[Fwd: Subway discriminates against home schoolers]
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Donald E. Wildmon
Founder and
Chairman
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*Subway tells home schoolers: We will not allow you to participate in
our contest.*
*Subway discriminates against home schoolers.*
May 27, 2008
Dear ,
Subway, the sandwich restaurant, wants to hear your child's story –
unless he or she is home schooled.
The national chain's "Every Sandwich Tells a Story Contest"
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offers prizes and a chance to be published on the Subway Web site and in
Scholastic's "Parent & Child" magazine but specifically excludes home
schoolers. Subway's website states:
/NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Contest is open only to legal
residents of the Untied (sic) States who are currently over the age of
18 and have children who attend elementary, private or parochial schools
that serve grades PreK-6. /*/No home schools will be accepted./*
Subway will probably say they excluded home schools because of the main
prize ($5,000 worth of athletic equipment to the winning child's
school). But Subway could have given it to a local park, church or
school of the winning home schooler's choice.
Subway's Web site promotion not only misspells "Untied (sic)/ /States,"
but offers the grand prize winner a "Scholastic Gift /Bastket /(sic) for
your home."
*Take Action!*
*1. Send an e-mail
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to Subway President Frederick A. DeLuca. *Tell him you will not eat with
them anymore until and unless they allow home schoolers to participate.
*2. Contact your local Subway store
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and give the manager the same message.
*3. Please forward this to your friends and family, especially home
schoolers. *
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Sincerely,
Don
Donald E. Wildmon,
Founder and Chairman
American Family Association
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Open Letter to Subway: Let Homeschoolers Enter Contest
May 27, 2008
Subway Restaurant Headquarters
325 Bic Drive
Milford, CT 06461-3059
Dear Sir/Madam,
By way of introduction, I am the President of Home School Legal Defense
Association (HSLDA) and we represent 83,000 member families nationwide.
This letter is to draw attention to your “Every Sandwich Tells a Story
Contest,” and the unfortunate fact that homeschoolers are not allowed to
participate.
The rules clearly state: “Contest is open only to legal residents of the
United States who are currently over the age of 18 and have children who
attend elementary, private or parochial schools that serve grades
PreK-6. /No home schools will be accepted/ (emphasis added).
It is extremely disappointing that Subway would choose to exclude the
estimated 2 million homeschooled students.
We understand that the competition is focused on traditional public and
private schools because the grand prize of $5,000 of athletic equipment
is designed to be used by a traditional school and not an individual
family. A potential homeschool winner, however, could simply donate the
grand prize to a public or private school of their choice or to a
homeschool sports league.
Homeschooling is a thriving educational option. All the available
research shows that homeschoolers are excelling academically and
socially. We do not deserve to be overlooked.
We hope that you will reconsider the rules of your competition and
choose to amend them to include homeschoolers.
Sincerely,
J. Michael Smith
HSLDA President
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