Bronze
We're committed to promoting water.
Take the Pledge
Get your company, nonprofit organization, school, or church to take our #NJSugarfreed pledge. We’ve developed healthy guidelines and materials to help.
Silver
We’re committed to water and low-calorie alternatives.
Gold
We’re committed to becoming Sugarfreed.
Action Kit
Download this Action Kit which you can bring to your leadership and encourage them to take the pledge.
Download Kit| Pledge Comparison | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
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| Organization-wide | |||
| Share campaign content through your organization’s communication channels. | |||
| Encourage staff and volunteers to become advocates on their own social media channels. | |||
| Provide drinking water at all meetings, conferences, and parties where food or beverages are served. | |||
| Post information about the benefits of water in highly trafficked areas, such as breakrooms, bathrooms, and cafeterias. | |||
| Circulate memo discouraging provision of high-calorie sweetened beverages at meetings, conferences, and parties, and in kitchens, breaks rooms, and other places where complimentary beverages are available. | |||
| Provide only water and other low-calorie beverages at meetings, conferences, and parties, and in kitchens, breakrooms, and other places where complimentary beverages are available. | |||
| In Vending Machines | |||
| Require that water be stocked in at least 2 slots per machine, or supply free water next to vending machines. | |||
| Ensure that vending machines use no more than the bottom two slots for high-calorie beverages. | |||
| Sell water and low-calorie beverages at a lower price than high-calorie beverages. | |||
| Display total calorie count for each item, as sold, adjacent to each item. | |||
| Use promotional space on beverage machines (i.e., side and front graphic panels) to advertise only water and low-calorie beverages. | |||
| Ensure machines sell only low-calorie beverages. | |||
| In Cafeterias | |||
| Require that all beverage fountains include low-calorie beverage options. | |||
| Move high-calorie beverages away from eye level and to the lowest selling position. | |||
| Move water and other low-calorie beverages to eye level or in the highest selling positions. | |||
| Use promotional space on beverage fountains to advertise only low-calorie beverages. | |||
| Remove all high-calorie beverages from cafeterias and other places where drinks are sold. | |||
| Require that all drink choices in beverage fountains are low-calorie beverages. | |||
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