Founder and CEO of Youth Frontiers, Inc. Joe Cavanaugh will help parents learn how to instill important values in their children.

In an effort to support district parents as they work to raise children who are kind and respectful, the Tonka CARES coalition will host parent speaker Joe Cavanaugh on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Cavanaugh is the founder and CEO of Youth Frontiers, Inc., a nonprofit organization that collaborates with schools to create more positive school communities.

Cavanaugh will share with parents the critical importance of character development among young people in schools. Parents will learn the four values Cavanaugh believes are vital for young people as well as how to effectively instill these values into their child’s life.

WHAT: Parent Speaker: Joe Cavanaugh
More Than Smart: Helping our Children Get an A in Life

WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 9
7-8:30 p.m.

WHERE: Mount Calvary Lutheran Church
301 County Road 19
Excelsior

This event is FREE and no registration is required. FREE childcare will be provided for children up to age 12.

Youth Frontiers’ vision is to change the way young people treat each other in every hallway, lunch line, and classroom of every school in America so that today's young people can make tomorrow's world better. Through programs that help young people realize the importance of living a life of character, Youth Frontiers is transforming the day-to-day experience in schools across America so that schools ─ and therefore students ─ can thrive. For more information, visit http://www.youthfrontiers.org/.

This speaking event will begin with an update on the work of the Tonka CARES Coalition in our community. Tonka CARES works to reduce underage substance use.