Greetings SURGE fans and welcome to the 86th edition of SaveSURGE News! We have the power to bring SURGE back.

As always, we’re asking everyone to give our friends at Coca-Cola a call at 1-800-GET-COKE and let them know just how much you want your SURGE. For those of you who want to take the campaign local, visit our Coca-Cola Directory to find a bottling facility near you: http://www.savesurge.org/surge/help_coke.shtml.

Sightings Report
There has been 1 new SURGE Sighting reported since the last edition of SaveSURGE News. It is in Clifton, NJ. Elkhorn, WI was added on 2/14 but then deleted on 2/19.

Sadly, there were 3 deletions in: Chicago, IL; Dixon, IL & Bay City, MI.

Currently there are 137 SURGE Sightings listed. Thank you SURGE fans for continuing to look for SURGE wherever you go!

Visit SURGE Sightings at: http://www.savesurge.org/surge/sightings.shtml

Three Lucky Winners to Receive Free SURGE!
The winners have been announced in SaveSURGE.org/Soda Favorites (http://store.sodafavorites.com) Free SURGE Giveaway! The contest was run from 2/9/04 – 2/13/04 on SaveSURGE.org. The idea of the contest was simple: tell us in 25 words or less why you deserve a free can of SURGE from Soda Favorites.

Congratulations to the following three gentlemen who won some green goodness:

Chris from Leechburg, PA
"College books this semester – Four hundred dollars. Parking permit – Fifty dollars. Drinking a can of Surge to take my mind off of studying Engineering – Priceless."

Derek from Urbandale, IA
"I deserve a free surge because they took away cantoon coolers, then crystal clear pepsi, NOW SURGE?!?!I feel violated."

Joe from Akron, OH
"February 13th is my 21st birthday. I've been searching for months to find SURGE to celebrate. Winning SURGE would be the best birthday present EVER!"

There were 42 entries in all and the competition was fierce. The winners were selected by Eric (me) from SaveSURGE.org along with George & Jason from Soda Favorites.

Thanks to everyone who entered! We hope to be able to bring you more ways to win free SURGE in the future.

Radio Commercial Coming to HOT 92
That’s right folks, the SaveSURGE.org radio commercial will make its debut on HOT 92.1 FM in Harrisburg, PA starting on Monday, February 23. The ad will run twice per weekday between the hours of 3-10pm from 2/23 – 3/05. We’re very hopeful that the ad will call some attention to our cause.

You can hear the commercial online at:
http://www.savesurge.org/surge/radio_commercial.shtml

SaveSURGE.org Featured on ilovebacon.com – Traffic Soars
SaveSURGE.org received quite a large spike in traffic this past week and we have the folks over at http://www.ilovebacon.com to thank for most of it! They featured us in their mailbag on 2/13 and sent a lot of new visitors our way. In fact, on the morning of Friday, 2/13 I checked out the page counter on the bottom of the SaveSURGE.org home page and it was at 97,000+. A little after 6pm that same day, the counter had risen to over 100,000 visitors! Of course, the counter is not the end-all in determining web visitors but still it does help in indicating how many people are hitting the site. Our referral report indicated that the ilovebacon.com link was mainly responsible for the extra amount of visitors.

You can check out the ilovebacon.com page featuring the SaveSURGE.org link at:
http://www.ilovebacon.com/021304/l.shtml

Thanks to the folks over at ilovebacon.com for helping us reach even more SURGE fans!

Classic SURGE Television Commercial Now Online
Our friend Chaos Theory (a.k.a. John) was kind enough to donate another classic SURGE TV commercial from back in the day. It’s an ad from the 1999 re-launch of SURGE featuring the newer logo and less extreme theme. The ad is sure to bring back some great memories of when the SURGE flowed like water and life was good!

Check out the commercial at:
http://www.savesurge.org/surge/john_commercials.shtml

See (and listen to) more cool stuff at SURGE Multimedia:
http://www.savesurge.org/surge/love_multimedia.shtml

Poll Results – Soda Not Responsible for Obesity
The latest SURGE Poll asked you: “Do you feel that drinking soft drinks leads to obesity?”

57.6% - No
31.5% - Yes
10.7% - Not sure

Total Votes: 130

While soft drinks may not be the healthiest choice out there, many SURGE fans seem to agree that they’re not leading to obesity. There has been a lot of debate about this subject but I think it all comes down to individuals to monitor what they and their children drink.

That’s all the time we have for this week. Thank you SURGE fans for your continued support!

Sincerely,

Eric Karkovack
Co-Webmaster
www.savesurge.org