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An Affiliate of the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences
Dedicated to improving quality of life for individuals and families since 1908

CAFCS September 2007 Newsletter

RENO 2007 AAFCS
“ America’s Kaleidoscope: Challenges and Opportunities.”

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We now have a website for the Colorado Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.
The site has information about CAFCS, upcoming annual meetings, awards information, the CAFCS Board, and contact information. There is a direct link to the AAFCS site for easy access to membership application. The most recent newsletters will be made available through the site. Our hope is that this will provide an avenue for keeping you informed about your profession. www.coloradoafcs.org
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Helen McHugh Receives AAFCS DSA Award

Colorado is honored to have Dr. Helen McHugh selected to receive the prestigious Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) for 2008.

Helen has provided leadership for Family and Consumer Sciences programs and professionals at the state, national, and international level for over 20 years. It has included teaching and advising students at The University of Texas at Austin, Indiana State University and Oregon State University. She served as Family Resource Management Department Head at Oregon State University. She concluded her professional career providing administrative leadership at Colorado State University as Dean of the College of Human Resource Sciences (now College of Applied Human Science) and as Deputy Director for the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station.
As an advisor to Family and Consumer Sciences students, Helen mentored many future professionals. Her personal interest in students provided the extra push and support for many of them to become leaders in the FCS profession at the state, local and national level. Even in retirement, Helen has continued to be involved in activities at Colorado State University, in the Fort Collins community and in professional organizations, including the Colorado affiliate for AAFCS.
Letters should be sent to AAFCS at 400 N. Columbus Street, Suite 202, Alexandria, VA 22314. Contributions to the DSA Honorary Fund can also be made in Helen’s name. Letters should be sent to AAFCS at 400 N. Columbus Street, Suite 202, Alexandria, VA 22314.
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Debbie Nelson, AAFCS Board

Mark Your Calendar:
Plan to attend the AAFCS 99th Annual Conference & Expo in Milwaukee, WI, June 19 - 22, 2008. And, help us kick off the AAFCS Centennial!
Due Dates:
Newsletter:November, March and May 15th.
CAFCS Awards for 2008, January 10, 2008
2007 Affiliate Leadership Conference, October 26-28 Indianapolis

President's Message
Dr. Suzanne Tucker
CAFCS President

Reflections on Annual Meeting—Reno Style

It was wonderful to see Colorado’s representation at AAFCS’s meeting this summer. Whether it was presentations, committee work or Awards, Colorado was well represented.
Don Bower, AAFCS Past President, recommended that in 2008 members report their professional volunteer hours. This seems to be a unique way to document some of our impact on communities and other groups. The plan is to allow for electronic reporting, and I know you’ll be hearing more about this idea in the future. Just imagine knowing CAFCS members professional contributions as volunteers!
A somewhat related presentation by Dr. Arthur Brooks documented that giving is uniquely American. He also concluded that people who donate their talents and dollars are generally healthier and financially better off than people of a similar age and with similar earnings who do not give—an intriguing thought.
AAFCS has asked state affiliates to assess our strengths and opportunities for change. The Board has been working on this assessment and plan for our future. I welcome your ideas for this effort.
I was lucky to get to see the quilt museum in Golden with knowledgeable CAFCS members as tour guides after our meeting. (Just in case you wondered, Board meetings are both productive and fun.)
Luann Boyer has developed a simplified draft of revised by-laws that the Board looked at in July. Her experience with reworking by-laws with other groups has been valuable, and I think you’ll like the product.
Senate was almost too calm for Luann and I after last year’s heated discussion. I am proud to report that the alternative energy resolution proposed by Colorado was approved. The voting used an audience response or clicker system, allowing us immediate feedback about the outcome. (Use of such systems in teaching was featured in Volume 99, Number 2 of the Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences.)

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AAFCS Conference
Cindy Miller, Top TOY

First of all, thank you to the Colorado Affiliate of AAFCS for selecting me as your 2007 nominee for the Teacher of the Year Award. What an honor and a once in a lifetime experience!

