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ARKGroup (Adults Relating to Kids) formerly The Children's Center for
Self-Esteem
January Newsletter - - "ARK N ACTION" January 2007
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in this issue
-- Principles for Happiness
-- Ways to Improve Your Quality of Life
-- GAPS - Let's Consider What This Means to Us
-- Consider These Gift Opportunities
Happy New Year. January has arrived with "cold and gusto" in most parts of our Nation. The excitement of a fresh start, the challenge of resolutions to accomplish, the love of family, friends and growth for all awaits each one of us. A new DVD is available from The ARKGroup which includes: ARK Facilitator Training, The ARK Group Process and an Introduction to the Course hosted by Pat Summerall. Order yours today at www.thearkgroup.org. This excellent training guide which when added to the ARK lessons DVD's, manuals, workbooks, texts and advertising materials will equip you and your group to begin ARK programs today. ARK programs are breakthrough parenting and teaching skills courses, the norm for the 21st century family, church, school and community | |
Principles for Happiness ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  More and more research discussed
in the literature today is emphasizing that optimistic people live longer,
have lives they describe as more significant and meaningful and have a
general sense that there are ways of living that they believe leads to
better outcomes, in other words, happier lives. Many principles are cited
in each of the individual studies which contribute to individual
happiness. Examples include;
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Ways to Improve Your Quality of Life ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My thanks to
the U.S. News and World Report, December 25 - January 1 edition for the
following thoughts. In that Special Report, it was refreshing to me and I
hope to you, that those words of encouragement offered such a broad scope
of possibilities to enrich our lives in 2007. Everything from ideas to
grow our lives in health, mind, family, community, planet and home. I
think what encouraged me the most was the challenge the article and its
authors offered with what I suspect are the most important questions of
our individual lives.
We would be interested in your suggestions, ideas, hopes, knowledge, experiences, plans and efforts about ways to make tomorrow even greater opportunities for our children's futures. | |
GAPS - Let's Consider What This Means to Us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  If Texas were a town of 100
children.
In 2005, the dropout rate increased in Texas by more than 10%. Dropouts earn an estimate $7,500 less per year than High School graduates, are more likely to receive government assistance, and are incarcerated at higher rates than High School graduates. The questions; What can I hope? What can I know? and What should I do? are ever present. ARK Goals are to: | |
Consider These Gift Opportunities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Consider These
Gift Opportunities in 2006. Become a Program Sponsor by funding an ARK for
Teachers Program in School Districts - Electronic Packages for $650 Or
funding an ARK for Parents in Schools, Community Centers, Churches,
Neighborhood Centers, Sunday Schools, Youth Centers - Facilitator Training
Programs for $500 Or purchasing individual Manuals for $ 30 each to
support organizations who need materials. Or purchasing ARK for Children
& Teens Manuals for $ 20 each for deserving kids networks. Your
support of The ARKGroup, Inc. creates possibilities in our public schools.
If you have an opportunity, idea, challenge, or destiny to fulfill through
helping children to grow into their full potential, please contact us.
Together we can improve the quality of life in our communities--one child,
one family, one classroom, one school at time. Helping other people lifts
spirits and gives hope for the future.
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Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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