Visit www.aafcs.org/meetings/11/

program.html.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERSThursday, June 23, 2011Opening General Session

Dr. William A. GuilloryPresident, Innovations International

Saturday, June 25, 2011Second General Session

Dr. James H. JohnsonKenan Distinguished Professor of

Entrepreneurship and Strategy and

Director, Kenan Institute of Private

Enterprise, The University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill

Visit www.aafcs.org/meetings/11/

speakers.html.

SUPER SEMINARSSaturday, June 25, 2011“Disruptive Demographics:

Developing Strategies for FCS

Professionals Addressing the Trends”

“Consuming Kids—The Hostile

Takeover of Childhood”

“New Dietary Guidelines for Ameri-

cans: New Approaches to Education

and Outreach for Changing Dietary

Behaviors”

AAFCS 102nd Annual Conference & Expo

REGISTRATIONEarly-Bird Full Registration Rates (valid through April 15, 2011)

Professional/Emeritus Member, $365

Professional Nonmember, $449

Student, $99

Register at www.aafcs.org/

meetings/11/reg.html.

HOUSINGSheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa - AAA 4-Diamond

Resort (host hotel)

Single/double room rate: $139,

plus taxes (rate valid until May 21,

2011, subject to availability)

Phone Reservations: 1-800-325-

3535 (ask for AAFCS conference rate)

Link to Online Reservations: www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/

aafcs2011

CONFERENCE PROGRAMBeginning Thursday morning, the

conference program offers more than 70 educational sessions in

ten time blocks, two keynote address-

es, super seminars, juried showcases

and displays, “Research to Practice”

Rounds, university reunions, and

more ways to network and grow!

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CONNECTING PROFESSIONALS.TOUCHING LIVES.

Join Us in Phoenix, June 23 - 25, 2011!

Featured Items in this Issue

AAFCS Member Spotlight 2Explore Arizona! 3Pre-PAC Launches 2 New Assessments 4Parliamentary Pointers 5 What’s Your Passion? 6 “Taking It to the Streets” Update 7

“Shaping the Future—Critical Personal

and Professional Advocacy Skills”

Visit www.aafcs.org/meetings/11/

speakers.html.

EXPOLearn about new FCS products and

services, win great prizes, browse

the AAFCS Bookstore, and attend

poster sessions and learning labs.

The Expo will be open Thursday,

3:15pm – 6:00pm, and Friday, 8:30am

– 3:00pm.

Visit www.aafcs.org/meetings/11/

expo.html.

TICKETED EVENTSOn June 22, attend one of the pre-

conference workshops: “BodyWorks:

A Toolkit for Healthy Teens and Strong

Families” or “National Pre-PAC Acad-

emy.” Then connect with colleagues at

a luncheon or dinner event during the

conference. There is a separate cost

for these events. A list of all ticketed

events and fees can be found on the

conference registration form.

Visit www.aafcs.org/meetings/11/reg.

html.

Thank you, Digital Fashion Pro, for sponsoring this issue of The FACS!

How has membership in AAFCS been of value to you and your practice?Membership in AAFCS and the

Minnesota Affi liate is very reward-

ing. As I moved to Minnesota and

networked with my colleagues, I

got involved with the Minnesota

Affi liate. Minnesota Affi liate lead-

ers and members encouraged

and nurtured me, and gave me an

opportunity to provide leadership

and service within the organiza-

tion. It was a turning point in my

professional development. They

believed in me and I felt emotion-

ally charged to go above and be-

yond their expectations and reach

my potential. This has facilitated a

positive and progressive outlook

that shapes my professional

actions.

AAFCS’s Annual Conference,

JFCS, and other resources avail-

able through AAFCS add to the

benefi ts of the membership. They

provide a platform for sharing

and learning new perspectives

that I incorporate in my teaching,

research, and service. FCS and

FCSED scholarships through Min-

nesota Affi liate have also been a

constant source of inspiration and

fi nancial support.

Making a difference in the world is

my goal. I chose this fi eld of family

and consumer sciences as a vi-

able path to reach my goal. Mem-

bership in AAFCS provides unre-

mitting momentum to accomplish

my goal. The path I have chosen

AAFCS Member Spotlight

Anupama PasrichaSaint Paul,

Minnesota

Active Member

since 2010,

Student Member

2004-2009

This month we turn the spotlight

on Anupama Pasricha, PhD. Dr.

