Just a quick note. Years ago when I was PTA president, then as newsletter chairmen, I subscribed to an online email newsletter - chock full of great information - sometimes more valuable than others, but always interesting on one or more levels. I have continued to get this newsletter and enjoy it, even thought I no longer do the newsletters, or hold a officer role (except historian still).

I thought I would share it with you leaders too so you can subscribe if you wish and maybe get a few new ideas to bring into your PTA or PTO group and students. Here is the site:
www.connectforkids.org

and

You can always find the current Weekly, and archived editions, at
www.connectforkids.org//newsletter-url1571/newsletter-url.htm

the most recent edition has news such as:
NEW ON CONNECT FOR KIDS
**Mentoring by Modem
**Wider Horizons for Sunflower Freedom Fellows

POVERTY AND WORK
**Child Poverty Rates: A Mixed Picture
**Child Poverty: CDF Looks at the Numbers
**Are Children in Poor Families Cut off from Supports?
**Mothers' Work
**Young People Can't Get Jobs
**Providing the Missing Link
**Low-Income Homeownership: Examining the Unexamined Goal

THINGS TO DO! PLACES TO GO!
**Audio-Conference on Work and Family
**Trick or Treat for UNICEF
**Teens Around the World
**Every Child Matters Looking for Campaign Contribution
**National Youth Service Day Wants You
**Connect for Kids Launches Kids and Politics for Election 2002

SHORTAGES IN HEALTH CARE
**Childhood Vaccines: Ensuring an Adequate Supply Poses Continuing
Challenges
**Mental Health Services for Kids Lacking
**Health Insurance is a Family Matter

CHILD CARE AND EARLY LEARNING
**States Have Slowed Their Use of TANF Funds for Child Care in 2001
**Set for Success
**The National Economic Impacts of the Child Care Sector

SUPPORTS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED
**Implementing Welfare Reform across the Nation
**Work, Income, and Well-Being among Long-Term Welfare Recipients
**Timing Out: Long-Term Welfare Caseloads in Large Cities and Counties

REPORTS IN BRIEF
**Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools from 1994 to 2001
**I Have a Dream Deemed Promising
**"It's My Life"

TOOLS FOR ADVOCATES
**Speak Up: Tips on Advocacy for Publicly Funded Nonprofits
**Take the Public's Pulse
**Welfare Made a Difference: Escaping Violence, Finding Safety

FOCUS ON THE STATES
**States Suffer Halting Start on Tutoring
**Mothering in Prison
**State-by-State News
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Hopefully one or more of you will enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed it over the years. Best wishes to all you leaders, from officers to chairmen, you are all doing what you do for the best of the next generation and I encourage you to always remind youself of that important detail. We are raising a new generation - leaders, parents, teachers, mentors and more.