Live Sugarfreed
Live Sugarfreed is taking on the twin epidemics of obesity and diabetes by encouraging people to drink water or other healthier beverages instead of beverages that contain sugar. Join over 275 organizations by taking a pledge against sugary beverages at your school, workplace or church today!
LIFE IS SWEETER WITHOUT SUGAR.
Every day, millions of kids, teens, and adults drink sugar-filled drinks and think nothing of it. But with sugary drinks now proven to increase the risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, and with obesity an important cause of cancer, we’re on a
mission to change that.
Together, we can kick the sugary drink habit, start drinking water, and #LiveSugarfreed.
What Can You Do?
CHOOSE WATER.
We know you’ve heard it before. But it’s the best thing you can put in your body. It quenches thirst, helps you avoid gaining weight, and it falls out of the sky for free.
BE ALTERNATIVE.
Ok, so maybe drinking nothing but water is best, but we’re not monks. There are alternatives to sugar-filled sodas and fruit drinks chock full of sugar. Try some low calorie offerings like flavored waters, unsweet tea and if you must, diet sodas.
SHOCK YOURSELF.
Take five minutes and look at the nutrient labels of your favorite sugar-filled drinks. You’ll be floored at just how many calories from sugar you’re swigging down.
HAVE FRIENDS. GOOD ONES.
Nothing has a bigger impact than your friends and family. The question is, will you affect them or will you let them define you? Recruit some of your closest allies to #LiveSugarfreed with you, and it’ll be easy to avoid temptation because you’ll be too busy kicking butt
DON’T BE TEMPTED.
We all know we shouldn’t be hawking sugary drinks to our kids in school. But what about you? Do you really want to be surrounded by unhealthy sodas when you’re on the job? Talk with your boss about making drinking water more available, or even getting rid of the giant sugary sodas in the vending machines. That’s how you #LiveSugarfreed.
Take the Pledge
Bronze: Provide and encourage water
Organization-wide:
- Provide drinking water at all meetings, conferences, and parties where food or beverages are served.
- Post information about the benefits of water in highly-trafficked areas such as break rooms, bathrooms, and cafeterias.
In Vending Machines:
- Require that water be stocked in at least 2 slots per machine, or supply free water next to vending machines.
In Cafeterias:
- Require that all beverage fountains include low-calorie beverage options.
Silver: Discourage sugary drinks
Organization-wide:
- Provide drinking water at all meetings, conferences, and parties where food or beverages are served.
- Post information about the benefits of water and health risks of sugary drinks in highly- trafficked areas such as break rooms, bathrooms, and cafeterias.
- Circulate memo discouraging provision of high-calorie sweetened beverages at meetings, conferences, and parties, and in kitchens, break rooms, and other places where complimentary beverages are available.
In Vending Machines:
- Require that water be stocked in at least 2 slots per machine, at eye level or in the highest selling position.
- Ensure that vending machines use no more than the bottom two slots for high-calorie beverages.
- Sell water and low-calorie beverages at a lower price than high-calorie beverages.
- Display total calorie count for each item, as sold, adjacent to each item.
- Use promotional space on beverage machines (i.e., side and front graphic panels) to advertise only water and low-calorie beverages.
In Cafeterias:
- Require that the majority of beverage options in fountains be low-calorie beverages.
- Move high-calorie beverages away from eye level and to the lowest selling position, and move water and other other low-calorie beverages to eye level or in the highest selling positions.
- Use promotional space on beverage fountains to advertise only low-calorie beverages.
- Display total calorie content for each item, as sold, adjacent to item or at point of selection for all beverages.
- Sell water at a lower price than high-calorie beverages.
Gold: Do not sell, provide or promote sugary drinks
Organization-wide:
- Provide drinking water at all meetings, conferences, and parties where food and beverages are served.
- Post information about the benefits of water and health risks of sugary drinks in highly- trafficked areas such as break rooms, bathrooms, and cafeterias.
- Provide only water and other low-calorie beverages at meetings, conferences, and parties, and in kitchens, break rooms, and other places where complimentary beverages are available.
In Vending Machines:
- Ensure that machines sell only water and low-calorie beverages.
- Utilize promotional space on beverage machines (i.e., side and front graphic panels) to advertise only low calorie beverages.
In Cafeterias:
- Remove all high-calorie beverages from cafeterias and other places where drinks are sold.
- Require that all drink choices in beverage fountains are low-calorie beverages.
- Use promotional space on beverage fountains to advertise only low-calorie beverages.
