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CONTENTS News Releases

Black Men Still Turning the Table on Father’s Day 1

Real Men Cook Moves to a Larger Venue This Year 3

Real Men Cook Maintains Focus on Healthier Eating 4

Real Men Cook, S. D. Proctor Conference Confront “New Jim Crow”

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Alderman Roderick T. Sawyer Hosts Real Men Cook 7

Real Men Cook Father’s Day Activities at a Glance 9

Real Men Speak: Volunteer profiles 10

APPENDIX

Chicago State University Campus Map i

Why We Cook: Black Family Statistics ii

Census Bureau 2011 Father’s Day Facts iii

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For Immediate Release

Black Men Still Turning the Table on Fatherʼs Day MAY 23, 2011, CHICAGO—What began as an idea to make Father’s Day more meaningful for Chicago’s black community has spread across the country, morphing into a tradition that has turned the table on the day set aside to pamper Dad. When they cut the ribbon at Real Men Cook® for Charity (www.realmencook.com) on June 19 at Chicago State University, it will mark the 22nd year that fathers and father figures wear the aprons, carefully measure the ingredients, stir the pots, and raise money for charity by serving mouthwatering dishes to folks who love good food. Through their voluntarism, the food-‐sampling event has raised more than $1 million for charity.

Last year, there were more than 5,000 Real Men Cook guests in Chicago; nationally, attendance exceeded 30,000. Among them, celebrities and prominent business and community leaders and elected officials who enjoy being part of the tradition. While a state and U. S. Senator, President Barack Obama even donned a Real Men Cook bandana and served food. He also wrote the foreword for the Real Men Cookbook (Simon & Schuster).

When the economy is thriving, there are Real Men Cook events in as many as a dozen cities. This year there will be five large events: Chicago, Atlanta, New York, Dallas and Los Angeles; but countless others honor the event’s tradition on a much smaller scale.

“I can’t tell you how many times people in smaller cities tell me that their families get together, and the fathers and grandfathers treat them to a feast on Father’s Day,” said Real Men Cook co-‐founder Yvette Moyo-‐Gillard. But, she emphasizes, the new tradition is not merely about food. “Ultimately, what the event does is enable others to see the fathers in our community as we see them every day: Nurturing men who work hard to provide for their families and their communities.”

Mark Fishback, a law clerk who has volunteered for the past 10 years, is passionate about his involvement: “It is a moving Father’s Day experience, nurturing and ministering souls through substance—not fluff and commercialism,” he says. “The food is the draw; but the lasting image of who black men really are and what we really do has the greatest effect.”

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Media Contact: Patricia Arnold (312) 698-‐9817

[email protected]

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Tickets go on sale Wednesday, June 1—$20 for adults, $10 for children ($5 additional at the event)—online at www.realmencook.com, at the Southside YMCA, 6330 S. Stony Island and the Community Mental Health Council, 8704 S. Constance Avenue.

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About Real Men Charities, Inc.

Real Men Charities, Inc. is the national not-‐for-‐profit organization that presents the Real Men Cook® events. Funds are used to build and continue programs to honor fathers and father figures, to empower families and perpetuate the memory and spirit of Karega Kofi Moyo and Yvette Moyo Gillard, who founded the annual Father's Day event. This is done by the encouragement and promotion of education through voluntary grants, by scholarships or otherwise to individuals, institutions, and organizations. The organization’s mission is to positively improve the way the world celebrates family and community by increasing the proportion of opportunities for committed and detached males to become involved, responsible, and committed fathers for the good of all communities, families and youth. We accomplish our mission through educating and inspiring all people, through public awareness campaigns, research, and other screening; equipping and developing leaders of national, state, and community male, youth, and family initiatives through curricula, training, and technical assistance; engaging every sector of society through strategic alliances and partnerships; promoting public health; mental, physical, emotional, and economic, by disseminating medical information to the general public without charge—including healthy cooking, fitness, and lifestyle and strengthening the universal institution of family and encourage parents to practice family first in their lives.

