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Since 1948, the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) has worked to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States. They have also been a very strong supporter of Boot Camp for New Dads.

Greg Bishop, Head Coach of Boot Camp for New Dads was recently interviewed for the holistic Los Angeles magazine Yogi Times. In their editorial titled “fatherhood 101: boot camp for new dads shows new fathers the way”, they cover the national program from its inception to its current status. The article also talks about Boot Camp's companion manual Hit the Ground Crawling: Lessons from 150,000 New Fathers.

The Pacific Life Foundation has generously awarded a $10,000 grant to Boot Camp for New Dads to produce an updated program video. The video will be used to give an overview of the program to hospitals and organizations interested in starting a Boot Camp for New Dads workshop, and to introduce Boot Camp to men in Childbirth Education classes at hospitals with existing BCND programs. Additionally, it will also be available for use by Boot Camp facilitators as an in-class introduction to the program.

We would like to thank Pacific Life for their commitment to helping dads-to-be get off to the best start possible.

We’re pleased to announce that the Irvine Health Foundation has awarded Boot Camp for New Dads one of their 20/20 community grants. The IHF’s 20/20 community program selects organizations that have furthered its mission of improving the health of Orange County, CA residents. As a recipient of an IHF’s “20/20 Grant”, Boot Camp has received an unrestricted grant as well as public relations support and services from Marcom Interactive.

Other nations requesting help to establish Boot Camp for New Dads.

International interest in Boot Camp for New Dads is growing due to our success in the U.S and rising concern about fatherhood in many other countries. Greg Bishop, Boot Camp for New Dads founder and Head Coach, was invited to present Boot Camp at England’s national fatherhood conference, sponsored by Fathers Direct, in April 2005. Fathers Direct has since restored options to develop the workshop for fathers-to-be in England, under the name Hit the Ground Crawling and most recently asked for assistance for establishing workshops for teenage fathers. We have also received requests from members of the International Lamaze and Childbirth Education associations from South Africa and Mexico, and we are responding to requests from Canada that were generated by a major article on Boot Camp in Macleans, Canada’s largest magazine. Other requests for assistance have come from Australia and Singapore and we have enjoyed significant news coverage on Boot Camp in Japan, Germany, South Korea and Brazil.