Family Day

Non-Profit Organizations

Below are just some of the ways you can celebrate Family Day: 

• Encourage parents to pledge to be a Family Day STAR .  You can use our Family Day STAR pledge form to collect STAR pledges at your events.  Click here to download your form today.
• Create a Family Day Contest:                                                                       
  • Drawing contests – Who can make the best dinner placemat, festive dinner place cards or creative Family Day posters.
  • Photo contest  – Submit photos of Family Day mealtime or shots of fun indoor or outdoor family activities.
  • Essay contest themes – “Why family dinners are important to me,”  “How I celebrated Family Day” or “My favorite family memory or tradition is...”
  • Recipe contest – Collect homemade recipes and have a friendly bake-off or taste testing contest. Entries can be used to create your group’s Family Day cookbook.

• Ask local elected officials to issue a Family Day proclamation and to attend your event. Please download our sample proclamation request letter/sample proclamation.
• Host a Family Day event such as a potluck dinner, barbeque or other family friendly activity on or leading up to Family Day.
• Ask local restaurants or supermarkets to partner with you to offer Family Day discounts or to offer gift certificates or prizes for your contests. Please download our sample restaurant letter.
• Order Family Day brochures and materials to distribute at your events and in your neighborhood.
• Link to www.CASAFamilyDay.org from your site.
• Review the Family Day Participant Guidelines to help make your celebration a success.

Download the Family Day 2008 Contributors Chart
for more information on contributor and participant benefits.

Become a Family Day STAR!

I commit to:

S- Spend time with my kids by having dinner together

T- Talk to them about their friends, interests and the dangers of drugs and alcohol

A- Answer their questions and listen to what they say

R- Recognize that I have the power to help keep my kids substance free!

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The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University is neither affiliated with, nor sponsored by the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association (also known as "CASA" ) or any of its member organizations, or any other organizations with the name of "CASA".