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Real Men Cook Moves to Larger Venue This Year MAY 23, 2011, CHICAGO—Real Men Cook® (www.realmencook.com), the hometown event that is now synonymous with Father’s Day, moves this year to Chicago State University at 9501 S. King Drive. This is the 22nd year that Chicago area fathers and father figures will sacrifice their day of pampering to cook and serve soulful dishes to more than 5,000 visitors.

“Fatherhood is about making sacrifices for your family, this is what we do! Real Men Cook honors this,” says volunteer Marwin Brown, a catering chef and food company marketing manager.

The annual food-‐sampling extravaganza opens at 3 o’clock p.m. at the campus’s Cordell Reed Student Union. The event also features live music and dance performances. In the Health and Wellness Zone, the Urban Initiative of the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC), Provident Hospital, Blue Cross and Blue Shield are providing samples of healthy food, information about their services, free health screenings for diabetes, prostate cancer and information to reduce obesity and the White House “Let’s Move” initiative. The Department of Children and Family Services-‐sponsored Children’s Pavilion features play, exercise and Real Men Read activities, and K & G and Men’s Wearhouse are distributing cost-‐saving coupons, in addition to providing a career mentor in the Teen Zone.


Proceeds from the event are presented to select non-‐profit partners. In Chicago, this year’s event will benefit the South Side YMCA and the Community Mental Health Council. To date, more than $1 million has been raised through Real Men Cook events nationwide.

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Real Men Cook® Maintains Focus on Healthier Eating

MAY 23, 2011, CHICAGO—In Chicago and cities in every region of the country, Father’s Day means Real Men Cook® (www.realmencook.com). For 22 years, fathers and father figures have eagerly sacrificed their day of leisure, cooking and serving soulful dishes to the five thousand visitors who flock to the food-‐sampling event annually.

In addition to showcasing the dedication of hard-‐working fathers, Real Men Cook seizes the day to educate the community on healthier eating. Many of the volunteer cooks take great pride in preparing tasty, nutritious and sometimes unusual dishes for the crowd’s enjoyment. Catering chef Marwin Brown, for example, likes to demonstrate that there are healthier was to enjoy traditional dishes without sacrificing taste. This year, he is preparing a low sodium, low cholesterol North African gumbo with couscous.

“If you can open people’s minds to different foods, you hopefully can get them to be open to other things,“ he says.

The annual food-‐sampling extravaganza opens at 3 o’clock p.m. at the campus’s Cordell Reed Student Union. The event also features live music and dance performances; the Real Men Charities’ Health and Wellness Zone, sponsored by the Urban Initiative of the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC), Provident Hospital, Blue Cross and Blue Shield features free health screenings for diabetes, prostate cancer and information to reduce obesity and the White House “Let’s Move” initiative, and tips for family and community fitness; the Department of Children and Family Services-‐ sponsored Children’s Pavilion with play, exercise and Real Men Read activities.

UCMC not only has supported Real Men Cook for the past 4 years, a crew of seven to ten staff and faculty members join the fun. “Our tagline is ‘Real Docs Cook!’” says Dr. Eric Whitaker, Executive Vice President of Strategic Affiliations for the Urban Health Initiative. “Anyone who visits the Health and Wellness Pavilion will see that our food is healthy, delicious—and we are always among the last cooks standing.”

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Real Men Charities, Inc. is the national not-‐for-‐profit organization that presents the Real Men Cook® events. Funds are used to build and continue programs to honor fathers and father figures, to empower families and perpetuate the memory and spirit of Karega Kofi Moyo and Yvette Moyo Gillard, who founded the annual Father's Day event. This is done by the encouragement and promotion of education through voluntary grants, by scholarships or otherwise to individuals, institutions, and organizations. The organization’s mission is to positively improve the way the world celebrates family and community by increasing the proportion of opportunities for committed and detached males to become involved, responsible, and committed fathers for the good of all communities, families and youth. We accomplish our mission through educating and inspiring all people, through public awareness campaigns, research, and other screening; equipping and developing leaders of national, state, and community male, youth, and family initiatives through curricula, training, and technical assistance; engaging every sector of society through strategic alliances and partnerships; promoting public health; mental, physical, emotional, and economic, by disseminating medical information to the general public without charge—including healthy cooking, fitness, and lifestyle and strengthening the universal institution of family and encourage parents to Practice Family First in their lives.

