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Wherever there are Families in need of a little TLC
There we will be !
We are People Helping People!
We are FTLC!!!!!
Foundation for Tender Loving Care Touch Volunteers
with Families from all of Life's Many Hued Spectrum.
FTLCTouch serves:
Expecting
and New Moms and New Dads, Adoptive Parents, Foster Parents, Step Parents, Parents of children from Birth to Three on an ongoing
basis, NICU Families, PECU Families, Parents of Children with Life Threatening, Life Limiting or Chronic Conditions such
as Asthma, Autism or Special Educational Needs, Parents and Family members living with Mental
Illness, Military Families as well as the many Families
and children traumatized from War or Disaster throughout the World, families living with mental
illness, domestic violence or any form of trauma, prisoners and their families,or ?????
Really, WHO DOESN'T NEED A LITTLE TLC ?!
WE TOUCH LIVES DAILY!!!!
BECAUSE WE CARE!!!
If you have a need or know of one please contact
us at ftlctouch@gmail.com
or call us at 831-334-0333
The Mission of The Foundation for Tender Loving Care Touch ™ is to
promote a sense of well being in the lives of families. FTLC Touch is committed to assisting and maintaining emotional, mental,
physical and spiritual well being for all families. FTLC Touch focuses on family units which are historically 'at risk' due
to severe, unusual, life threatening conditions or who are facing life transitions. FTLC Touch understands that these times
are when families are in need of a little extra tlc, and we are happy to be there to give it!
4.21.2009 - 09:19pm ET
Press release from: Points of Light Institute
President Barak Obama Signs Historic
Volunteerism Act into Law
Senators Kennedy and Hatch honored during National Volunteer Week
(CSRwire) ATLANTA, GA. - April 21, 2009 - Today, President Barack Obama signed into law the historic Edward M.
Kennedy Serve America Act, heralding the next phase in the nation’s renewed call to service. With the signing, America’s
local, regional and national service programs and nonprofit organizations are now poised to expand to further meet the nation’s
most pressing challenges.
"We applaud Congress and President Obama on this important bi-partisan legislation that
will change the course of history and civic responsibility in our country," said Michelle Nunn, CEO, Points of Light Institute
and co-founder of HandsOn Network, the largest volunteer management and civic engagement organization in the country. "Just
as importantly, we applaud the countless volunteers and community organizers across the country that have supported the President's
call to service by advocating for this new legislation."
The signing of this landmark legislation comes during National
Volunteer Week, a time when individuals, families, nonprofit organizations and government entities alike celebrate the ordinary
people who accomplish extraordinary things through service. While there are celebrations of service all over the country,
Washington D.C. is the hub of many of these activities and Points of Light Institute will pay special tribute tomorrow to
the authors of this legislation, Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Senator Orrin G. Hatch at a special National Volunteer Week
Congressional Reception. As two of the nation;s greatest leaders and architects of the service movement, Kennedy and Hatch
will receive the Points of Light Lifetime of Leadership Award for Volunteerism and Service. This award recognizes individuals
whose commitment and exemplary leadership in civic service has served as a catalyst for transformational change.
"Senator
Kennedy and Senator Hatch were selected as recipients long before the Serve America Act was signed," said Nunn. "But it is
fitting that we honor their lifetime of leadership tomorrow, the day after the signing of an Act that will go down in history
as the beginning of a new day of service for America. The Act truly provides the foundation needed to empower people--to give
them the tools and access needed to be active, involved servant leaders, shaping their own communities, and, in the process
changing their own lives."
In addition to increasing support for national service program like AmeriCorps, VISTA and
Senior Corps, the Serve America Act also includes a Volunteer Generation Fund that will help build a "truly inclusive and
powerful volunteer service in this nation," said Nunn. The fund provides for a grant program that will help to strengthen
organizations nationwide. It also ensures that volunteers are recruited, trained, and supported in volunteer projects that
have measurable outcomes.
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"We are seeing enormous increases in volunteerism as well as increases in the demand for
volunteers," said Nunn citing a 60% increase so far this year in the number of volunteers stepping up to support communities
through their national network of 250 volunteer management and connector organizations. She also noted that the demand for
volunteers has also increased correspondingly.
Tomorrow's first ever National Volunteer Week reception will be attended
by over 300 national leaders, members of Congress and corporate, civic and community leaders who will pay tribute to the Senators.
Among the long list are Senators Christopher J. Dodd-Connecticut, Barbara A. Mikulski-Maryland, Saxby Chambliss-Georgia, Daniel
Inouye-Hawaii, Congresswoman Doris Matsui of California, Congressman John D. Dingell of Michigan; Grammy Award winning artist
Usher Raymond IV, a strong supporter of service and volunteerism for youth, top corporate executives from Chevron, The Coca-Cola
Company, Delta Air Lines, GE, The Home Depot, SAP, Textron, Inc. and several other companies. Guests also include the leaders
from national nonprofit organizations America’s Promise, City Year, Youth Service America, New Profit, AARP, United
Way, Be the Change, KaBOOM! and more.
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