Implement Fundraising Campaign for the Dads' Resource Center

Founded by AccuWeather Founder and CEO Dr. Joel N. Myers, the Dads' Resource Center (www.dadsrc.org) provides education, resources and advocacy for single fathers. We would like to expand the base of financial support for the Dads' Resource Center. This can be challenging, but if you are able to successfully secure funding for an organization that works to the benefit of children and families it would be a great personal achievement and resume builder. We are looking for go getters who will work to develop and also carry out the campaign. Our goal is to secure at least one major funder of least $25,000 annual.

Social Media and Marketing Campaign for the Dads' Resource Center

Founded by AccuWeather Founder and CEO Dr. Joel N. Myers, the Dads' Resource Center (www.dadsrc.org) provides education, resources and advocacy for single fathers. We are looking to ramp up public awareness of the DRC and the need to ensure that single fathers have the opportunity to be in the lives of their children. We have a lot of research that we have done that can be repackaged, and would encourage the creation of new materials that would be more effective in promoting the organization as long as it aligns with our core messaging. We very much would welcome having students do the actual creation of media or implementation of suggested strategies. We would like to see a boost in our social media following and interactions, website traffic and (ideally notable) media placements.

Research for the Dads' Resource Center

Founded by AccuWeather Founder and CEO Dr. Joel N. Myers, the Dads' Resource Center (www.dadsrc.org) provides education, resources and advocacy for single fathers. Our organization has done a lot of research into ways that the family law and social services systems unnecessarily deny children access to their fathers (www.dadsrc.org). We are looking to expand the evidence needed to further emphasize the need for system reform that will better ensure father family involvement. * Any unique research that shows the importance of fathers for children growing up, or how not having a father in their lives negatively impacts children and their future success. * Any research that shows the disparity of custody time awarded in contested custody cases. * Any research that illustrates the biases or ways that fathers not as fully involved in human services as mothers. * Any research into the lack of requirements for the hiring of, training of, or reporting done by, guardian ad litems. * We have a particular focus right now on the misuse of temporary protection of abuse (PFA) orders to gain advantage in matters of custody. In Pennsylvania someone can file the paperwork for a temporary PFA and a magisterial judge can issue a temporary PFA based on the information provided by the accuser, without the person being accused even being present. These are approved 90% of the time. In situations where this is done against fathers who have not done anything that truly justifies a PFA order, they are then considered guilty until innocent. There are numerous potential serious implications that can occur. But, most significantly these orders almost always require that the father immediately leave the residence and be denied any contact with his children. By law, there has to be hearing within 10 business days, but for a variety of reasons this often is extended. Either way, the father is often leveraged to give up access to his children to have the order dropped. Our focus is in Pennsylvania, but we would can use any quality research that might be procured in other states. With the collaborative assistance of the Dads' Resource executive director we need students or groups that are able to identify avenues to explore, put together the process and carry the research through to completion. The Dads' Resource Center will certainly attribute the work to those involved if they so desire.

Podcast Production For Penn State Student Athletes Talking About Their Fathers

Podcasting is a rapidly growing content medium, with a highly localized consumership. Working with students, we would like to take advantage of the trend and create a season of our own podcast. We would like for students to deliver a 5-episode podcast series, based on our outcome objectives. The Dads' Resource Center is looking to do a five series podcast with student athletes from Penn State having them talk about their fathers. Students could accomplish the following: Script each podcast episode. Edit the recorded audio for final publication. Coach participants for success on the microphone. Provide recommendations on increasing listenership.