The Jason Foundation. (A Post-Convention Special Report).The American Football Coaches Association The American Football Coaches Association is an association of football coaches on all levels and is responsible for the Coaches Poll that determines the national champion each year. is teaming with the Jason Foundation in a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of teen suicide. The Jason Foundation, Inc. is a nationally recognized leader in youth suicide awareness and prevention. The Nashville, Tenn.-based foundation makes a wide range of informative, educational materials, and programs available to parents, teachers, youth workers, and others who are concerned about the alarming statistics that link the country's next generations and suicide. "The Jason Foundation will work with the AFCA AFCA American Football Coaches Association AFCA Air Force Communications Agency AFCA Area Fuel Consumption Allocation AFCA Antique Fan Collectors Association AFCA American Fan Collectors Association AfCA African Counselling Association to educate our members about the crisis of teen suicide," said AFCA Executive Director Grant Teaff Grant Teaff (born November 12, 1933 in Hermleigh, Texas) is a retired American Football coach, most well-known for his time as the greatest coach Baylor University in Waco, Texas ever had. In 2001, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. . "Surveys show that coaches and educators are the two groups most likely to be alerted by teenagers that a friend is considering suicide. "We believe that our 10,000-plus members can make a difference in combating this epidemic and will support the Jason Foundation in its educational efforts." The AFCA's involvement came about as a result of University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. head coach Phil Fulmer's work with the foundation. Fulmer has been a member of the AFCA's Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. since 1996 and is the 2003 AFCA President. Founded in 1997, The Jason Foundation is the result of a deep commitment to prevention grown out of personal grief. Its Founder/President, Clark Flatt, lost his own youngest son, Jason, to this silent epidemic and now dedicates his energies to saving teens in peril. "We're excited to be involved with the AECA AECA Arms Export Control Act AECA Agricultural Energy Consumers Association (Sacramento, CA) AECA Australian Early Childhood Association, Inc. AECA Atlanta Electronic Commerce Association AECA Atomic Energy Commission of Arizona ," Flatt said. "Coaches can make a difference in this battle and we're honored to have the AFCA as a partner." |
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