Junior ACFA Program
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Our Mission: Junior ACFA provides learning and leadership experiences for youth to introduce them to the world of cats, as these youths are the future of the cat fancy. Junior ACFA develops and provides programs that foster children's ethical, social, and intellectual development. While nurturing children's capacity to think skillfully and critically, we also strive to deepen children's commitment to social values such as kindness, helpfulness, personal responsibility, and respect for others qualities believed to be essential to leading humane and productive lives in society.
Junior
ACFA as a part of the American Cat Fanciers Association, is promoted
as family entertainment and recreation, a place where families can
gather in a safe environment yet learn and contribute to society.
Members actively participate in the development of their
organization and decision making processes so they feel ownership of
Junior ACFA. Junior ACFA will continue to develop in an ongoing
process as new needs are addressed.
To realize our vision and mission we follow these guiding
principles:
The friendly atmosphere of ACFA lends to the feeling and
experience of a nurturing, extended family.
~Youth exposed to positive role models are inspired to grow
and develop to their full potential.
~Youth who have many interests grow into knowledgeable,
well-adjusted adults.
~Youth that learn the pleasure and responsibility of caring
for cats grow into happy, caring, responsible adults.
~The bond between cats and people, especially when learned at
a young age, provides lifelong coping skills and promotes a healthy
lifestyle.
~Youth that learn and develop leadership skills will become
the confident leaders of tomorrow.
~Youth that have ownership in an organization become proud
loyal members. .
~Good sportsmanship will an important element of Junior ACFA
and will be strongly encouraged.
We adopt ACFA’s Goals for the Cats: Promotion of
the best interests of purebred and non-purebred cats and of
breeders, owners and exhibitors of cats; and promotion of education,
knowledge and interest in all domesticated cats, purebred and
non-purebred, for the general public.
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