FCE'S NETWORKING ASSOCIATIONS
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
AARP is the nation's leading organization for people age 50 and over. Contact: AARP, 1909 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20049.
American Mothers Inc
Contact: 15 Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. 20036, Phone 877-242-4264, Fax 202-234-7375. E-mail: info@americanmothers.org. Free "Be Strong" booklets for Junior High girls. Call 308-583-2661 to order.
American Association of Family and Consumer Science (AAFCS)
AAFCS is a national organization of individuals whose field of study is family and consumer science.
Contact:
Areth Montgomery,
400 N. Columbus Street,
Suite 202,
Alexandria, VA 22314,
Phone: 703-706-4600,
Toll-free: 800-424-8080,
Fax: 703-706-4663
Web site: www.aafcs.org
Citizens Task Force on Television Violence
A task force of national organizations concerned about the effects of television violence.
Contact:
Margaret Mai,
National FCE President,
1524 E 27th St.
Yuma, AZ 85365-3023,
Phone: 928-726-7456,
Fax: 928-726-7503
Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop is an independent, not-for-profit educational organization, and is the creator of Sesame Street and other entertaining, educational television series for children.
Contact:
Digna Fanchez, New York,
Phone: 212-875-6473,
Web site: www.sesameworkshop.org
Coalition for Quality Children's Media - KIDS FIRST!
The Coalition for Quality Children's Media/KIDS FIRST! Is a national organization whose mission is to teach children critical viewing skills and to increase the visibility and availability of quality children's programs. Two primary programs are: Junior File Critics Club that teaches media literacy to children ages 8-13; & KIDS FIRST! Film and Video Festival that is a traveling festival hosted by family service organizations. They offer on-line media literacy training for parents who are concerned about what their children watch and guidance on how to make their children become more critical viewers.
Contact:
Ranny Levy,
112 W. San Francisco St.
Suite 305A,
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: 505-989-8076
Fax: 505-986-8477
Web site: www.kidsfirst.org
Excellence in Media/Angel Awards
Organization which promotes excellence in media, videos, movies, books, music, etc. through the annual nomination and presentation of Gold Angel Awards.
Contact:
Ken Dorr,
President,
1775 E Palm Canyon DR,
PMB H-214,
Palm Springs, CA 92264,
Phone: 213-463-4728,
Fax: 760-416-3572,
Web site: www.angelawards.com
Josephson Institute of Ethics and CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition
CHARACTER COUNTS! is a nationwide initiative to provide a framework to teach values and evaluate good character.
Contact:
9841 Airport Blvd,
Suite 300,
Los Angeles, CA 90045,
Phone: 310-846-4800,
Fax: 310-846-4858,
e-mail: cc@jiethics.org,
Web site: www.charactercounts.org
Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA)
LVA is a national volunteers association which assists people in developing basic literacy skills.
Contact:
1320 Jamesville Ave,
Syracuse, NY 13210,
Phone: 888-528-2224,
Web site: www.literacyvolunteers.org
National Council on Aging (NCoA)
NCoA provides information on aging and intergenerational issues.
Contact:
National Council on Aging,
Phone: 800-424-9046
National 4-H Center
The National 4-H Center provides accommodations for family members of Extension partners.
Contact:
The National 4-H Center,
7100 Connecticut Ave.,
Chevy Chase, MD 20815,
Phone: 800-368-7432,
Web site: www.4hcenter.org
National Issues Forums (NIF)
NIF sponsors public policy institutes and has booklets available on current issues.
Contact:
NIF, 100 Common Rd.,
Dayton, OH 45459-2777,
Phone: 800-433-7834,
Web site: www.nifi.org
Rotary International
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
Contact:
Robert Kuck,
337 High Shore Rd,
Marmora, Ontario, Canada KOK 2MO,
Phone: 613-472-3992
United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS)
UNOS encourages the public to promote the need for organs/tissue for transplantation.
Contact:
UNOS,
PO Box 5303,
Richmond, VA 23220,
Phone: 800-782-4800
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
The W. K. Kellogg Foundation's commitment to helping people help themselves led to their funding of the Family Community Leadership Program.
Contact:
W. K. Kellogg Foundation,
1 Michigan Ave.,
Battle Creek, MI 49017-4058,
Web site: www.wkkf.org
Craft Yarn Council of America
The Craft Yarn Council of America sponsors training in the heritage skills of knitting and crocheting to volunteer trainers.
Contact:
Master Volunteer Knitting and Crochet Programs,
PO Box 9,
Gastonia, NC 28053,
Phone: 704-824-7838,
Fax: 704-824-0630,
Web site: www.craftyarncouncil.com