NCF reaches more than one million dads annually through
seminars, small-group training, the WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads Of Great Students)
program, our daily radio program, and website and weekly e-mail.
Our long-term goal is to have an actively engaged father or
father figure in the life of every child. We also are working to create a
culture of Championship Fathering by enlisting 10% of dads to make a commitment
to fulfill the tenets of Championship Fathering.
Some of our recent accomplishments…
More than 450,000
WATCH D.O.G.S. dads volunteered over 2.8 million hours influencing 2.6 million
kids in 5,348 schools in 47 states and 5 countries across the nation during the
2015-2016 school year.
We have WATCH
D.O.G.S. schools in Shanghai China,
Mexico City, Puerto Rico, Barbados, and Canada.
We reached 35,500+
WATCH D.O.G.S. Podcast downloads, featuring WATCH D.O.G.S. staff answering
questions and discussing best practices so that more schools can get involved
and existing programs can maximize their impact with dads and families.
260 Today’s Father
messages aired on 350+ radio stations, challenging and encouraging dads to
“keep up the good work” with their children.
10,000+ downloads
of free resources from fathers.com, including our two free e-books, filled with
practical insights and tips for dads: 5 Things Every Kid Needs From Dad, and
Forming a Lifelong Bond: For Dads of Infants (published this year).
48,000+ Facebook
“friends” and more than 2,000 followers on Twitter were engaged with daily
inspiration and action points.
27,000+ kids wrote
about their dads in Father of the Year Essay Contests in Kansas City, Minnesota
and Illinois. Most of those dads were honored by their children, and some were
honored publicly in fatherhood recognition events near Father’s Day.
80,000+ dads and
other readers receive our weekly email, which provides dads with a regular
reminder about the importance of their role and practical ways to engage their
children.
13,336 men and
women in 40 different venues were introduced to the Championship Fathering
message by fiscal year-end through live presentations by CEO Carey Casey, using
his unique style combining humor, inspiration, and challenges to help dads make
the most of their role.
760 donors
supported the National Center for Fathering with a gift, enabling NCF to
continue our efforts to inspire and equip fathers, grandfathers and father
figures.
26 new trainers
were equipped to facilitate NCF’s curricula with other men, thereby multiplying
the reach and effectiveness of our training programs.
We assisted in the
successful theater and DVD launch of the movie Homerun, a powerful film about a
man coming to grips with issues from his relationship with his father, and how
that affects his own life and his role as a dad.
1,040 men trained
in Quenching the Father Thirst® and Dads of Destiny small-group curricula, so
they can lead other dads and help them learn new skills, and provide
accountability and encouragement to make their new habits stick.
In October 2013 we
successfully launched the Peter J. Spokes Training Experience featuring the
“Championship Fathering Profile,” which gives fathers specific feedback on
their fathering and generates an action plan to guide them on the journey to
becoming a better dad.
JOIN US
You’ve heard about the crisis of fatherlessness and the
negative consequences for children and for our society. Even if you are an
involved dad, you need to realize that until we are successful, your children
and grandchildren will be growing up in a culture of absent fathers and
unfathered children. They will be affected!
You can be a part of the solution.
Our goal is to enlist 6.5 million fathers – 10% of the
fathers in America – enough to stretch from San Diego to Boston. Commit to live
the principles of Championship Fathering.Visit http://www.fathers.com/programs/championship-fathering/
After you have made your commitment, you can start “living
it” with one or more of the following actions:
Use social media
to follow what we’re doing and share our blogs and fathering tips with your
circle of acquaintances, and help us expand Championship Fathering. Our pages
are here: Facebook – Twitter
Serve as a
WatchDOG or start a WATCH D.O.G.S. program at a school in your community.
Start a small
group with one or more dads.
Read and pass on
Carey Casey’s book, Championship Fathering. There are also small-group
discussion questions that are based on this book. See the book page for a link.
Encourage another
child outside your family.
Enlist 10% of the
fathers in your community to make the Championship Fathering Commitment.
Print out
Championship Fathering Commitment cards and hand them out to the dads at your
workplace, church, or community group.
Bring Championship
Fathering to your community or church through a small-group initiative or a
live event. (For assistance, contact us.)
Train other dads.
NCF Offers dynamic, hands-on training to provide you with complete instructor
materials and enhanced skills to train dads in your community.
Stay connected to
the Center through our weekly email and website.Visit www.fathers.com/
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