I attended the AAFCS 98th Annual Conference and Expo in Reno, NV from June 21-24, 2007. The theme of this year’s conference was “America’s Kaleidoscope: Challenges and Opportunities.” The conference was held at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. I presented my program which was titled “Nutrition and Wellness” at the ESAE Curriculum Showcase and the Research to Practice Rounds. The ESAE Teacher of the Year Award luncheon certainly was a highlight of the conference, along with the AAFCS Stars Reception and Pacesetter Brunch. I enjoyed the keynote speakers and meeting a wide variety of people from all over the world. I reconnected with my college advisor, supervisor for my student teaching experience, and my methods course professor: three key educators who helped shape me into the teacher I am today.

What a memorable experience that will be cherished for the rest of my life!

Cindy Miller Teacher of the Year

ECOFASHION 101
Ecofashion presents the initial efforts of a ‘conscious curriculum with style’. Recognizing that the purchase of a single article of clothing affects the environment, society, and the economy, the objectives are to inform youth (adults can learn as well) that fashion connects as a global industry with the natural environment, people and cultures, lifestyles, learning, and innovative thinking. The site seeks sponsors to get the curriculum into schools. This could be a great project for AAFCS affiliates.

The Unit-Lesson Plan Breakdown includes the topics, which suggest to those teaching fashion, clothing, or consumer decision making how sustainability can be the basis for understanding fashion, its impacts and connectedness. See www.ecofashion101.com/what.html

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AAFCS Guide to Get Started with Our New Technology

1. From www.aafcs.org, go to the “Access the New Technology” link and click “View/ Update your Profile.”
2. Login using your email address as your user name. If AAFCS has no email address for you, use your AAFCS member number. Your password will initially be your member number, and you can change it after you log-in.
3. Once you log in, go to “View Profile”. You can see information AAFCS has for you.
4. You can make corrections by clicking “Edit” in the lower right area of the screen.

New features are being added such as choice of AAFCS Communities. If you have questions, call 800.424.8080 or email membership@aafcs.org.

AAFCS Board Members

Join an AAFCS Community

These communities are online as of 8/31/07 for members to join:

Elementary Secondary, and Adult Education
Colleges, Universities, and Research
Family Relations and Human Development
Global Perspectives
Non-traditional Careers
In addition these communities approval are pending:

Apparel, Textiles and Design
Family Economics
Nutrition, Health and Food Management
Another in the works is related to our history.

It is time to go online and join a community, seek 5 other members to develop a community, and begin our participation.

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Luggage Tags: (CAFCS FUND RAISER) If you haven’t purchased luggage tags to keep your suitcases easily identifiable, they are available for $6.00 each (2 for $10.00). Marianna also has cell phone /Ipod cases available. Reach Marianna at MVG4GOZ@aol.com or Carole Makela CAFCS Treasurer.

Centennial Quilt Challenge
By Iris Franklin
CALLING ALL QUILTERS, ARTISTIC MEMBERS, HISTORIANS, AND VISIONARIES!!
CAFCS voted, at the annual meeting, to participate in the Centennial Quilt Challenge for the Centennial Celebration at AAFCS in 2009. Each state will produce a quilt hanging for display and auction as a fundraiser for the Centennial Fund. It is hoped that this activity will engage members of the affiliates to research the “best of the best” in AAFCS achievements of the past 100 years. The quilts should be proud legacies illustrating the depth and scope of the profession. Committee members, Iris Franklin, Pat Frankenbery, Laurel Kubin, Mary Anne Heyman, and Marianna Goslau are formulating ideas for this project.
Ideas that have surfaced so far include: Five founders names, Betty Lamp, Columbines, trees and mountain peaks, Family Emphasis, and Colorado flag colors.
Your ideas, knowledge, expertise and feedback are needed now to make our quilt hanging the BEST of the BEST! Please brainstorm with us and revisit your memories of CHEA and CAFCS and help determine the legacies that should be depicted in the quilt.
CAFCS members have vast talent and we are asking you to share it on this project.
Send your thoughts and ideas to Iris Franklin, PO Box 287, Meeker, CO 81641, or to irisfrankin@earthlink.net.
If you are not a quilter, have little artistic ability, have no interest in history or being a visionary, all is not lost. There is a way you can participate in this project. Monetary donations are also welcomed for the fabrics and materials and may be sent to Carole Makela, CAFCS Treasurer, 74 Forrest Lane, Boulder, CO 80302.

