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Clean Your Paws for Santa Claus!

• SDA Offers Coloring Sheet for Kids, Along With Holiday Hygiene Reminders
• Celebrate National Handwashing Awareness Week, Dec. 6-12
• Download Materials at www.cleaning101.com/HandHygiene

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 3, 2009 – During the holiday season, one thing you don’t want to do is give the gift of germs.

The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA – www.cleaning101.com) has created a coloring sheet for kids and a list of hygiene reminders to help us stay healthy during the holidays.

Parents can download “Clean Your Paws for Santa Claus!” on SDA’s website at www.cleaning101.com.

“Children can do their part to help keep Santa healthy by cleaning their hands before they jump on his lap,” said Nancy Bock, SDA Vice President of Education.

With National Handwashing Awareness Week taking place December 6-12, SDA reminds families to wash their hands with soap and warm water, scrubbing for 20 seconds, especially:

• When preparing food
• Before meals and snacks
• After using the restroom
• After touching animals
• When your hands are dirty
• When you or someone around you is ill

“When soap and water are not available, use a portable hand sanitizer or hand wipes to help keep your hands clean,” added SDA’s Nancy Bock.

SDA has extensive hand hygiene education materials available online at www.cleaning101.com/HandHygiene.

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The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA – www.cleaning101.com), the Home of the U.S. Cleaning Products Industry®, represents the $30 billion U.S. cleaning products market. SDA members include the formulators of soaps, detergents, and general cleaning products used in household, commercial, industrial and institutional settings; companies that supply ingredients and finished packaging for these products; and oleochemical producers. SDA and its members are dedicated to improving health and the quality of life through sustainable cleaning products and practices.