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NEWSLETTER Strong Schools in Weaver and Helping Your Teen to be an Achiever October 25th, 2024 GROWING GOOD DADS Careers and College and Responsibilities—Oh My! How Dads can Help their 18-year-olds Succeed After High School We're almost halfway done with the school year, and for older teens, that means thinking about future colleges and careers. The future for teens can be overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be! Good Dads' Jim Millsap compares the need for a "Home Base" in hide and seek to the need for parents to be the "Home Base" for their teens when they graduate high school. “The world in which your near-adult or young adult teenager lives is not all that different from the game “Hide and Seek.” ...Just like the children playing the classic game, your teen, too, needs a Home Base. They need a place to find help, advice and a shoulder to lean on. In short, they need you!" Continue Reading PODCAST E384 What do You Wanna Do? Dr. Baker, J. Fotsch and Drew Dilisio Talk Career Aspirations   Join us this week for a podcast from the Good Dads archive! Dr. Jennifer Baker, J. Fotsch and Drew Dilisio discuss how their aspirations have changed over time. Dr. Jennifer Baker discusses how her passion for history and working with people led her to where she is today. "I always thought about history as the stories of people... I wanted to know about the people that made it happen." Listen Now GOOD DADS TRAINING CAMP Mark your calendars! Good Dads training camp is just around the corner, on November 13–15 and November 18–20. Downtown Springfield, MOTwice a year Good Dads brings together people interested in promoting responsible fatherhood and father engagement for a training and networking event. If you’ve been wanting to learn how to lead a Good Dads class, this event is for you! Register Today! GOOD DADS 2.0: EQUIPPING FATHERS IN NEED WITH THE TOOLS TO SUCCEED Catch the newest promotional video for the Good Dads 2.0 program! Good Dads 2.0, Good Dads' flagship curriculum, is the best evidence-based class for dads of all kinds. Especially designed to reach at-risk fathers in small, mid-size and large communities, hundreds of dads participate in the class every year.  Find out more about the program and find purchasing options at our website! Visit our Website WAY TO GO, WEAVER! Weaver Wildcats had a wonderful morning on October 17th! Fathers and students had breakfast and played a game together. Good Dads continues to make a difference in the lives of both fathers and their children. GOOD DADS IN THE NEWS Extra, extra, read all about it! Good Dads was featured in both the El Dorado Star and Phelps County Focus. Thank you for featuring us! GOOD DADS GRADUATION We're excited to celebrate these dads of Southwest Missouri for completing the New Pathways program and starting a new chapter in their lives. RSVP Today! FUNDRAISING DINNER: WE HAD A BLAST! October 17th's fundraising dinner was a big success! We're continuing to receive donations from throughout the community. Thank you to all who attended, volunteered and donated. Can't get enough photos? Be sure to click the link below to see more! View the Gallery! NEW PATHWAYS NEWS We have to pat ourselves on the back for a spectacular quarter in the New Pathways for Good Dads program! From July through September, dad participants had excellent class participation, enrolled in the program in great numbers, and contributed to their child support cases. We even started 12 new classes this quarter! It's amazing what we can achieve when we work together! 🤝 Thank you so much to our awesome staff, facilitators, volunteers AND participants who make the program a success. Find out more about the New Pathways for Good Dads program on our website. Visit our Website VOLUNTEERS WANTED! Become a Captain with Good Dads Strong Schools Lead a New Pathways for Good Dads Class Help us Spread the Good Dads Vision Find all our Volunteer Opportunities DAD JOKES Where did the spaghetti go to dance? The meat ball! What pasta is always getting locked out of the house? Gnocchi! TRIVIA Last week, we asked subscribers which country celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October. Here are the results! Canada: 44% Mexico: 32% The Netherlands: 7% Liberia: 2% Germany: 0% France: 15% And the answer is Canada! Canadians eat similar Thanksgiving food to Americans, such as turkey and pumpkin pie. Yep, we're hungry now, too! POLL October 25th is world pasta day! We know how much our subscribers love food, so we hope you love this tasty poll. What's your favorite pasta shape? Fettuccine Penne Elbow Bowtie Gnocchi Spaghetti We'll reveal the results in next week's newsletter! — Special Thanks to Our Business Partners — Special thanks to Bob and Susan Beine for your continued support! 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