This is probably a silly thing to post but it's something that really bothered me. As everyone knows, we participated in the Buddy Walk. The walk was held at The Valley Preferred Cycling Center. It also happens to be a Coke-a-Cola sponsored park. Because of this sponsorship, you are not allowed to bring in beverage products that are not Coke-a-Cola. Being a non-profit organization, the Eastern Pennsylvania Down Syndrome Center asked Coke to donate bottled water to the walk. Meanwhile, Pepsi offered to provide ALL the water but we had to decline because of the conflict of interest. A few local grocery stores donated Dasani water (Cokes brand) and members of the center also donated some. We still needed much more. The day before the walk Coke finally contacted the center (after months of notice) and said they would not donate any water. Que panic. We needed water! We contacted the people at the cycling center and after much resistance they agreed, this one time, to allow us to bring in non-Coke branded water. Weiss grocery store stepped in at the last minute and donated 75 cases. A big thank you to Weiss! I just wanted everyone to know how Coke treated our organization. I'm sure we aren't the only ones that have been given the same lack-of courtesy. So next time you go to the grocery store, do me a favor, buy Pepsi.
Until Next Time!
Lots of Love,
Erica
1 comment:
Pepsi, it is. That was awful of Coke to leave everyone in the lurch like that.
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