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Contact:
Lisa Wuennemann
Patch Products, Inc.
1400 E. Inman Pkwy.
Beloit, WI 53511
(800) 524-4263 x 275
lisaw@patchproducts.com |
August 4, 2003
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Families Across the United States
are Invited to
Take the
Million Minute Family Challenge
Beloit, Wis. -- Patch Products is planning the third annual Million Minute Family Challenge™,
a grassroots effort encouraging interaction and communication among family and friends through playing board games. Last year, thousands of families, schools, children's museums, libraries and clubs participated.
The 2003 Million Minute Family Challenge will kick-off on Labor Day Weekend at the Chicago International Toy & Game Fair with thousands of families playing games. The goal is to encourage at least 1,000 families, groups or organizations in each of the 50 states to play a board game together for 20 minutes. That's 1,000,000 minutes! Game-play minutes can be logged at www.millionminute.com from September 1 through December 31, 2003.
"When selecting games, parents should look for those that are challenging, but allow for success, and also leave room for a variety of play," says Richard E. Bavaria, Ph.D. and vice president of education for Sylvan Learning Center. "Good games nurture a child's ideas and imagination, while growing with a child's changing interests."
Patch Products along with Million Minute Family Challenge supporters Sylvan Learning Center, Homeschooling Parent magazine, KOA Kampgrounds and Hilton Vacation Station are calling upon families across the United States to spend time together interacting, communicating and playing a board game. Everyone can participate by playing games and logging their minutes at www.millionminute.com. The web site is filled with fun ideas on how to participate, games to play and educational information including the benefits of family time, the history of games and how to use games in the classroom.
Patch Products is a leading manufacturer and marketer of family entertainment products. Board games, card games, puzzles and foam sports toys are the core product lines with such top-selling brands as TriBond®, Blurt!®, Mad Gab®, Malarky®, PuzzlePatch® and Zoam® Light Tracker®. In addition, Patch Products has licensed games for McDonald's®, *NSYNC, Backstreet® Boys™ and 98 Degrees.
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