BENEFITS OF HAVING A LOCAL CHAPTER

CPF - Manitoba (CPF - MB) has Chapters in several school divisions that offer French Immersion. There are also members that exist that currently do not belong to a specific Chapter.

CPF - MB Chapters....

• Bring members together to work to improve opportunities for children to learn French, both in and out of the classroom
• Organize extracurricular activities such as: video nights, family fun nights, French field trips to theatre and museums
• Have access to the CPF - MB Cultural Tour and Camp Soleil, which only visit schools where there is a local Chapter in the school division
• Receive annual grants to provide services to their members
• Network with other Chapters to share information about advocacy and fundraising initiatives
• Can send delegates to workshops organized by CPF - MB
• Have access to advice and training provided by the provincial organization for local projects and activities

A Chapter can be the voice of parents in a school division. CPF - MB can offer guidance to its chapters regarding how best to comunicate issues to school divisions.

Canadian Parents for French
wants YOU and members to form
local a CPF Chapter!

When you form a local Chapter, your Chapter:

• Can become an important local voice for the support of French second-language learning in your schools;
• Can gain access to a large body of research and information about FSL programs;
• Will receive 65% of the membership fees paid by members in your division, to be used for the promotion of French second-language learning;
• Will receive a $250 start-up fund; one set of the “I’m learning French because…………..” posters; one set of the “I’m staying in French because…………” posters; other FSL related documentation;
• Can host and assist in coordinating summer camps, and receive any profits incurred from such camps; members pay the reduced members-only rate;
• Can nominate a school to receive the Cultural Tour in your division for a cost of $200.00 (*paid by the school);
• Can receive frequent updates from both provincial and national associations;
• Can send one fully sponsored representative to attend training sessions on topics of special interest to members and Chapter representatives;
• Can have access to a solid support group of other parents and/or groups for advice about fundraising, advocacy for programs and other issues.
• Can access an Initiative Incentive Fund, by application, of up to $200 per year;
• Can publish one article per year in a CPF-MB newsletter (dependant upon available space and the discretion of the CPF-MB publications committee).
• Can publish one free advertisement per year in a CPF-MB newsletter – ¼ page, $125 value (dependant upon available space and the discretion of the CPF-MB publications committee).
• Form a CPF – MB Chapter today and make a difference as part of a volunteer network of thousands of individuals, families and organizations interested in creating and promoting French second-language learning opportunities for young people.