2. Runs September 1 – October 31, 2016
On-line renewal available
Member Benefits

3. Top ten reasons for joining!
10) A Strong Voice! - 7,500 BC members and 26,000 Canada wide.
9) Focus On French! – only volunteer organization focused on FSL learning.
8) Resources!
7) Trouble Shooting!  - help you navigate challenges and provide support.
6) CPF parents! – offer summer camps, film festivals, science day camps, swimming lessons, public-speaking competitions, etc.
5) Encouragement! - CPF offers bursaries and scholarships.
4) Promotion! - we help to keep enrolment high so your child’s educational program remains rich and secure. 
3) Public Speaking! - CPF organizes Concours d’Art Oratoire
2) Volunteer Satisfaction! - Non French speaking parents welcome. Network, make new friends, gain skills, bolster resume, and stay engaged in your child’s educational life.  
… the number one reason to become a member
1) Your Child! - Help us continue to create and sustain strong, vibrant and exciting French educational, cultural, and sporting activities for your child.
Join Us Today!

4. Member Benefits
Collège Éducacentre will offer a $30 discount to registered CPF members when they are signing up for a French for Parents course.
Siamak, director of North Shore Pole Francophone offers members 10% off French lessons and French Immersion tutoring.
Le Myosotis, makers of the first FSL dictionary entirely developed in Canada, is offering CPF members a 15% discount!
Access to BCFFC and other French Summer/day camps throughout B.C.
Firefly Books – offers CPF members the following terms per “ship to” address: 25 assorted books = 40% discount off retail price. Additional charges for shipping & GST.

5. Member Resources
Members only database available through national website ( resources/research-database/)
Closed Facebook group for CPF members – provides resource support, forum to ask questions, and news on upcoming French community events
Free National magazine subscription (Also available:

6. BCFFC SUMMER CAMPs What is BCFFC? Camp Registration:
French Immersion Family Camp
Parents do not have to speak French
Camp Registration:
Applications for Summer camps will be accepted mid- January 2017.
For more info please visit:
Summer Camp Locations:
Shuswap Lake
Gwillim Lake
(near Chetwynd)
Vancouver Island (near Nanaimo)

7. New Bilingual Creative Arts Competition

8. Opportunity TO Showcase their Bilingual Skills
Categories:
Singer/songwriter
Spoken word poetry
Dramatic reading
Storytelling
Documentary film making
Ghost writer (composed by a skilled writer, presented by a skilled presenter).

9. Jeunes Artistes Who can participate? Open to K-12
Grades 10–12 will compete and showcase at the Provincial level
K-9 in BC & Yukon - organized locally, at the school or regional level
Dates:
October February 2017
Provincial Finals for Grades : March 2017

10. For Additional Information: Jeunes Artistes
Visit to learn more about Frequently Asked Questions, Categories, Rubrics for Judges, Online Submission Process, and more.
If you still have questions after browsing all the resources, please feel free to communicate with or contact the CPF|BC & Yukon Branch office at or locally at

11. How to get involved: Print and Hang Posters
Source prizes and bilingual judges
Class reps assist classroom teachers
Distribute info to students (flyers in backpacks/ )
Volunteers for event
Support students at home

12. Winter Carnaval Initial Planning:
Only bilingual French Winter Carnaval on the North Shore!
Initial Planning:
Looking for main attraction.
Looking for craft theme.
Children missed not having the Ice Carver last year.

13. We Need Your Help: Purchase and arrange supplies Craft Preparation
Coordinate Class Reps.
Help create displays
Volunteers for event
Ideas and Inspiration (most importantly)