Pasricha is an advocate for a key

tenet of family and consumer sci-

ences – sustainability - and has fo-

cused her scholarship and teach-

ing practice on environmental,

social, and economic sustainability

within the specialization of fashion

and apparel. Said Pasricha, “I deal

with confl icts and ambivalence

everyday because I am a fash-

ion professor who advocates for

sustainability and conscious con-

sumption. Sailing through these

confl icts, challenges, and barriers

has not dissuaded my sustainable

being; it empowers me to be the

change.” Read the full Spotlight at

www.aafcs.org/Membership/

Spotlight.asp, and more from

Anupama directly through her blog

at http://tripletopline.wordpress.

com. As a member of Educators

for Socially Responsible Apparel

Business, she also blogs at

http://esrab.wordpress.com.

to make a difference is by educat-

ing future professionals on envi-

ronmentally and socially sustain-

able practices within the fi eld of

textiles and apparel and creating

community engagement through

service learning opportunities.

Why did you choose the fi eld of family and consumer sciences?Choosing this fi eld and navigating

through it has been a worthwhile

experience. At the outset, the fi eld

of family and consumer sciences

(or home science as we call it in

India) was a natural fi t as I wanted

to be a perfect individual in all the

roles that I would play as a woman

in India. As I progressed through

my coursework, I valued it more

each day. I realized that family and

consumer sciences contributes

to the overall development and

provides individuals with tools and

skills to make decisions that sup-

port humanity and the world. The

fi eld became a part of my philoso-

phy of shaping society through the

well-being of individuals. I became

very passionate about the fi eld

and started advocating for it and

continue to do so.

Please list a few of your most recent accomplishments.Pasricha A. (2010). Weaving

sustainability skills into our course

work. Colleagues, 20(1), 7.

Pasricha A. (2010). Epiphany!

Sustainable and green.

Colleagues, 19(3), 2-3.

“Minnesota Affi liate leaders and members encouraged and

nurtured me, and gave me an opportunity to provide leadership

and service within the organization. It was a turning point in my

professional development.”

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AAFCS: Working for You!

Display your pride of membership and boost awareness of AAFCS and FCS! New member Kane Tyler

Reeves of the University of Tennessee at Martin answered a call for student members to submit a photo

of themselves with their AAFCS member certifi cate. Thanks, Kane! (And thank you, Dr. Lisa Lebleu, for

recommending AAFCS to him!)

The AAFCS member certifi cate is a new item in the AAFCS members-only Web Portal. Customize and print yours today

by signing in to www.aafcs.org. Then, display your certifi cate with pride in your classroom or offi ce!

Congrats to

Pamela Murray,

CFCS (photo at

left)! Pamela, a

three-year Ac-

tive member from

Salt Lake City, Utah, updated her

AAFCS member profi le last fall and

was entered to win the Amazon

Kindle™. Pamela studied human

development at the University of

Utah, where she learned about

AAFCS from her advisor, and was

a student member. When we told

Pamela the good news, she had

this to say, “THANK YOU! This is

fantastic news! I voluntarily com-

mute via public transportation

(the air quality here can get pretty

bad...) and have always wanted a

Kindle™! I’m very excited!!! Can’t

wait to share the news with my

family!”

Thank you, Pamela, for updating

your profi le! Your participation

helps AAFCS tailor its programs

and services so our members get

the most out of their association!

Congratulations to Our Kindle™ Winner!

By Wanda Montgomery and

Mary Turner Gilliland

The AAFCS Community of Global

Perspectives, in celebration of

the 50th anniversary of the Peace

Corps, seeks to honor family and

consumer sciences (FCS)/home

economics professionals who are

or have been Peace Corps Volun-

teers. We are planning a luncheon

at the AAFCS 2011 Conference in

Phoenix, with a panel of Commu-

nity members who are RPCVs (Re-

turned Peace Corps Volunteers)

sharing their experiences working

in other cultures for the betterment

of world peace. We will also have

a breakout session in Phoenix,

with local returned volunteers pre-

senting information about current

Peace Corps opportunities.

