Special Interest Organizations

Families for Home Education

(FHE - Statewide Association)

PO Box 742

Grandview, MO 64030

Email: region5director@fhe-mo.org

Directors: Kim Qoun

http://www.fhe-mo.org/

FHE is the statewide organization of homeschoolers in Missouri. The purpose of FHE is to protect the inalienable right of the parents of Missouri to teach their own children without state regulation and control. They do this through monitoring legislative events both nationally and locally, lobbying legislators on behalf of home ed., an annual rally at the capitol, Legislative Alert Network, etc. They also offer First Things First resource booklet, bulletins, etc. Membership—$10

Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)

P. O. Box 3000, Purcellville, VA 20134
540-338-5600; www.hslda.org; fax: 540-338-2733
Michael Farris, Chairman, provides legal defense for member homeschoolers. Download application from www.hslda.org . Cost is normally $115 a year but WCCHE members' discount fee is only $95. Log on to this WCCHE web site as a member to get the support group discount number. Call WCCHE contacts Jeff & Jo Ann Peterson for at 636-532-7104 for more info.

Cub Scouts Pack 387

Ages: 1st Grade through age 11

Location: St. John United Church of Christ, 332 Old Sulphur Springs Rd, Manchester MO 63021

Time: 2 Thursdays a month 7:00 - 8:15 p.m. + Campouts / Activities

https://beascout.scouting.org/list/?zip=63021&program%5B%5D=pack&unitID=206156

Boy Scouts of America - Troop 387

Ages: 11 through 18

Location: St. John United Church of Christ, 332 Old Sulphur Springs Rd, Manchester MO 63021

Time: Thursdays 7:00 - 8:15 p.m. + Campouts / Activities

https://beascout.scouting.org/list/?zip=63021&program%5B%5D=pack&program%5B%5D=scoutsBSA&unitID=418

4-H Club

Projects include aerospace, beef, bicycling, community service, forestry, home environments, horses, robotics, photography and much, much more

To join a 4-H Club in your county, or to start a new 4-H Club, contact your county University of Missouri Extension Office. You can find your county office and more information about Missouri 4-H at www.mo4h.missouri.edu