1. Home School Foundation Ambassadors in Action Many hands making a difference in your homeschool community

2. HSF – the charitable arm of HSLDA HSF offers home school families in need assistance from various funds.

3. Kids Curriculum Fund

4. Widows/Widowers Fund

5. Children of Single Parents Fund

6. Special Needs Children Fund

7. Military Fund

8. Emergency Compassion Fund

9. HSF Ambassador Program A vehicle of HSF for volunteers to get “up close and personal” to identify to validate to meet the needs of home school families in their own communities

10. Ambassadors-in-Action Educate about HSF’s mission and the Ambassador Program Represent HSF and the Ambassador Program at events, small and large – Homeschool conferences & group meetings – Work place giving charity fairs Host once-a-year fundraiser Implement service projects Find other ambassadors

11. Joe and Zan Tyler, SC State Ambassadors, educating on the HSF Ambassador Program

12. Joe Tyler shows off his HSF Ambassador Cap.

13. Ambassadors at Events Attend lots of events – large and small Share stories, not facts Prompt people to think of needy families they know to make real life connections Invite people to sign up for HSF e-newsletter Encourage PEP (positive, energetic, proactive) people to join as ambassadors through HSF website (www.homeschoolfoundation.org/volunteer)

14. CHEF Conference – April 2011 Alabama State Ambassador Phyllis Tate

15. HSLDA Nat’l Conference 2011 KY State Ambassador Don Woolett at HSF table FL State Ambassador Regina Hicks speaks about a wildfire service project

16. Sharing the Message...

17. CHAP Conference 2012

18. PA State and Community Ambassadors Kimberly Huber and Denise Phillips

19. Ambassadors at MASSHope Conference 2012 MA State Ambassadors Robert and Darlene Muto with HSLDA attorney Mike Donnelly

20. NC Community Ambassador shares the HSF message at a home school book fair in a bookstore!

21. Ambassadors Attend Workplace Giving Events Face-to-face conversations increase likelihood of being remembered by employees as they select charities and designate their giving Hundreds of charity options employees choose from Opportunity to share stories to make a connection FREE to attend & by invitation only 18-month cycle from event to final receipt of donations – tracked for results 400% potential increase over non-attendance

22. Two Types of Workplace Giving Events: CFC – Combined Federal Campaign (federal employees) NTN – Neighbor to Nation (state employees) $60,339 received from last cycle Events are ranked by tiers of giving: – Tier 1: greater than $1 million – Tier 2: between $500,000 and $1 million – Tier 3: less than $500,000

23. Quantico Marine Base, Virginia CFC Workplace Giving Fair September 1, 2011

24. We talked to nearly 100 military personnel about HSF.

25. Keep it Simple!

26. Tennessee State Ambassador Lana Thornton greets a potential donor at a September CFC event

27. TX State Ambassador John Johanson represents HSF at a workplace giving event

28. CFC Maritime Institute Charity Fair, Linthicum, MD – September 7, 2011

29. NTN State Workplace Giving Event Georgia State Ambassador Bonnie Stone and daughter Candace

30. Ambassadors Fundraising & Serving Why? Glorify God, Further Homeschooling, Honor our Vision Proverbs 13:17b (Amplified): “... a faithful ambassador brings healing.” Isaiah 58:12b (NIV): “... you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.” James 1:27a (NIV): “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: To look after orphans and widows in their distress…”

31. Families served by Ambassador Fundraisers matched by HSF

33. Mary Kay Fundraiser in Texas Gina Vormelker, Community Ambassador, gave a percentage of profits from her Mary Kay home party.

34. Gina explains the mission of HSF to her guests. $469 for the Texas State Ambassador Fund!

35. Alabama Ambassadors raise funds

36. Youth Ambassadors enjoy greeting folks and explaining the HSF Ambassador Program

37. Alabama Community Ambassador Robbie Lynch with HSF Youth Ambassadors

38. Thank you to our Alabama Youth Ambassadors!

39. Florida Ambassadors clearing brush to make a home school family’s yard safe from wildfire

40. Florida Ambassadors give a day’s work

41. Many hands making a difference

42. Florida Ambassadors e-Cookbook Fundraiser – testing recipes

43. Recipe hunting for e-Cookbook Florida Fundraiser

44. Florida Youth Ambassadors happy to donate their time and energy

45. HSF now has 28 State Ambassadors and 27 Community Ambassadors In 30 states …. Lots more needed!

46. As of March 2014…

47. It’s a new day every day for the HSF Ambassador Team.

48. JOIN US AS AN AMBASSADOR www.homeschoolfoundation.org/volunteer