The Community of Global Per-

spectives is starting a database of

AAFCS members and friends with

Peace Corps experience. If you

are, or if you know someone who

is a Returned Peace Corps Vol-

unteer with a background in FCS

(any area), the spouse/partner of

someone who has served, or a

staff member from a Peace Corps

offi ce, please download the survey

at www.aafcs.org/res/communities/

PeaceCorpsSurvey.pdf.

By Sharon Hoelscher Day, CFCS

Renew and invigorate yourself on

an Educational Excursion coordi-

nated by the Arizona Affi liate!

Choose from seven full day tours

on Wednesday, June 22, 2011,

before the AAFCS Annual Confer-

ence to meet your personal or

professional interests. Bring a

friend or colleague to explore

Arizona and expand your horizons.

• Tucson FCS Traveler

• Arizona’s Five C’s (cotton,

copper, climate, citrus, and

cattle)

• Culinary Arts Industry

Standard Facilities for

Secondary and Post-

secondary Settings

• Architecture in the Desert

• Food on a Grand Scale

• Fashion and Culture

• Sedona, Vortex and

Montezuma’s Castle

If you can only spare half a day,

choose the Bioshpere 2 or Heard

Museum tour. If you want to plan

your own tour, visit the Arizona

Educational Excursions page for

links to things to see and do no

matter what your interests.

Learn more about each tour and

download a registration form at

www.aafcs.org/meetings/11/

tours.html. Early registrations are due by April 15!

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Global Perspectives Seeks Peace Corps Alums

Explore Arizona!

High school juniors and seniors are

shopping for FCS college programs

that are AAFCS accredited! Will your

undergraduate program be on their

shopping list? Check out AAFCS

Accreditation at www.aafcs.org.

- Message brought to you by the

Council for Accreditation

Kane Tyler Reeves

Pre-PAC Launches 2 New National Assessments andCertifi cations

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By Lori Myers, CFCS, AAFCS

Director of Pre-Professional

Assessments and Certifi cations

AAFCS and the FCS Credentialing

Center are pleased to announce

the offi cial launch of two addi-

tional products associated with the

Pre-Professional Assessment and

Certifi cation (Pre-PAC) Program.

With the addition

of these assess-

ments, the Pre-

PAC Portfolio of

Products availa-

ble for testing in-

cludes a total of

11 assessments

(*indicates new

product):

• Broad Field Family and

Consumer Sciences

• Culinary Arts

• Early Childhood Education

• Education Fundamentals

• Family and Community

Services

• Fashion, Textiles, and Apparel

• Food Science Fundamentals*

• Housing and Furnishings*

• Interior Design Fundamentals

• Nutrition, Food, and Wellness

• Personal and Family Finance

Assessments in the Pre-PAC

portfolio are high quality, rigorous,

valid, and reliable as documented

through formal psychometric

analysis of pilot test data. The as-

sessments are delivered through a

premier online testing platform and

are used to validate competen-

cies at the pre-professional level.

The assessments have applica-

tion in a broad range of education,

community development, staff

development, and human resource

settings where there is a need to

document or validate competency

achievement. Pre-PAC assess-

ments are designed for use with

secondary and post-secondary

students and programs, pre-pro-

fessionals working in early employ-

ment positions, and employers

conducting staff development and

training for pre-professionals.

Through these assessments and

the corresponding certifi cation,

AAFCS assures that pre-profes-

sionals are effectively prepared

with the knowledge and skills

necessary for demanding career

opportunities,

therefore provid-

ing a workforce to

meet the needs

of business and

industry in the

demanding U.S.

economy.

The Pre-PAC Pro-

gram began in 2007 and launched

its fi rst assessments in December

2009. In its fi rst year, thousands

of pre-professionals across the

country have taken the assess-

ments and many have earned the

pre-professional certifi cations. To

learn more about the assessment

process and each of the assess-

ment products, visit the Pre-PAC

website at www.aafcs.org/

CredentialingCenter/PrePAC.asp.

Join the excitement! Be on the

cutting edge – utilize Pre-PAC to

empower and recognize FCS pre-

professionals and FCS programs

in your community! For more

information about Pre-PAC and its

products, visit the website or send

an email to pre-pac@aafcs.org.

AAFCS Webinars—Off to a Great Start!

