GFWC/Ohio Federation of
Women's Clubs
GFWC JUNIORS SPECIAL
PROJECT - Advocates For Children
Chairman: Sandra Saluga
OBJECTIVE:
Encourage members to continue projects related to children and youth and
become active advocates for children by working to protect children from
harmful situations; encourage healthy lifestyles; and prevent substance abuse
and youth suicide.
SPECIFIC PROJECT IDEAS: Members
are encouraged to promote the projects related to children set forth by GFWC,
and to focus on three very important issues facing our youth today.
CHILD
SAFETY ON THE INTERNET
Children receive
many benefits from the online world, but they can also be targets of
inappropriate material and exploitation.
They need supervision and common-sense advice on how their experiences
in “cyberspace” can be happy, healthy and productive.
CHILD ID FINGERPRINTING
It
is important to raise the level of awareness of child safety and provide
parents with proactive measures to keep their children safe. Every 40 seconds a child is reported missing,
lost or separated from their parents.
Child abduction is on the rise and abductors are very cunning in their
ability to lure children or find them when they may be vulnerable or
alone. Children need to be
fingerprinted. With a recent photo,
fingerprints and identification information, local law enforcement can
instantly dispatch recovery efforts of the child.
Encourage Child Safety through Child
Identification.
identification registry that securely archives a photo
and key descriptive data of a child for rapid retrieval in an emergency. This website provides information on missing
children and abduction prevention, child safety tips, child identification
cards, and kids fingerprint kits.
KIDS AND CANCER
Children should
be educated to practice good Sun-Safe habits while they are young because
overexposure to sun and ultraviolet radiation can cause serious health effects
such as skin cancer, eye damage and weakening of the immune system.
Provide a program or speaker to your
membership on the prevention of Skin Cancer
REPORTING - Report your overall work in ADVOCATES
FOR CHILDREN annually on the
OFWC white pages and on the Junior Scorecard.
IN ADDITION - Clubs must submit a separate
narrative, typed, single-spaced and single-sided describing your efforts in
Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) (see GFWC Club Manual).
With each
project or program please include number of members, hours and monies involved.
All reports must
be postmarked by February 1, 2009 and 2010.
Send NARRATIVE REPORTS to: Sandra Saluga;
AWARDS
RESOURCES
1734 N Street
202-247-3168 330-399-3251
E-mail: materialscenter@gfwc.org E-mail: Ssaluga@aol.com
Internet: www.gfwc.org
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