Contrary to peer pressure and advertising, happiness and meaning in life come through relationships – within ourselves, with others, with Creation and with God – not through stuff.”
Bulletin insert. Comes 2 per sheet; print your message on back.
Carols with Justice audio/music CD & booklet. Audio and video in Archives.
Carols with Justice text for bulletins and projection systems, download text from our web site or from CD-ROM “Simple the Best: 30 Years of Alternatives.”
Christmas Campaign Planning Guide: Free
The Christmas Game. Noncompetitive, conversation game. Send with holiday cards. Sunday School gift. 16 pp.
Gratitude Card: Please, No Presents
Let’s Talk About Christmas Planner: An interactive tool for a more participatory celebration. 4 pp.
Prayer Santa Full Color Greeting Card.
What Does Jesus Want for Christmas? Mixes brief scenes and Carols with Justice. Intergenerational. Flexible in length. Very easy to produce.
Whose Birthday Audio CD - 2003-07 70+ minutes.
Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? 25 editions
Whose Birthday bumper sticker
Simple Living / Whose Birthday? stickers
Whose Birthday flyer/poster/stationery (8.5x11). Back blank–ideal for holiday letters.

Discussion/Activity Guides–61

Reclaiming Christmas Guides
What Makes a Perfect Christmas?
The Gift of Giving
What About Santa?
Christmas Traditions That Work for You
Guidelines for Alternative Giving.
Looking Behind the Cost of Christmas. 12 pp.
Organize for Peace: How to Start a Peacemaking Group in Your Church. 10 pp.
War Toys & Christmas: A Contradiction in Terms. 4 pp.
Welcoming the Prince of Peace: Young Children (ages 5-8), Older Children (9-11), Youth (12-14), Senior High (15-18), Young Adults, Adults. 8 pp. each
What Is a Gift? 8 pp.
Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? Past editions from 1994-2007. 32 pp. each.
Samplers – 25, 40
Advent/Christmas/Epiphany – 40
Bulletin inserts & covers.
Posters & calendars.
Worship, Plays. – 65
Adult Discussion / Action Guides.
Child/Teen/Intergenerational Discussion & Activity Guides.
Variety.
Various Occasions (ML King, Valentine’s Day, July 4th, etc.): Bulletin inserts, flyers, posters. – 40
Spanish – 40

* Stories to Read Aloud/Alone: Christmas Reader, Christmas Collection, Christmas Sampler, 24 pp. each – 24, 40
* Stationery Sampler
* Family Stories & Games
* Home Worship Kit
* Simply the Best: Over 30 Years of Alternatives. CD-ROM. 1500+ pages of resources
* Who’s Risen from the Dead, Anyway? Easter & Lent collection. – 25, 65

Page updated 25 Jan. 2014
OBSOLETE:
8b. When something appears in your area media – print or electronic (TV, radio, cable) – send Alternatives a copy or report it to us with a brief description. We can’t afford a national “clip service.” We need help seeing if our outreach efforts are working.

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Simple Living 101: Promotion

CONTENTS

Appendices 63

Promotion Material

Simple Living Works!

Workshop Descriptions

Reaching Out Through the Media

Graphics…

RESOURCE INDEX

Simple Living 101: Promotion

CONTENTS

Appendices 63

Promotion Material

Simple Living Works!

Workshop Descriptions

Reaching Out Through the Media

Graphics…

RESOURCE INDEX