The Pepsi Bottling Group to Host Over 240 Children in Celebration of "Bring Your Child to Work Day"

The Pepsi Bottling Group to Host Over 240 Children in Celebration of "Bring Your Child to Work Day"

April 24, 2007

SOMERS, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 23, 2007–Children from communities throughout Westchester and Fairfield counties will descend on The Pepsi Bottling Group’s (PBG) Somers, NY headquarters on Thursday, April 26, 2007 for the annual “Bring Your Child to Work Day” celebration. This fun and educational day of “work” will include a variety of hands-on activities for the participants, such as making their very own custom-flavored soda, learning website design animation, and previewing the latest Pepsi promotions.

In addition to this insider’s view of PBG’s business, the group will also focus on what they can do to better the environment. The Pepsi Bottling Group has partnered with Teatown Lake Reservation, a regional environmental organization with an 834-acre nature preserve and education center located in the towns of Yorktown, Cortlandt, and

New Castle, New York. The children will be collecting supplies to support Teatown, and will spend part of their day making hummingbird feeders and planting flowers and vegetables to be donated to the center. Those donations will be accompanied by a $2,500 contribution to Teatown from the Pepsi Bottling Group Foundation.

“PBG cares deeply about its communities, and we are proud to instill these same community values in our children,” said John Berisford, Senior Vice President, Human Resources. “With its focus on nature-friendly educational programs for children, Teatown Lake Reservation is a great complement to our Bring Your Child to Work Day activities, and we are proud to support their work.”

Throughout the day, groups of children will rotate through a number of activities and presentations, including:

  • Make Your Own Soda – Pepsi’s Research and Development team will

    teach students about flavors and help them make, name and label their

    own sodas.

  • Marketing Workshop – Children will learn how Pepsi uses

    commercials to market products to consumers.
  • Information Technology – PBG’s IT department will teach the

    children website design animation techniques and demonstrate hands-on

    use of PBG’s latest Hand Held technology.
  • Community Event – Children will learn about the importance of

    eco-friendly living by making hummingbird feeders and planting flowers

    and vegetables to be donated to Teatown Lake Reservation.
  • Wellness Center Event – Fitness instructors will show children

    how they can use recycled items to play games, have fun and be

    healthy.
  • Shadow Parent/Guardian – Children will have the opportunity to

    learn about the work their parent or guardian does at PBG.

The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (www.pbg.com) is the world’s largest manufacturer, seller and distributor of Pepsi-Cola beverages with operations in the U.S., Canada, Greece, Mexico, Russia, Spain, and Turkey.

* Editor’s Note: If you would like to cover this event, please

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