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Watch Our Story on 11Alive News Tonight

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

We’re excited to announce that WXIA 11Alive visited with us at home today and left excited with a Last Straw story to broadcast this evening between 7:00 - 7:30pm tonight! Please click here to see Robert and Emily on the news!

We’re turning the map green!

Friday, December 5, 2008

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As we move forward with this exciting new product I am constantly learning new tools to help track our progress courtesy of our friends at Elemental. The map above illustrates, in green, all of the countries that have visited our blog and website. How exciting is that?! The survey is going great and we can’t wait [...]

Win an iPod Touch!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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We’d like to know if you’re tired of wiping up after messy juice boxes that spill when tipped over or squirt everywhere when squeezed a little too hard. How frustrating is it when your child accidentally gets grape juice or chocolate milk all over their clothes from a juice box? I don’t know about you, [...]

Our new website will be coming soon!

Friday, October 17, 2008

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We are so happy to announce that our corporate website is almost ready for launch. After taking a peek behind the curtain, Heather and I can now say that it is everything we expected from Stephanie and Kristin of Elemental. Great work you guys! The real push can now begin. Heather and I can now tell [...]

Another Juice Box Mess

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

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This is a post written by one of my close friends. She has 3 children and this is one of her experiences of juice box messes. Thanks Rebecca! Oh No you didn’t!! Those were the exact words out of my mouth when my 6 year old squeezed juice box all over our class room and his [...]

Story Behind the Last Straw: The Idea

Friday, July 25, 2008

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I have been exploring the concept of a no-spill straw since the summer of 2003. The idea came to me at home one day. It all started with just an accidental spill from my then two-year-old daughter, Em, right after I handed her a full juice box. Frustrated, I studied the box to find the [...]

I Blame Juice Box Straws for the Grape Stains on My Carpet

Friday, July 11, 2008

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I Blame Juice Box Straws for the Grape Stains on My Carpet

I’m a full time mom. I used to be a neat freak. After my 3rd(and last) was born I realized that Leggos in the toilet and grape juice stains on the carpet (on a daily basis) is really not that big of a deal. My husband, on the other hand, is a clean freak. The [...]