By Daila Boufford, AAFCS Director

of Professional Development and

Research

“I am so happy to have ‘discovered’ these webinars with relevant information in my fi eld!” - Julie Yarsinsky

Are you looking for a presenter for

your next affi liate meeting?

Are you trying to fi nd the best

up-to-date content for your next

teacher in-service conference?

Do you need to fulfi ll your PDU

requirement for your CFCS

certifi cation?

Are you looking for a guest

lecturer for your higher education

classroom?

AAFCS webinars are a fantastic

resource for individuals, groups,

and students. We have high-qual-

ity content containing information

on the latest research trends in a

variety of areas including:

• Nutrition and Wellness

• Financial Literacy

• Gerontology

• Best Teaching Practices

• Educational Technology

In addition to our live webinars

each month, we also have several

archived webinars that can be

viewed at any day and time that

is most convenient for you or your

group. Please check out www.

aafcs.org/DevelopmentCenter/

Webinars.asp and our Calendar

of Events for more information on

specifi c events.

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By Janice Strand, AAFCS Bylaws

and Policy & Procedure Committee

Chair and Professional

Registered Parliamentarian

The subsidiary motion to Commit

or Refer is a motion “…used to

send a pending question (a mo-

tion) to a relatively small group

of selected persons—a commit-

tee—so that the question may be

carefully investigated and put into

better condition for the assembly

to consider.” (Robert’s Rules of

Order Newly Revised, 10th Edition,

p. 160)

Example: A motion is made and

amended and the group still has

questions about what should be

included in the motion. There is

discussion/debate about many

aspects of the motion. When

the group sees that there is not

enough information to go on with

processing the motion, it would be

a good idea to make the subsidi-

ary motion to refer the main motion

(possibly with a pending amend-

ment) to a committee (a standing

committee or a special commit-

tee) for further study; the motion

to Commit could even include the

charge to bring the motion back

to the next meeting with a pro-

posed amendment or with further

information to clarify the questions

presented.

The person making the motion to

Commit would state: “I move to

commit the pending motion (...and

the pending amendment...which

would not have been adopted)

to a special committee of four

persons to be appointed by the

president and that the committee

report back at the next meeting

with recommendations.”

*The motion could even include the

names of the persons to be appointed

to a special committee.

Rules for the Use of Commit/Refer

1. Can be applied to a main

motion, with any amendments

that may be pending.

2. Is out of order when another

has the fl oor.

3. Requires a second.

4. Is debatable. The debate can

extend only to the desirability

of committing the main motion

and to the appropriate

details such as when to report

back.

5. Is amendable as to which

committee it is to be

committed to.

6. Requires a majority vote.

7. May be adopted by

unanimous consent.

** A new statement in the 10th Edition

of Robert’s Rules.... Once a com-

mittee to which a motion has been

referred commences its deliberations,

the committee is free to consider and

recommend for adoption, any amend-

ment to the motion so referred, without

regard to whether or not the assembly,

prior to the referral, considered the

same or a similar amendment and

either adopted or rejected it.

Adapted from Robert’s Rules of Order

Newly Revised, 10th Edition, (RONR)

***The president/chairman should rule

a motion to Commit as “out of order”

or “dilatory” if the purpose seems to

be to defeat the purpose of the main

motion.

Parliamentary Pointers

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What’s Your Passion?By Kitty Decker, AAFCS

Development Committee Member

Many donors give because they

have a passion for an organiza-

tion and what that organization

represents. AAFCS and the fi eld

of family and consumer sciences

(FCS) are a passion for me. FCS

professionals know the value of a

healthy family and home. I give

because:

• Maintaining our professional

organization is important to

the survival of family and

consumer sciences.

• Our scholars need research

support.

• Our conference planners

need program underwriting

funds.

• AAFCS must recognize our

bright shining stars of all ages

with signifi cant awards.

I give my dollars because I believe

in the values of FCS education/

AAFCS. If your life’s work is or

has been in FCS, then you and I

should help underwrite the future

of our chosen fi eld. If you have

this passion for AAFCS as I do,

please consider a monetary gift to

AAFCS.

Your Giving Counts272 people have contributed to

the 2010-2011 Annual Giving

Campaign, so far, with contribu-

tions totaling more than $24,000.

