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National Survey Ranks America's Top Picks for Famous "Role Model" Moms
RESPECT! CampaignSM Celebrates Role Models with $5 RESPECT! Bracelets, Perfect For Mom
San Francisco (May 4, 2009) – As we head into two special holidays that celebrate moms, dads and the importance of good parenting -- the RESPECT! CampaignSM today announced the results of a new survey revealing America’s picks for the best role model moms. Securing the number one spot for moms is First Lady Michelle Obama, voted as the woman who most deserves to be honored on Mother’s Day for publicly demonstrating the greatest level of respect in her family relationships (47 percent of those surveyed chose her)1. Runners up for the “mom who deserves to be honored and respected this Mother’s Day” were Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry.
The survey kicked off the annual RESPECT! Campaign (GiveRespect.org), an awareness and action campaign created by the Family Violence Prevention Fund with founding national partner, Macy’s. At Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, the campaign uses a positive approach to engage parents on the importance of teaching young people about healthy relationships early and often.
Other women acknowledged by survey respondents as good female role models for choosing healthy and respectful relationships include Kate Winslet, Oprah Winfrey, Queen Latifah and Jennifer Aniston.
“Children learn first how to behave in relationships from watching others, especially their mothers,” says Dr. Elizabeth Miller, an adolescent pediatrician at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Davis and an Advisor to the RESPECT! Campaign.
“Parents are living, breathing role models,” says Esta Soler, Founder and President of the Family Violence Prevention Fund. “Moms have a critical role to play at home and throughout our society – demonstrating kindness, teaching compassion and keeping cool under pressure. Our campaign celebrates all parents who are setting a tone of respect in their families and communities. In doing so, they’re teaching our sons and daughters how to solve problems through conversation, not confrontation, and they are shaping a world free of relationship violence by teaching and modeling healthy relationships.”
The Details: Honoring Moms and Dads by Giving RESPECT!
This Mother’s and Father’s Day, the RESPECT! Campaign is offering everyone a chance to thank moms, dads, and other role models in their lives for helping to better their own lives and society at large by being role models for respect. To get involved, visit GiveRespect.org and learn more about these five easy and meaningful ways to show RESPECT!:
- Give RESPECT! by sending a free Mother’s Day e-card.
- Pass on RESPECT! by sending messages on Twitter, joining the RESPECT! Campaign group on Facebook, adding an “I’m for RESPECT!” tag on your blog, and sparking conversations with your friends.
- Learn 10 Tips every parent should know to teach children about healthy relationships.
- Make a donation to the Family Violence Prevention Fund in honor of a mom or dad you respect.
- Purchase and wear the RESPECT! bracelet, available exclusively at Macy’s in select jewelry departments for $5 and online at www.macys.com. Half of all proceeds go directly to the cause.
“By uniting in celebration of everyday role models – including the moms across America who are shaping a world free of relationship violence – we are advancing a nationwide movement for respect in relationships,” says Martine Reardon, Macy’s Executive Vice President, Marketing, “Macy’s is proud to support the RESPECT! Campaign in delivering the powerful tools and resources needed to help parents, coaches, teachers and other role models teach the next generation how to live healthy relationships.”
About the Campaign
The RESPECT! Campaign is a multi-year Family Violence Prevention Fund initiative in conjunction with Macy’s, the national founding partner and GEOFFREY BEENE GIVES BACK ®, the designer menswear brand and strong supporter of the campaign. Funds raised from the RESPECT! Campaign will support education, awareness and training programs that prevent and end relationship violence and build strong, healthy families and communities. Visit GiveRespect.org today to learn more and become part of the change.
About the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF)
For nearly three decades, the Family Violence Prevention Fund has worked to end violence against women, children, and families around the world, because every person has the right to live free of violence. For more information, visit www.endabuse.org.
About Macy’s
Macy's, the largest retail brand of Macy’s, Inc., delivers fashion and affordable luxury to customers at more than 800 locations in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. Offering distinctive assortments including exclusive fashion and home brands, Macy’s stores are operated by four regionally based retail divisions – Macy’s East, Macy's Florida, Macy's Central, and Macy's West – and an online store at macys.com. For Macy’s media materials, please visit our online pressroom at www.macys.com/pressroom.
About GEOFFREY BEENE GIVES BACK®
GEOFFREY BEENE GIVES BACK® represents a unique model for charitable giving in the fashion industry: 100% of net profits from GEOFFREY BEENE , LLC, are donated to philanthropic causes. The Foundation that bears the designer’s name has made over $145 million in charitable commitments since 2006.
1.Online survey conducted April 2009 by Impulse Research for Family Violence Prevention Fund with a random sample of 1,011 men and women, 18+. Overall sampling error rate is +/-3% at the 95% level of confidence.