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Real Men Cook®, S. D. Proctor Conference Confront “New Jim Crow”

MAY 24, 2011, CHICAGO—Real Men Charities, Inc. the nonprofit sponsor of the Real Men Cook® Father's Day celebrations, (www.realmencook.com) today announced its solidarity with the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference (SDPC), in its quest to upend the “New Jim Crow”—federal drug policies that have incarcerated a disproportionate number of black men, and robbed too many children of their fathers.

This year, Father’s Day falls on June 19, known as “Juneteenth,” the day in 1865 when many slaves in Texas learned that the Emancipation Proclamation had freed them nearly 30 months earlier. One hundred six years later, almost to the day, then-‐President Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs. According to a new book by Attorney Michelle Alexander, Nixon’s war created the “New Jim Crow.”

“It was this War on Drugs and the ‘get tough movement’ that Alexander brilliantly documents in her book, which succeeded in turning back the clock on racial progress and creating a vast, new racial undercaste in the United States,” said SDPC General Secretary Dr. Iva Carruthers.

On Juneteenth, SDPC is launching a multi-‐city campaign against the New Jim Crow. The organization will have a tent at Real Men Cook’s Father’s Day events in several cities. In Chicago, Attorney Alexander’s book and study guide will be on sale in the event’s Real Men Read pavilion at Chicago State University, 9501 S. King Drive.

“The War on Drugs has almost erased black men from our society and blocked their re-‐entry,” said Real Men Charities Board Chairman Byron Garrett. “This is not a personal problem; it’s everyone’s problem—and together, we can be the solution.”

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, June 1—$20 for adults, $10 for children ($5 additional at the event)—online at www.realmencook.com, the Southside YMCA, 6330 S. Stony Island and the Community Mental Health Council, 8704 S. Constance Avenue.


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Ald. Roderick T. Sawyer to Host Real Men Cook® JUNE 1, 2011, CHICAGO—Newly elected Alderman Roderick T. Sawyer will welcome thousands of visitors to the sixth ward on Father's Day when he hosts the nation's largest urban celebration of fathers: Real Men Cook®. This is the 22nd anniversary of the food-‐sampling and healthy eating celebration. It also marks the return of the event to the campus of Chicago State University. It was last held there in 1992. The local celebration turned a national tradition in 1999, the year that now-‐President Barack Obama became one of the thousands of mostly black male volunteers.

"The tragic loss last month of our beloved host, NBC 5-‐Chicago sportscaster Daryl Hawks, made it imperative that we ask someone special—a committed father, husband and leader—to host our Chicago Father's Day event," said Real Men Cook co-‐founder Yvette Moyo-‐Gillard. "Alderman Sawyer instantly came to mind."

What also makes Sawyer special is that he is part of Real Men Cook history. As a young adult, he and his brother, Shedrick, joined their father, then-‐Mayor Eugene Sawyer, who cooked in the very first celebration in 1990.

"Real Men Cook has been more than a fond memory for me for the past 22 years," said Alderman Sawyer. "It gave me an opportunity at an early age to witness how involved my father was and to be actively involved with men working together, volunteering their time to make a difference for their community and institutions that matter, like the Chicago Food Depository, LifeSource and DuSable Museum that received the proceeds from the very first event. Since then, I've been involved with the activities and saw the birth of Real Men Charities, Inc. that spreads the spirit of Real Men in the community throughout the year. I am so grateful for that wonderful experience. Hosting the event in Chicago's sixth ward makes it a special and distinct pleasure for me, my family and the community.”

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Media Contact: Patricia Arnold

PhoeniX Strategic Communications (312) 698-‐9817

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Real Men Cook opens its doors at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 19 at the Cordell Reed Student Union at Chicago State University, 9501 South King Drive.

Tickets are now available—$20 for adults, $10 for children ($5 additional at the event)—online at www.realmencook.com, at the Southside YMCA, 6330 S. Stony Island and the Community Mental Health Council, 8704 S. Constance Avenue. Tickets sold at each location will help generate funds to support that organization’s programming.

