It was presented to the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in June, 1999. Two resolutions were passed at that meeting based upon the petition. One went to the Global Conference of United Methodist Churches in May of 2000. Twenty-six million Methodists worldwide adopted the resolution. Businesses that do not have these types of killer games or those that remove them from the sight and hands of children can receive a sticker to put on their door.
Lapel buttons are also available.
Students can visit these businesses as a group and present the sticker as a thank you. Have someone take a photo of your group with the owners, and send them a copy. If you invite the media, that often gets the attention of other business owners, who might be influenced to remove their machines for positive news coverage. Some businesses that have these machines do not want to get rid of them. They don't seem to want to listen.