2008-2010
Focus Areas
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Juniors’ Special Project The goal of One Voice for Children is to have a dramatic, positive impact on the lives of Florida's children… to encourage members to continue working on projects that protect children and youth from harmful situations, encouraging healthy lifestyles, prevent substance abuse and youth suicide. |
print project brochure, double sided
http://www.sunsafetyforkids.org
SunWise Program
http://www.epa.gov/SunWise/kids.html
Sun Safety
Alliance
http://www.sunsafetyalliance.org/kids.html
Additional Information
http://www.makesunsafetyyourgoal.org/about.htm
http://www.sunaware.org/
http://www.skincancerprevention.org
Foster Care In Florida
http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/fostercare
http://www.chsfl.org/becoming-chs-foster-parent.php
http://www.childwelfare.com/florida_child_welfare.htm
http://www.adoption.org/adopt/foster-child-adoption-florida.php
http://www.state.fl.us/cf_web
http://www.foundationforfosterchildren.org
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www.fsmetroorlando.org |
Additional Information www.kidsarewaiting.org www.nationalcasa.org www.fostercaremonth.org |
The
benefits of Humane Education (being kind to animals)
http://www.teachkind.org/benefits.asp
Florida Department of Education
http://www.fldoe.org
Early Childhood Association of Florida
http://ecaoffl.org
National Association for the Education of Young Children
U.S. Dept. of Education
http://www.ed.gov
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NON-FICTION BOOKS that give you a glimpse at what it’s like to be bullied and what it was like to live in foster care when there were no regulations.
Letters to a Bullied Girl: Messages of Healing and Hope by Olivia Gardner, with Emily and Sarah Buder exposes the bullying issue with real-life examples helping others who are bullied to cope and hopefully inspire bullies to change.
Hope’s Boy a memoir of childhood in foster care by Andrew Bridge. |
Stop the Spread of
Germs
http://www.cdc.gov/germstopper/home_work_school.htm
Monthly Family
Safety Tips
http://www.supporting-families.com/supportingfamilieshome.aspx
http://www.supporting-families.com/tipslibrary.html
Environmental Working Group
http://www.ewg.org
Additional Information
http://www.keepkidshealthy.com
http://childrenssafetynetwork.org
http://kidshealth.org
http://www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Suicide Prevention
http://www.helppreventsuicide.org
http://www.save.org
Videos
1:) How
Bullying Feels
2:) What
Bullying Is
3:) What You
Can Do
http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/index.asp
http://www.nea.org/grants/16631.htm
http://www.loveourchildrenusa.org/StompOutBullying/index.php
Cyberbullying
http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/index2.html
http://www.cyberbullying.us
http://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx
http://www.isafe.org
http://www.ikeepsafe.org
http://www.wiredsafety.org
In Florida
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/demo/EMS/EMSC/EMSChome.html
http://www.childrensnational.org/EMSC
http://bolivia.hrsa.gov/emsc
http://www.emsc.net
http://www.nedarc.org/nedarc/index.html
http://www.childrensnational.org
W.H.A.L.E.
WHALE -- We Have A Little Emergency
WHALE video - a video press release for the WHALE project
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Ongoing Collections:
Books for
school age children
Community:
Have a
Health & Safety Expo
Within Your Club: Make Blue Bears Host a non-alcoholic gathering “Adopt” a child Support a Juniorette Club Establish ongoing relationships with local shelters and other organizations in need. Fundraise for the OVFC Fund
RAISE
AWARENESS EDUCATE YOUR COMMUNITY!
Resources For All Areas of OVFC
http://www.FloridaSmart.com |
FFWC Juniors’ Special Project—One Voice For Children Chairman