fellowship of fathers presentation

8/2/2019 Fellowship of Fathers Presentation

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The Honorable Gregory W. Slayton, Chairman


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Respect for Fatherhood and the percentage of men who areactively involved Dads has declined steadily in the US over thepast 50 years

Our society now constantly celebrates the rich, the powerful, thefamous and the infamousbut never good fathers

Most popular media minimizes or actively puts downFatherhood (see the preponderance of Doofus Dads on TV)

The importance of Fathers, even the need for Fathers, is nowopenly called into question in certain American sub-cultures

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As a direct result, many men now choose to skipFatherhood altogether, either by not marrying, nothaving kids or not parenting their kids

As a result of that, 41% of US births in 2010 were tosingle Moms (in 1960 that number was 4%). Thepercentage of children born to unmarried moms hasmore than doubled for each major racial group since1960. Over 70% of African American kids will be bornout of wedlock this year.

As a result of that, over 50% of the American childrenborn today will live some or most of their lives asminors without their fathers

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Children who grow up without their fathers in theUS are two to three times more likely:

To be convicted of a felony and spend time in jailTo suffer from severe emotional illnessTo have children out of wedlockTo fail to graduate from high schoolTo never hold down a long-term job

To be functionally illiterateTo live in povertyTo die a violent deathand the list goes on and on

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Fatherhood absence and high divorce rates plagueevery branch of the US military. Repeat deploymentsto multiple war zones are straining military familiesto the breaking point all too often

Since the start of Operation Enduring Freedom, thedivorce rate across all US Military branches hasincreased from 2.6% in 2001 to 3.6% in 2010

The US civilian rate was 3.4% in 2010

The DoD has recognized that the increasing challenges to military families is a very real threat tomorale, re-enlistment rates and combat effectiveness.

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Today there are approx. 80M men in the US and Canadawho are fathers or grandfathers today or who will befathers in the next 10 years

80% of US dads feel they need help on Fatherhood

75% of those do not know where to get qualityFatherhood help thats almost 50,000,000 men

Likewise, there are tens of thousands of US MilitaryDads who would like help on the Fatherhood front

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At Senator John McCains recommendation, and with his

help, the FoF Foundation is partnering with the Dept. ofDefense to help US Military Dads especially those stationedfar from their families via the HOME Program

The goal of HOME is to provide Fatherhood Kits to everymember of the US Armed Forces who requests onefor free.

Fatherhood Kits will be distributed to requesting servicemembers via their Unit Chaplains further increasing theavenues for support and encouragement for each MilitaryDad who asks for help on the Fatherhood front.

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A signed letter of thanks (for serving our Nation) andencouragement (to be the very best father possible) fromSenator McCain, Senator Joe Lieberman and PresidentObama (all to be confirmed)

A copy of the new book Be a Better Dad Today: Ten Tools

every Father Needs by Gregory Slayton (Mr. Slayton isdonating 100% of his royalty profits on all books tofatherhood charities). See www.BeABetterDadToday.com

A Membership Kit to the new Fatherhood Social Media Hubwww.FellowshipofFathers.com where fathers can get highquality 24/7 advice, encouragement, counsel and fellowshipas dads. There will be a special section for Military Dads.

Other items as appropriate (negotiations in progress with anumber of national Fatherhood organizations)

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FoFFs will work with the DoD and military publications to make

US military dads and especially all US Military Chaplains -aware of the HOME Program

Any active duty soldier, sailor, marine or airman can request hisFatherhood Kit for free via an easy online sign-up

The Fatherhood Kit will be delivered free to the military dad viahis Unit Chaplain, enhancing support and personal follow-up

FoF will also send multiple free Fatherhood Kits to every USMilitary Chaplain who requests them to be given out as needed

The cost per Fatherhood Kit, including shipping and handling,will be less than $15.00 (all paid for by the FoFF)9


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The Mission: To Restore the Primacy and the Practice ofFatherhood first in the USA and then Around the World

The Honorable Gregory W. and Marina Slayton founded andprovided initial financing for FoFF (they are giving FoFF over$50,000 this year)

Mr. Slayton is the Chairman and President of FoFFMr. Slayton works approx 20 hours per week for FoFF - unpaid

The FoFF Board of Directors (all of whom serve pro-bono):Ms. Ingrid Hill (Boston, Mass)Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds (Madison, Conn)Pastor Joseph Cortale (Long Island, NY)Mr. Wilfred Job (Dallas, Tx)

Legal work done by Boyle, Bain, Reback of Charlottesville, VA

Financial statements and tax work done by Charter Trust of Concord, NH10


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Operating Philosophy: Its all about the Mission

FoFF has no full time staffers, no office expensesand no fixed costs.and never will.

95% of all donated funds go to the Mission.

The FoFF 2012 Budget projections:approx $250,000 in donations (of which approx 1/3will come from the Slaytons)So far, approx $65,000 has been raised and another$40,000 pledged (outside the Slaytons contributions)

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If you are an active duty US Military Chaplain - Thank You!! We invite youto visit http://www.fellowshipoffathers.com/chaplains to order FatherhoodHelp Kits for your troops now.

If you work with US Military Chaplains and would like to get involved withFoFFs HOME Program Thank You!! Please email our Chairman:[email protected] . We need all the good partners we can get.

If you would like to join us in prayer for US Military Men and Womaneverywhere Thank You!! Prayers is powerful and effective.

If youd like to partner with us in supporting HOME - Thank You!!- Donation checks should be made out to Fellowship of Fathers Foundation

with a note For the HOME Program and mailed to: FoFF / P.O. Box 25 / Hanover,NH / 03755-0025 Wire transfer information provided upon request

Thank you for your partnership in this historic effort!!!

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