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Real Men Charities, Inc. is the national not-‐for-‐profit organization that presents the Real Men Cook® events. Funds are used to build and continue programs to honor fathers and father figures, to empower families and perpetuate the memory and spirit of Karega Kofi Moyo and Yvette Moyo Gillard, who founded the annual Father's Day event. This is done by the encouragement and promotion of education through voluntary grants, by scholarships or otherwise to individuals, institutions, and organizations. The organization’s mission is to positively improve the way the world celebrates family and community by increasing the proportion of opportunities for committed and detached males to become involved, responsible, and committed fathers for the good of all communities, families and youth. We accomplish our mission through educating and inspiring all people, through public awareness campaigns, research, and other screening; equipping and developing leaders of national, state, and community male, youth, and family initiatives through curricula, training, and technical assistance; engaging every sector of society through strategic alliances and partnerships; promoting public health; mental, physical, emotional, and economic, by disseminating medical information to the general public without charge—including healthy cooking, fitness, and lifestyle and strengthening the universal institution of family and encourage parents to Practice Family First in their lives.

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Father’s Day 2011 June 19, Chicago

Cordell Reed Student Union Chicago State University

9501 South M. L. King Drive Chicago, Illinois 60628

1:30 p.m. Opening Ceremony

Welcome - NBC 5 personality

1:35 p.m. Moment of silence/prayer for Daryl Hawks and deceased volunteers

1:40 p.m. Sponsor and Dignitary Remarks

2:00 p.m. Soul of Fatherhood Award presentation

2:10 p.m. Parade of Cooks

2:15 p.m. Cook Roll Call

2:30 p.m. Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Children’s Zone (Real Men Read and “Let’s Move”-inspired play/exercise, grilled fruits and veggies)

2:45 p.m. Musical Performance

3:00 p.m. Real Men Cook® opens

Real Men Charities Health and Wellness Zone

3:05 p.m. WLFM Jazz Band: Music to Munch By

3:30 p.m. Teen Zone opens (Career mentoring and action plan development)

4:15 p.m. Radio personality comments

4:20 p.m. “Let’s Move” Dance Contest

4:40 p.m. Radio personality

4:45 p.m. Musical performances

5:25 p.m. Acknowledgments and giveaways, Children’s and Teen Zone closes

5:35 p.m. Musical headliner: Nanette Frank

6:00 p.m. Real Men Cook closes

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Real Men Speak… Chef David Blackmon Occupation: Professional Chef/Educator Volunteer: 18 years

When David Blackmon thinks of Real Men Cook®, the first phrase that comes to mind is “Good Times!!!” After 18 years of involvement, often assisted by his “Little Chef,” David continues to volunteer because he is committed to promoting positive images of African-‐American men and healthy families.

“(RMC) is a great event, organization, and venue to network with like-‐minded men who want to affect change in our socio-‐economic system for the future. It highlights to the world how a positive event can change people’s perspectives about each other…it is also a good ego booster!”

This year, David will be serving up a fresh, healthy – and tasty – take on soul food with his Black-‐Eyed-‐Pea and Collard Green Soup. How does he feel about working hard and serving people on Father’s Day?

“This isn’t work. It is a pleasure to break bread with people…Feeling like I touched someone’s soul through food. I enjoy that connection.”

Chef Marwin Brown Occupation: Marketing manager for a global food company; Catering Chef Volunteer: 2 years

Marwin Brown says he moved to Chicago __ years ago wanting a greater connection to the city. He found Real Men Cook® a perfect fit for his combined civic and professional interests. An active volunteer in numerous charitable organizations, Mark sees RMC as an opportunity to make positive acts of fatherhood newsworthy. As a catering chef, Marwin also sees Real Men Cook as an opportunity to educate the black community about healthier eating. This year, he’ll be teaching through his low sodium/low cholesterol North African Gumbo with Couscous. “If you can open people’s minds to different foods, you hopefully can get them to be open to other things,“ he says. When asked if he would rather be pampered and served, instead of serving, on Father’s Day, Marwin responded, “My reward comes when my kids become productive members of society and start successful, healthy families of their own. As a dad, you have to be deliberate. Every moment is a teaching moment. Is there a greater time to teach the true meaning of fatherhood than when you have everyone’s attention? Fatherhood is about making sacrifices for your family, this is what we do! And Real Men Cook honors this.”

