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New & Expanded Version of Guide Meets Growing Need

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Healthy Schools Campaign is preparing to release the improved and expanded second version of The Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools in September 2008, with opportunities for sponsors to join the team that’s greening America’s schools. To learn how you can be part of the Green Clean Schools team and help bring this valuable resource to schools throughout the country, contact Rochelle Davis at (312) 419-1810 or by email, or fill out our sponsorship contact form here. Sponsorship Deadline: April 1, 2008.

Click to read about:

• History and Overview

• Growing Need & Interest in Green Cleaning

• Sponsorship Benefits

• Sponsorship Deadline: April 1, 2008

• HSC’s Green Cleaning Standards

 

Green Clean Schools At a Glance
Since October 2006. . . 51,000+ guides distributed 5,500+ visitors to greencleanschools.org 1,000+ subscribers to quarterly newsletter 42+ articles in the news 16+ speaking engagements	The Quick & Easy Guide. . . Serves as the criteria for judging in American School & University’s Green Cleaning Award Program[.pdf] Was instrumental in the success of legislation requiring green cleaning in Illinois schools Is cited as a resource in the book Green Cleaning for Dummies

History & Overview   

In October 2006, Healthy Schools Campaign released The Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools, the first ever multi-media guide to demystify green cleaning for a school audience. The guide includes a content-rich brochure and a CD filled with information about what it takes to go green at school, in five easy steps. Supporting the guide are ongoing resources including the greencleanschools.org website and a quarterly newsletter.

Growing Need & Interest in Green Cleaning  

As more school districts recognize the benefits of green cleaning and legislation around the country is requiring more schools to go green, this resource is more in-demand than ever.

The Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools is promoted and distributed with the invaluable support of leading education stakeholder organizations, including:

American Association of School Administrators
American Federation of Teachers
Assoc. of School Business Officials International
Council of Educational Facility Planners International
ISSA, The Experts on Cleaning and Maintenance
National Association of Charter School Authorizers
National Association of School Nurses
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
National Parent Teacher Association
National Association of State Boards of Education
National School Plant Management Association
Parents for Public Schools
Public Education Network

Sponsorship Benefits

As a sponsor, you will align your brand with the successful campaign that is helping transform the market for green cleaning in schools and will reach a wide variety of influential school decision-makers through strategic partnerships with national school stakeholder organizations.

Your sponsorship includes:

• Prominent recognition on the guide brochure, in the CD, on the greencleanschools.org website and in the green clean schools e-newsletter.

• Descriptions and photos of your products meeting HSC’s green cleaning standards in the CD product directory and online at the greencleanschools.org website.

• Special green team logo that you can use to highlight your participation in Green Clean Schools.

• Recognition in guide promotions and publicity including news releases, signage, flyers and the greencleanschools.org website.

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Sponsorship also includes the opportunity to add on benefits and services including:

• Sidebar product links on the guide CD.

• Customized sales training on how sales staff can use the guide to increase sales.

• Webinar series on green cleaning for school decision-makers in your markets.

• Employee marathon team to raise awareness of your support for healthy schools to employees and the community.

• National Green Clean Schools Coalition membership to promote school green cleaning policy at the state and national level.

• Additional copies of the guide at a discounted rate at the time of printing.

• Use of HSC logo on your marketing materials based on context, scope and duration.

• Co-Branded Sales Sheet inserted in guide to highlight your green offerings and align your company with the HSC brand.

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HSC’s Green Cleaning Standards

Healthy Schools Campaign defines green cleaning programs as those programs that protect health without harming the environment. HSC’s green cleaning program incorporates the following standards:

• Green Seal, Environmental Choice and US EPA’s Design for the Environment environmental standards for industrial and institutional cleaners

• Green Seal or Environmental Choice standards for hand cleaners

• California Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) for deodorizers, furniture polishes, solvents, and other high-VOC cleaning products

• Carpet and Rug Institute’s (CRI) Green Label Program for vacuum cleaners and certified extractors

• Green Seal, Environmental Choice, Chorine Free Products and US EPA’s Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines for janitorial paper products

• US EPA’s Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines for trash can liners and recycled plastic items

• EPA-registered pest control devices that work without the use of chemical pesticides

Other possible product categories include:

• Burnishers with vacuum attachments to control dust
• Untreated microfiber products and accessories
• Floor mats
• Hands-free dispensers, bathroom fixtures and lighting

Additional product categories meeting these and other HSC green cleaning standards may be considered for inclusion in the guide on a case-by-case basis. Note that inclusion in the guide does not represent or imply an endorsement of a particular product or company by HSC.

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