Getting Ready for Back to School & the PURELL 30-Day Challenge @PURELL #PURELL30 #PURELLChallenge

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by GOJO Industries, the makers of PURELL® Hand Sanitizer. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience.

Back to School time for my family is always hectic to start off. I have three kids that go to school and that means lunches made every morning, homework every evening, school activities taking over our calendar and sickness spreading through our household. The first few weeks of school always mean someone is going to be sick in my household. I thought by now their immune systems would be stronger and maybe they are, but the school germs always seem tougher. There is just too many kids, many sent to school with minor illnesses because how could you keep your child home for a small cold? That small cold though strikes up my middle child’s asthma and that is no fun for him or me.

Germs are hard too to think about. I mean if my kid’s hands were black they’d go wash them but germs are invisible which means my kids don’t think about washing them off. It is not the teacher’s responsibility to remind all the kids to wash their hands, nor is there always the opportunity easily available.

So last year I started attaching PURELL® JELLY WRAP™ Carriers to their backpacks as well as their lunch boxes. I had asked my kids one morning last year if they wash their hands before lunchtime and he said “no.” I was so grossed out but what could I do. I look at it like PURELL hand sanitizers are better than nothing and my kids love how it dissolves into their skin. My kids also think they are so cool to have it clipped on their lunchbox.

So this year I made sure to stock up on PURELL® JELLY WRAP™ Carriers and some PURELL® Advanced Hand Sanitizer while I was shopping for some final back to school items.  I love how at Target, I can get groceries, health & beauty products, clothes and more.

Seriously though it can be dangerous as there is so much I need (okay want) under one roof! This year I was on top of school supply shopping and there wasn’t much I needed other than a few paper products for my daughter’s preschool but I did need PURELL® Advanced Hand Sanitizer as well as I wanted to start stocking up on lunch goodies.

This year though I am ready with PURELL® Advanced Hand Sanitizer and PURELL® JELLY WRAP™ Carriers thanks to Target. I even got a deal of Buy 3 Get 1 Free on the PURELL® JELLY WRAP™ Carriers!

GOJO Industries, the makers of PURELL® Advanced Hand Sanitizer, knows how stressful back to school season can be and how important staying healthy is. Practicing good hand hygiene is the first step to preventing the spread of illness-causing germs and so PURELL has launched the PURELL® 30-Day Challenge.

During the PURELL 30-Day Challenge, families are encouraged to use PURELL Advanced Hand Sanitizer three times a day for 30 days.  Why three times? Well a study showed that using PURELL Advanced Hand Sanitizer three times a day for 30 days can help reduce the risk of getting sick.

(Tamimi, A.H., Carlino, S., Edmonds, S., Gerba, C.P.; Impact of an Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Intervention on the Spread of Viruses in Homes; Food and Environmental Virology; June 2014)

My family will be taking the PURELL 30-Day Challenge starting today and hopefully we will ward off some germs that otherwise might have spread into sickness in one of us. Last year my husband caught the kid’s sickness twice and had to take time off work, I am hoping he doesn’t have to do that again.

I am also excited about the PURELL Advanced Sanitizing Wipes because we are often out on sports fields without a bathroom nearby and these will be perfect to remove dirt and eliminate germs until we get home and can actually wash our hands. Alcohol-based hand sanitizer products such as PURELL Advanced Hand Sanitizer are the key to reducing the risk of getting sick. There have actually been studies that showed that absenteeism caused by illness was 20 percent lower in classrooms that used PURELL Hand Sanitizer regularly!

Not ready for back to school? Check out Target for one-stop shopping for PURELL® products and back-to-school needs.

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