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Chef Dwight E. Evans, II Occupation: Executive Chef Volunteer: First Year

Chef Dwight Evans is excited to be joining the Real Men Cook® volunteer chefs this year; he’s always had to work on Father’s Day. He’ll be cooking alongside his 17-‐year-‐old son, Davonte. The Evans men are serving up yummy Blackened Catfish Bites with Red Beans and Rice for the crowd.

“Real Men Cook is a great concept. It’s a great way to bring families together and for fathers to do the cooking. It’s all about giving back.”

Actively involved with several non-‐profit organizations in the city, including Real Men Cook’s Chefs in the Classroom program, No Kid Left Hungry and the Taste of Chicago.

Dwight has no hesitation about spending his Father’s Day cooking and serving the masses. “It’s a time of giving, not receiving,” he says, “an opportunity to set an example for other men to be actively involved in their family’s lives.”

Mark Fishback Occupation: Law Clerk Volunteer: 10 years

Mark’s passion for Real Men Cook® inspired his wife, Dianna West, to not only to join the volunteer ranks but become the volunteer coordinator. Mark fervently believes in Real Men Cook’s mission of community service, and relishes the opportunity for men to be positive role models for others.

“I wanted to do every thing in my power to dispel every myth, stereotype and lie about Black men,” he says. “I want to prove this country wrong about the plight, dedication and overall position and condition of Black males.”

Mark will be serving his Black Bean Corn Salad this year, a dish he describes as “colorful, flavorful and nutritious, just like Real Men Cook day”, but his favorite part will be watching the grandparents, parents and children enjoying the day.

“Real Men Cook is a moving experience, nurturing and ministering souls through substance, not fluff and commercialism. The food is the draw; but the lasting image of who black men really are and what we really do has the greatest effect.”

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Gerald Frazier Volunteer: 5 years

“Unity and family” are the first words that come to mind when Gerald Frazier thinks of Real Men Cook®.

“No other organization that I’ve heard of celebrates men & fathers in such a big way, like the Father’s Day event, “ he says. “The love permeates the entire event. It lets the world know that there are men in our community that care for and serve their community.

“Otherwise, for the most part, we are invisible in the media—unless it’s attached to something negative. So, I felt it was important to represent.”

Despite his year-‐round involvement with Real Men Charities, the Father’s Day event remains Gerald’s favorite part. He describes the ideal RMC chef as a “team player that has a spirit of caring for others.” He will be fully in that spirit as he serves up his Garlic-‐Dill Turkey Burgers this year. His only regret is that the three hours will go so fast.

Chef David Fuller Occupation: Culinary Arts Instructor Volunteer: 13 years

Chef David Fuller initially became involved with Real Men Cook® to see how a crowd of strangers would respond to his cooking. 13 years later, he is a culinary instructor, working with his students and Real Men Charities to promote retail offerings, like their delectable Sweet Potato Pound Cake Mix.

“The first year I participated, I did not know what I was doing; but it was one of the most rewarding experiences I’d ever had in my life. It was similar to the love I felt at the Million Man March,” he recalls.

Asked why he continues to volunteer, David says, “Real Men Cook is absolutely the best Father’s Day event in America. The message is very necessary for my community, which has an epidemic of fatherlessness. Black men don’t have too many outlets in this country where they are celebrated and uplifted and appreciated for what they do to uphold their families and community.”

David will be dishing up “Cousins” this year, a soul food staple more commonly known as Collard Greens and Cabbage. He no longer questions whether his cooking will be a hit, but what he’s really looking forward to is the time spent with his fellow chefs.

“Bonding with the men in the morning before the public arrives, and seeing the love that the men put into the occasion…it’s priceless, filled with pride.”

