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North Carolina <br />City and County <br />Management Association <br /> <br />· P.O. Box 3069, Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 <br /> <br />March 6, 2001 <br /> <br />Dear Local Government Official: <br /> <br />On behalf of the North Carolina City and County Management Association, we are asking for your <br />community's financial support to eonfinue the work of our Civic Education Project. After more than a <br />decade of steady progress, the goal of our project is unchanged: to help young people become info.iied, · <br />involved citizens at the local level. <br /> <br />Accomplishments <br />In 1991, our association asked for your help to address the lack of accurate infomlation about local <br />government in the resources typically available to teachers. We appealed to every county and <br />municipality in the state to contribute five cents per capita to this effort, to supplement the initial funding <br />by our organization, the Association of County Commissioners, and the League of Municipalities. When <br />nearly $282,000 poured in from all comers of the state, we were appreciative of your trust and <br />dete, ffined to use the funds to make a lasting difference in how civics is taught. We believe we have <br />been responsible stewards of your money, stretching those funds over ten years to produce: <br /> <br />· Local Government in North Carolina, a textbook and accompanying teacher's guide, <br /> distributed free of charge to every 9th grade' public classroom and now available for <br /> viewing and printing on-line; <br />· Local Government in North Carolina/Lesson Plans, a folder of sixteen lesson plans <br /> for third- or fourth-grade students, distributed free of charge to every public elementary <br /> school; <br />· "Local Government Resources," a newsletter for civies teachers mailed out each fall <br /> outlining the free local government materials available; <br />· A web site (nemanagers.org/teaehers) featuring high school-level lesson plans, names <br /> and contact information for county and municipal officials, and interviews with local <br /> government staff members; <br />· "Back to the Classroom," a folder of tips and activities for use by local government <br /> staff and elected officials in planning their elassroom visits; <br />· A two-day seminar for teachers, slated for July 2001, demonstrating ways to engage <br /> students in hands-on local government activities; <br />· "Promoting the Tradition of Civic Participation," a brief presentation for delivery to <br /> community clubs and organizations on how their members can help to promote civic <br /> involvement. A complimentary copy of this presentation is enclosed. <br /> <br /> <br />