Thank you to everyone who has

given beyond their dues. Each

contribution makes a direct impact

on the benefi ts and programs

AAFCS provides. Help us reach

sponding to the interviews and to

the book are either questioning or

supporting this home economics

learning practice.

Barbara Hutchison, a student at

Seton Hill University in the 1950s,

was also interviewed on NPR

recalling being a practice mother

and sharing the benefi ts for rais-

ing her own children.

A brief search of the archives of

the Journal of Home Economics

found mentions of practice babies

at South Dakota State College

(Journal of Home Economics,

1923), Louisiana State University

(Journal of Home Economics,

1932) and in a community pro-

gram in Elmira, NY, in 1940 (Jour-

nal of Home Economics, 1973).

At South Dakota Wesleyan, it was

reported that instead of a practice

house, the students moved into

the president’s house and had a

“practice family.”

We know others had this practice

experience and are seeking recol-

lections of those who had a prac-

tice baby experience. As sug-

gested by one review of the novel,

did home economics “warp” these

children?

Add your experiences or those of

your mentors, mothers, or grand-

mothers to the blog/comments at

www.npr.org/templates/story/sto

ryComments.php?storyId=132708

047&pageNum=2&pPageNum=2.

2011 Awards, Grants, Fellow-ships & Scholarship Program

Thank you to everyone who sub-

mitted an award nomination or

grant, fellowship, or scholarship

application. Jurors will soon be

reviewing submissions, so submit-

ters should look forward to hear-

ing from the Awards & Recogni-

tion Committee in the spring!

$30,000 and make your gift today!

Gifts received by April 30th will be

included in the Annual Honor Roll

of Donors.

DSA 2011! Be sure to read the

next issue of the JFCS! In it, you’ll

learn about our four incredible

DSA recipients, to be honored in

June at the Annual Conference &

Expo. As FCS professionals, their

impact on the quality of life of indi-

viduals, families, and communities

is noteworthy. You can also learn

more about the DSA honorees on-

line at www.aafcs.org/Recognition/

dsa.asp.

To give to the Annual Giving Cam-

paign or the DSA Honorary Fund,

check out www.aafcs.org/

Membership/Donate.asp. You may

also contact us at contributions@

aafcs.org with any questions

regarding your past or future gifts.

Recalling Our Past; Sharing Our ExperiencesBy Carole Makela, CFCS

A recent novel, The Irresistible

Henry House by Lisa Grunwald,

was inspired by her exploration

of Cornell University’s website on

home economics. She found refer-

ences to “practice babies” and the

scientifi c methods of child rearing

in home management (practice)

houses, raising the question: what

happened to these children? The

novel is an exploration of this

question for Henry and not sup-

portive of the practice.

Subsequently, Ms. Grunwald has

been interviewed on National Pub-

lic Radio (NPR) questioning the

experiences of being a practice

baby. Blogs and comments re-

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Welcome, New AAFCS Members!AAFCS is excited to welcome members who joined December 1 – 31,

2010! Remember, you can connect with members nationwide by

using the online Membership Directory at www.aafcs.org/Member

ship/FindMember.asp. And, affi liate leaders can fi nd more detailed

info on new members on the Leadership Exchange, hosted on the

AAFCS Communities site.