Live Sugarfreed
Congratulations to these organizations who have taken the pledge!
Gold Pledges
| Abingdon Olive Oil Company | Fleet Feet Sports | Premier Equipment LLC |
| A-Hood Bonding | Flight Athletic Academy | Premier Pharmacy |
| Allure Salon | For the Love of Suds | Pristine Springs |
| Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc. | Friends In Need Health Center | Providence Day Camp |
| AY Transport, LLC | Greater Kingsport Family YMCA | PTM Food Consulting Inc. |
| Bank of Tennessee Kingsport Branches | Hancock County Health Department | River’s Edge Fellowship |
| Bellafina Chocolates | HeadStart | Rocky Rash |
| Blackburn Childers & Steagall, PLC | Healthy Kingsport | Rural Resources |
| Blue Ridge Properties | Hope Essential | Saint Paul’s Day School and Kindergarten |
| Bortz Graphix Plus | Hope House | SCP Distributors |
| Capital Bank | I Love Books Bookstore | Select Shoes & More |
| Center Salon | Indian Path Health Resource Center | Shades of Grace |
| Central Baptist Church | Jackson Jones Construction | Simpson Clinic |
| Champion Physical Therapy | Jacobs Process Analytics | Squirrel & The Bee Grainless Bakery |
| Church Hill Lunch Box Program | Kingsport Ballet | St. Dominic Church |
| Citizens Bank | Kingsport Chamber of Commerce | Stash Up |
| City of Bluff City | Kingsport Housing & Redevelopment Authority | Streamworks |
| City of Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts | Kingsport Idol | Sullivan County Anti-Drug Coalition |
| Clark and Company | Kingsport Printing | Susan G. Komen Tri-Cities |
| Colonial Heights Baptist | KingsportARTS | Tennessee Boot Co |
| Colonial Heights Dental Group | LandmarkGIS | The Beauty Bar |
| CrossFit Kingsport | Lean Green Girl | The Colorful Cottage |
| CrossFit Stone Mountain | Liberty Tax Service | The Comprehensive Breast Center |
| Cumberland Marketing | Literacy Council of Kingsport | The Spine Health Foundation, Inc. |
| Disobedient Dietitian, The | Luttrell Staffing Group | Total Evolutions Fitness |
| Dobyns Bennett Trainers | Martin Dentistry | Tri-Cities Center for Cosmetic Dentistry |
| Dr. L. Sean Mullins Orthodontics | MMC Med Spa | Tri-Cities Krav Maga |
| Edward Jones | Mobile Images LLC | TriSummit Bank |
| Eldreth House Group Home | Mountain View Pure Water | United Way of Greater Kingsport |
| Elk Creek Equipement | Mountain View UMC Youth | Varsity Trophies |
| Emmanuel SDA Church | NJDOH | Vida Hot Yoga |
| Everly | Office Planning Group | Virginia Oral Health Coalition |
| First Bank and Trust Company | Pienkowski MD clinic | Wellmont Cancer Institute |
| First Community Bank | Preferred Insurance Solutions | Wilson Worley PC |
| Workspace Interiors |
Silver Pledges
| All About You | Eastman Credit Union | Level Up H2o Fun Hydration |
| Appalachia Elementary School | Elydale Elementary School | Lily Dale Church of Christ |
| Asbury Place at Kingsport | Finish Line Parking | Mark E Morison DDS |
| BAE Systems | First Baptist Church | Moody Sprinkler Company, Inc |
| Bell Helicopter | First Broad Street United Methodist Church | Moog Protokraft |
| Blake at Kingsport | First Presbyterian Church | Mountain Region Family Medicine |
| Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Department | GBC Wellness Center | Mt. Vernon Independent Methodists Church |
| Blountville Middle | Girls Incorporated of Kingsport | New Jersey Primary Care Association |
| Blountville UMC | Good Hope Garden Center | Northeast Regional Health Office |
| Boys & Girls Club of Elizabethton/Carter County | Greene County Health Department | Odd Jobs by Adam |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport | Haggle Shop Antiques | Pool & Spa World LLC |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County | Harvest Community Church | Prime Medical Training |
| Boys & Girls Club of JC/WC | Harvest Ranch | Regional Allergy Center |
| Byerley Construction Co. | Healing Hands Health Center | Regional Indian American Community Center |
| Caring Touch Home Health, Inc | Higher Ground Baptist Church | Robbins HVAC |
| Carter County Health Department | Holy Trinity Lutheran Church | Rogersville City Schools |
| Cassidy United Methodist Church | Honda Kingsport | Roofmasters |
