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Almost every FAWCO club has a need for a local Americana Program. It is a valuable activity that a club could start for their members' children (including teens and young adults.
Why start an Americana Program?
Because it is Fun!!!
Reinforces a positive American identity by providing...
WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY 2008
The third annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day will be celebrated worldwide on June 15. Sponsored by the International Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) and its partners, a related conference will be held in Ottawa, Canada, on June 16-17, 2008. Individuals, groups, and organizations are urged to attend, or to participate...
Everyone is familiar with stress. We experience it in varying forms and degrees every day. In small doses, stress can actually be beneficial to us. It is only when the stress becomes too great, affecting our physical or mental functioning, that it becomes a problem.
Children's Health Issues - New Meningococcal Immunization Recommendations
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has issues new meningococcal immunization recommendations. The recommendations state that young adolescents at the pre-adolescent visit (11-12 years old), adolescents at high school entry (15 years old) and college freshmen living in dormitories should be immunized against meningococcal...
Children's Health Issues - Staying Healthy:
Vaccinations – Keeping up to date with the U.S. System
By Karen L., MD, AWC of Amsterdam
Parents of children who may be returning to the U.S. should try to keep their children’s vaccinations up to date for the U.S. system. The country you are living in will have its own system of immunizing children;