September 2007 issue of the Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences

The September issue of the Journal includes many articles of interest, a few with their page numbers are noted here. The AAFCS Communities’ effort is described. Members are encouraged to become involved (p. 6) Other articles explore community collaborations and homelessness (pp. 8-14); consumerism (pp. 15-22); food choices of Special Olympic athletes (pp 37-42); aging in place (building upon a study done at Colorado State University)(pp. 49-54); and a middle school knitting project that went global (pp. 63-66). Highlights of the 2007 Annual Conference & Expo are included—do you find CAFCS members or Coloradoans in the photos?

Our own Suzanne Tucker, CFCS, authored a book review on Changing Rhythms of American Family Life (pp. 79-80). In conjunction with the issue’s theme ‘Rising Costs and Quality of Life’, be sure to look for the enclosed ‘Where to Find the Money Calculator’.

Reminder: The Journal can be used for earning PDUs. See the AAFCS website's Certification link.
Exploratorium: Iron Science Teacher [Real Player, Windows Media Player] http://www.exploratorium.edu/iron_science/index.php
People in the Bay Area love to cook, and that can mean mixing up everything from home-grown arugula to free trade pumpkins. The good folks at San Francisco's Exploratorium have cooked up the Iron Science Teacher presentations in an attempt to bring together the worlds of science and the culinary arts. To no one's surprise, they have succeeded, and the results include a fine mix of science activities that are both fun and enlightening.
Visitors can dive right in by looking over some of their recent endeavors, which have included such items as candy, apples, chocolate, fruit cake, pumpkins, and marshmallow peeps. There are other areas of the site that bring together previous webcasts that have covered kitchen items, common household items, and even things one might find in a recycling bin. [KMG]
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We Need Names !!!!

CAFCS recognizes members each year with awards, but if we don't get nominations, we can't give the awards. Awards available from CAFCS are Professional of the Year, Teacher of the Year, and Marcile Wood Community Service.

To help us find members to recognize, PLEASE nominate a co-worker or fellow professional. Or, better yet don't be shy - nominate yourself!! Just give us a few sentences about why this person should be recognized and we'll do the legwork to find out details for the award.

Nominations can be made at ANY TIME during the year but no later than 30 days before Annual Conference. When the dates for 2008 Conference are confirmed, we'll have a definite due date for nominations. In the meantime, contact me by email at luann.boyer@colostate.edu; fax to 970-542-3541; call me at work at 970-542-3544; or at home 970-867-9060.

Luann Boyer
Awards Chair
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Aging in the Workplace:
Maximizing a Valuable Human Resource
October 24 - 25, 2007
The Ranch, Loveland, CO
The multigenerational workplace is here!
How can you…
• benefit from a national workforce where over 1/3 of employees are age 55 and older?
• maximize older employees as a valuable resource for your business or organization?
• attract or retain experienced workers, while integrating their needs into company policies and
multigenerational work environments?
Attend and…
• get an update on current research and trends about the impact of older workers;
• learn strategies to maximize older workers as a valuable resource;
• understand workplace environments that meet the needs of older employees and optimizes their
performance.
You should attend if you are a….
human resource professional, employer, manager, volunteer agency director, educator, employment trainer, public
policy maker, a decision maker in a non-profit or government organization.
Complete conference information is available at
www.larimer.org/ext.
Denver HEHC Programs 2007-2008
November 28-2PM High Tea with Tina 36601 S. Huron St. Englewood, CO. $17.60 reserve to: Lois Rasmussen 12226 W Ohio Pl. Lakewood, CO 80228 by November 26.
January 9, 2008 1:00 PM “ESL A New Approach” by Verna Hildebrand at the Englewood Library 1000Englewood Parkway, Englewood, CO
February 13-1PM “Artist on the Missouri River” by Lorna Cary at CSU Extension Office 5804 S. Datura Street, Littleton, CO

March 12-11:45 am “Fraud is a Senior Thing!” Mason Finks, Director of Fraud Prevention Communities Against Senior Exploitation at Country Buffet 301 Englewood Pkwy. Englewood, CO. Meal approx. $10.00.
April 9-1:00PM Improved Balance for Better Life by Heidi Somer, instructor and personal trainer at Goodson Center 6315 S. University Blvd. Centennial, CO
If you are interested in attending any of the programs or being involved in the HEHC group contact Sandi Chamberlin303-744-1531 or Lorna Nelson 303-421-8005.