What Others Have Said

What others have said about RuralFathers.com:

Below you’ll find a sampling of  members'  comments about our resources and service.

• "So far I feel that registering for Rural Fathers has been the best investment my organization has made towards Fatherhood! We have scheduled activities for the next year and have decided to use some of the activities that you have developed. One of my favorite things about the program are the individual activities for age groups. Thank you and your co-workers for all your great Ideas."
  
  — Shannon Duerig - Community Partnership Facilitator
  DDI VANTAGE Early Head Start - Taylorsville, Utah
  
  
• In the summer of 2005, we learned about RuralFathers.com. What a wonderful resource. Everything we needed was right there. Now the newsletters are distributed to fathers at the meetings regularly and the staff newsletters are also given to all staff. My husband uses the ideas given for male involvement meetings and has found this to be very helpful, and the father/child group activities and the individual father/child activities are great. Even though we only serve 3 to 5 year old children – I print off the activities for every age so that fathers can take information foe all of their children. I am so impressed with the website. The staff is obviously very knowledgeable and insightful.
  
  — Lahna Wimmer - Family Advocate
  Limon Child Development Center - Limon Colorado
  
  
• “I want to give you feedback on the Important Fathers training from Rural Fathers. I used it yesterday for staff training, and it went very well. When brainstorming the important fathers in our lives, then their contributions, everyone’s hearts were in a good place to focus on the fathers in our program with a new perspective. Thanks for the resource.”
  
  — Sharon Galey - Family & Community Partnerships Manager
  Head Start - Leadville, Colorado
  
  
• “We are all still very much at the beginning of the learning curve of the great social transformation of fatherhood and families. RuralFathers.com has been providing leadership like no other in the movement today This exceptional website coming out of the soul and heart of Early Head Start and Head Start experience has value for teachers, administrators, family professional, dads, moms and their children – the very first holistic approach that I have ever encountered.”
  
  — Craig Hart - Family and Community Partnership - Fatherhood Technical Assistance Content Specialist
  Region VIII / ACF / Head Start - Denver, Colorado
  
  
• “Mike and the staff at RuralFathers.com have done a fantastic job compiling user friendly resource and support materials necessary to help understand, develop and maintain top notch father involvement programs. Their newsletters, resources, and activities are fantastic and extremely beneficial. A subscription to RuralFathers.com is a must for those who have the passion and desire to support fathers and their involvement with their children.”
  
  — Cory Lichty - I/T Training Specialist
  Family Resource Network South Dakota State University - Brookings, South Dakota
  
  
• "Your resources are great. I pull them off the site as they are added and share them with the individual classroom teams to use locally as they feel appropriate. I've gotten many good comments from our teaching and family service staff. Having a new grandson myself, I even share them with his father. We're in our second year of our subscription...so far, it's been worth it. I also wanted to comment on the home visiting DVD you sent out a little while back. The timing was perfect....I was in the midst of doing a Head Start Family Service Credential training and looking for something new to use for the piece on father involvement. The group thought it was a great resource...the two male home visitors we had in the group particularly approved. Thanks for the great stuff!"
  
  — Kristen Walcheski
  North East Michigan Community Service Agency - Big Rapids, Michigan
  
  

RuralFathers.com

Early Head Start
Youth & Family Services
PO Box 2813
Rapid City, SD 57709
1-800-937-9832