ALABAMA

Merri Blankenship, Student

ARKANSAS

Kayla Renee Sims, Student

Shannon Lee Beall, Student

CALIFORNIA

Joanne Hamilton, Student

CONNECTICUT

Jennifer Sauer, Active

GEORGIA

Sabrena Johnson, Active

Gail F. Adams, Active

Millicent Price, Active

Terralon Chaney, Active

Ginger Chastine, Active

Brenda Trammell, Active

Keishon Thomas, Active

ILLINOIS

Nicole Kelly, Student

Janel Schmitt, Student

Brittany Willis, Student

Nicole Vegara, Student

Madison Nicole Leeseberg,

Student

Chelsea Speas, Student

Cory Miachel Vollmer,

Student

Suzanne Young, Student

Lindsay Kornau, Student

Lauen Pavesic, Student

Amber Kirchens, Student

Rebecca Haustein, Student

Melissa Conway, Student

Alicia Hudson, Student

Mary Melia, Student

Sarah Healy, Student

Stephanie Sherman,

Student

Samantha Lewis, Student

Crystal Hauri, Student

Katie Ptaszynski, Student

Nicole Rae Sloan, Student

Hilary Ashman, Student

KANSAS

Carol Jean Prather, Active

KENTUCKY

Lindsay Wood, Student

Maura Taylor, Student

LOUISIANA

Laken Jordan, Student

Mary Escott, Student

Shawanda Harrison,

Student

Nikki LaCour, Student

MICHIGAN

Su Kyoung An, Active

MINNESOTA

Kelly Schmieg, Student

MISSISSIPPI

April Acker, Student

MONTANA

Lynell Denson, Active

Cynthia Artist, Active

Raelee Lynn Bishop,

Active

Lorrie Siebrecht, Active

NEW YORK

Kathryn Jessica O’Reilly,

Student

NORTH CAROLINA

Susan G. Holt, Active

Eunyoung Yang, Active

Marcy Beth Hebert, Student

OHIO

Amanda Tannreuther,

Active

Emily Janessa Meents,

Student

PENNSYLVANIA

Nicole Fayash, Active

Paul Joyce, Active

SOUTH CAROLINA

Danielle Raysor, Student

Monica Amburn, Active

TENNESSEE

Lindsey Zavers, Student

Kane Tyler Reeves, Student

TEXAS

Bethany Jackson, Student

Bailey Reed, Student

Amanda Rockwell, Student

Heidi J. Lee, CFCS, Active

VIRGINIA

Jada Brooks, Student

Kathy Shelton Mitchell,

Active

WISCONSIN

Evangeline Froelich, Student

Jennifer Joswiak, Student

Proud Sponsor of the

February Issue of The

FACS

By Marilyn R. Swierk, CFCS, TIS

Leadership Team

The “Taking It to the Streets” (TIS)

Leadership Team would like to

celebrate the fi rst birthday of “Let’s

Move” with some resource “gifts”

to you. We proudly introduce the

following to assist you in your work

as you educate your students and

others in the prevention of obesity.

“Taking It to the Streets” Resource Guide:It includes Healthy Habit Rabbit’s

Tips, Healthy School Meals, Social

and Emotional Implications, Physi-

cal Health, Targeted Resources,

Other Ideas, Public Policy, Awards

and Incentives, and more!

Obesity Causation Wheel, developed by Dr. Janelle Walter

and Dr. Bernadette Hascheke and

revised by the team in 2011: It

can be used as a handout, poster,

or PowerPoint slide.

Resource Matrix: This was

designed to help identify some

free or low cost resources for your

work. The list by no means in-

cludes all the information out there

but will hopefully save you time in

locating materials.

Success Stories: Check the

TIS website periodically for (more)

inspirational success stories!

Press Release Template: Share your fi ne work with the

media by customizing and send-

ing the press release!

Please check www.aafcs.org/Advocacy/TIS often as updates

will be made on a continual basis!

“Taking It to the Streets” Update

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF

family & Consumer Sciences

400 N. Columbus St. Suite 202 Alexandria, VA 22314

Address service requested AAFCS Calendar of Events

February 23, 2011 AAFCS Webinar: Best Practices for New FCS Teachers Sponsored by Learning ZoneXpress www.aafcs.org/DevelopmentCenter/Webinars.asp

March 1, 2011 SU Offi cer Applications, SU Award Applications, ESAE Membership Incentive Applications, Betsy Norum Stipend Applications, “Research to Practice” Rounds Applications, and Undergraduate Poster Session Applications Due

March 6 - 12, 2011 National Consumer Protection Week - www.ncpw.gov

March 10, 2011 AAFCS Webinar: Caregiving for Older Adults www.aafcs.org/DevelopmentCenter/Webinars.asp

March 15, 2011 Nutritional Concerns Conference, Albany, NY www.cceschenectady.org

March 29, 2011 AAFCS Webinar: Budgeting and Debt Management: An FCS Approach www.aafcs.org/DevelopmentCenter/Webinars.asp

The FACSThe FACS is the monthly news-letter for members of AAFCS. Photos and articles from and about members are welcome.

EditorGwynn Masongmason@aafcs.org

400 N.Columbus Street, Suite 202Alexandria, VA 22314Phone 703.706.4600Fax 703.706.4663

The American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) is the only professional association that provides leadership and support to family and consumer sciences students and professionals from both multiple practice settings and content areas.

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