Teachers Saving Children^® Inc. - National

By faith, the Teachers Saving Children^® Inc. – National Board of Trustees last fall made a decision to once again apply for exhibit space in the huge display area during the pre-RA activities. With God’s help our exhibit puts the facts and the wonder of human development before the largest assembly of decision-makers in the teachers’ union. The purpose of our exhibit will be to once more promote and provide educational classroom materials especially for science and health teachers. Teachers Saving Children^® will be investing over $1300 for the exhibit space rental fee and miscellaneous fees.

This year the TSC Inc. – National Board of Trustees has made the decision as funds are made available to purchase multiple copies of the video You Are a Masterpiece and the books You Are Special by Max Lucado and Tell Me Again about the Night I was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis. All three of these items will be excellent materials to use with pre-school and elementary age children. High school child care classes will also be able to use these materials. Teachers Saving Children^® has found over the past several years a high interest in these types of materials that many educators and parents have never seen. It is our hope to raise the money needed to purchase a sizeable quantity of these materials as well as other valuable educational materials that will be given away free of charge.

Through your giving of $5, $10, $20, and more, the Lord continues to miraculously provide the finances for this special ministry opportunity, and for that provision we are grateful. However, additional contributions are needed as we continue to prepare for this exhibit. Prayerfully consider being a part of this special endeavor by sending in your contribution today.

Note: Please make checks payable to “TSC Inc. – National”. Please carefully note how the amount given is to be designated (“NEA Exhibit”) so that the contribution will be appropriately allocated.

New Jersey Teachers Group Criticized for Promoting Pro-Abortion March by Paul Nowak, LifeNews.com Staff Writer (Source: LifeNews.com, March 12, 2004)

Trenton, NJ (LifeNews.com) – Mary Kreiss-Papalski was shocked to open her New Jersey Education Association newsletter and find an announcement that the teacher’s union was inviting members to join the union in supporting and attending the pro-abortion March for Freedom of Choice Rally in Washington D.C. this April.

Not only was the invitation published in the March 2004 NJEA review, the announcement also stated that the Association’s Women in Education Committee, “with approval from the NJEA Executive Committee, will charter two buses for members.”

“When I read this I was quite upset,” said Kreiss-Papalski, an NJEA member and guidance secretary at a New Jersey high school. “I do not feel that my union dues should support this, nor do I think that a union who’s soul purpose is to represent those in the field of education should be supporting something that has nothing to do with education.

NJEA’s Director of Communications, Lynn Maher, said the announcement was in line with the union’s stance on abortion issue.

“NJEA has a pro-choice policy position,” Maher told Life News.com.

When asked if a similar invitation was made for the March for Life in January, Maher said that if the event was contrary to the Association’s policy, then they would not have endorsed it.

Pro-life groups are disturbed that the teacher’s union would endorse abortion – which have taken the lives of thousands of potential New Jersey students.

“It’s deeply disturbing that NJEA would align themselves with radical, extremist pro-abortion groups who continue to usurp legislative and parental authority,” said Marie Tasy, Public and Legislative Affairs Director for New Jersey Right to Life.

Pro-abortion groups supporting the March for Freedom of Choice Rally include Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion business, NOW, the Feminist Majority Foundation, and the march’s organizer, NARAL.

Tasy pointed out that according to recent studies by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the research wing of Planned Parenthood, New Jersey has the highest abortion rate of any state for teenagers, as well as the highest abortion rate for black teenagers.

“By associating themselves with the radical pro-abortion groups they underscore that they are part of the problem, and not part of the solution,” Tasy said of the NJEA.

“In light of the numerous public testimonies that abortion hurts women, NJEA’s position demonstrates that their best interests do not lie in the health and well-being of children,” Tasy told LifeNews.com. “Parents need to communicate to NJEA that this kind of harmful advocacy is not to be tolerated.

“We urge teachers who disagree with this philosophy to withdraw support or cancel their NJEA membership,” concluded Tasy.

1. Election of Officers for the 2004-2005 fiscal year was held. Connie Bancroft will serve as the Executive Director; Gary Winney will serve as the Assistant Executive Director; Gloria Hoelle will serve as Secretary; David Kaiser will serve as Treasurer.

2. The Board of Trustees approved an amendment to the Constitution & Bylaws: Article 2.5 Collection of Membership Fees. Beginning June 1st, all memberships will now be handled through the National Office.

3. The Board of Trustees discussed the TSC exhibit for the NEA Expo 2004. It was approved to purchase with the funds made available as large a quantity as possible the video You Are a Masterpiece and the books You Are Special by Max Lucado and Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis. All monies for these purchases as well as other materials will need to be raised.

4. The Board of Trustees approved a script for a promotional video about Teachers Saving Children^®. It is hoped to have this video produced this spring.