Monday PSA: VERB – It’s What You Do
April 12th, 2009
VERB was a campaign that the CDC ran from 2002 to 2006 to encourage kids age 9-13 to become more physically active. As part of this campaign, they ran a number of comic book public service ads — most of which were less than impressive.
Overall, VERB was a good campaign with a laudable goal. It had many different components, and the ads in the comics were only one tiny part of the program. That being said, I wish their comic book PSAs had been better (and I also wish the official CDC website on VERB would stop using the word “tween.” It’s an annoying enough word as it is — it doesn’t need government sanction).
April 13th, 2009 at 7:06 am
This one is actually kind of cute. Brings back memories of hot lava as a kid and corresponding adult experiences. :) Life is as much of an adventure as you make it.. Just look at some of the Parkour videos on YouTube.
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:44 pm
My verb is “burn stuff”
April 26th, 2009 at 2:20 am
Tween and blog both need to be taken out back and verbed.
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