| Church Hill Health Department | Image Essentials Weight Loss | Shiloh Baptist Church |
| Church Hill Intermediate School | Indian Springs Armory | SNAP Fitness Kingsport |
| City of Kingsport | J. Mark Bowery Insurance | Sullivan Central Athletics |
| City of Kingsport Wastewater Treatment Plant | Johnson County Health Department | Sullivan County Regional Health Department |
| Colonial Heights United Methodist Church | K-VA-T Food Stores- Food City | TCI Group – Jerry Petzoldt Agency, LLC |
| Counseling and Consultation Services, Inc / SteppenStone Youth Treatment Services | Ketron Elementary | The Law Office of Todd East, Jeff Luethke and Zac Boggan |
| D & S Automotive | King University at Kingsport | Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency |
| Daniel M Dietrich, DDS | Kingsport Child Development Center | Waverly Road Presbyterian Church |
| Domtar Kingsport Mill | Kingsport City Schools | Westview Church of Jesup Christmas |
| Downtown Kingsport Association | Kingsport Seventh Day Adventist Church | Wheeler Childcare |
| Eastman Chemical Company | Kiwanis Towers | Wise County/City of Norton Chamber of Commerce |
Bronze Pledges
| Aceros Auto Tech | HEXPOL Compounding | Plum Tree |
| Allandale Early Learning Center | Holston Business Development Center | Preaching Christ Church |
| Allstate Rhoten Insurance Agency | Holston Medical Group | Precision Electrical Company |
| American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee | Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation | Preston Hills Presbyterian Church |
| Appalachian Physical Medicine | Holy Mountain Baptist Church | Pure Foods |
| Ballad Health System | Jessica Newhart Attorney at Law | Qualified Tour Marketing |
| Barge Waggoner Sumner & Connon | Jonesborough Church of God | Quality Heat and Aire |
| Bethel Presbyterian Church | Junior Achievement of Tri-Cities | Renewed Church |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Tri-Cities | Kennedy Elementary School | Rock Heritage Baptist Church |
| Birding Kingsport | Kingsport Center for Higher Education | Ross Camp Ground UMC |
| Bloomingdale Baptist Church | Kingsport City Schools-Palmer Center | SBK/Kingsport Animal Shelter |
| Burk I.T. | Kingsport Community Church | Sea Islands Chamber of Commerce |
| Cameron United Methodist Church | Kingsport Primary Care PC | Sevier Middle School Special Education |
| Christian Life Center | Kingsport Theatre Guild | State of Tennessee Forestry Division |
| Chuckey-Doak High School Wellness Dept | Kingsport Times-News | Stateline Collison |
| Church of the Nazarene | Kingsport Town Center | Stowaway Storage of Kingsport |
| Colonial Heights Christian Church | Lamplight Theatre | Sullivan Baptist Church |
| Contact Concern of Northeast Tennessee | LawnCare Solutions | Sullivan County Department of Education |
| Cox Tractor | Lighthouse Christian School | Sullivan North High School |
| DB Cyber Tribe | Lone Star Church | Temple Baptist Church |
| DB Excel | Lowe’s Home Improvement at East Stone Dr. | Tennessee Cash Cow |
| Dick’s Sporting Goods | Lynn Garden Restaurant | Tennessee Instrumentation Company |
| Dye Construction Company | M&M’s Propery Management | Tennessee Title Loans |
| East Tennessee State University | Mafair Methodist Church | The Pelican Financial Group |
| Elite Manufacturing and Professional Services | Marcum’s Pharmacy | Town of Greeneville |
| Faith Apostolic Church | Mattern & Craig | Town Park Lofts |
| Farm Bureau Insurance-Kingsport | McKinney Appraisal | Tri-Cities Auction and Sales |
| Fellowship of the Kings | Meadowview Conference Center | University of Tennessee Extension |
| Frontier Health | Melton Construction Services | Virginia Department of Health, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity |
| G & K Services | Michaels | Walker’s Shoe Repair |
| Goodwill Industries Processing Center | Ming garden inc | Walmart Stone Drive |
| Greystone Health Care Center | Mt. Rogers Health District | Warranty One Mobile Mower |
| Hair Benders Salon | Northeast Church of Christ | Warriors Path State Park |
| Harvest of Hope Community Gardens | Northeast Tennessee Master Gardener Association | Waverly Road Child Care Center |