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Donald Tiller Occupation: Former Executive Chef, currently a home health care worker Volunteer: 2 years

For 20 years, Donald Tiller was a highly successful executive chef. After graduating Kendall College in 1988, he worked at fancy establishments in New York and Lake Forest, Illinois, at Northwestern University, and was the personal chef at the estate of a corporate CEO. His love for good food led first to obesity—his weight hovered around 300 pounds—then on July 24, 2008, he had a stroke.

“My life has totally changed. My purpose and objectives are different,” he says. For starters, he lost 70 pounds and walks five miles each day. Every Friday morning now, Tiller is in his kitchen at 4:30 a.m. preparing food—not for wealthy clients, but for children at his elementary school alma mater, now known as the Songhai Learning Institute in the Roseland neighborhood on the city’s far South Side.

“Poor nutrition not only invites chronic illness, it impacts children’s behavior. I teach them how to help their parents shop for healthy foods in the local grocery store and how to prepare healthy meals,” says Tiller. “Parents have told the principal that their children don’t stop talking about good nutrition, so it’s working!”

Part of the excitement is that the kids don chef’s hats so that they can feel as if they’re miniature chefs. He knew that they had taken his message to heart when the first class stood in line and begged him to autograph their hats.

“Before, my life mission was to impress my peers in the culinary arts. But when a child says, ‘I want to be like you,’ it touches you in a special way,” says Tiller, whose new mission is to reach every class in the building before school ends on June 17.

Chaga Walton Occupation: Printing Production Service Rep Volunteer: 17 years

For Chaga Walton, Real Men Cook® is truly a family affair. This year, he participates with four generations of his family, including his father-‐in-‐law and grandson. Having initially become involved at the request of co-‐founder Kofi Moyo, Chaga has continued to volunteer with RMC for 17 years, inspired by the camaraderie, the food, and the mission of “great food for a great cause.”

This year, he’ll be making his highly requested Guacamole and Stomping Salsa, which was featured in one of the Real Men Cook cookbooks. But the event itself isn’t the only reason Chaga returns year after year. His favorite part? The time spent in the kitchen with the men prior to the day of the event.

In his words, “This is a time to stand up and be counted among those that want to make a difference in the lives of our youth. This is a way to give back. The emphasis on food as a means of developing young men by showing positive role models and examples is something I have not seen anywhere else.”

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All Real Men Cook® activities are at the Cordell Reed Student Union

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Why We Cook…

8.6 million black family households.

64% of African American children grow up without a father. (View PSA) http://bit.ly/jZ5miz

63% of all youth suicides are from fatherless homes.

90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes.

85%of all children that exhibit behavior disorders come from fatherless homes.

80% of all rapists motivated by displaced anger come from fatherless homes.

71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes.

75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes.

70% of juveniles in state-‐operated institutions come from fatherless homes.

85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in fatherless homes. "African American Demographics, Population, Incomes, Veterans, Education, Voting." Infoplease. © 2000–2007 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease. 26 May, 2011 http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmcensus1.html. “Fatherhood at a Glance.” © 2006 Dare to be King-Urban Leadership Institute http://www.daretobeking.com/fatherhood.htm

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April 20, 2011

Father’s Day: June 19, 2011 The idea of Father’s Day was conceived slightly more than a century ago by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Wash., while she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm. A day in June was chosen for the first Father’s Day celebration —101 years ago, June 19, 1910, proclaimed by Spokane’s mayor because it was the month of Smart’s birth. The first presidential proclamation honoring fathers was issued in 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson designated the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Father’s Day has been celebrated annually since 1972 when President Richard Nixon signed the public law that made it permanent.

How Many Fathers?

70.1 million Estimated number of fathers across the nation. Source: Unpublished data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation

25.3 million Number of fathers who were part of married-‐couple families with children younger than 18 in 2010.

• 22 percent were raising three or more children younger than 18 (among married-‐couple family households only).

• 3 percent lived in someone else’s home.

Source: America’s Families and Living Arrangements http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-‐fam.html

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1.8 million Number of single fathers in 2010; 15 percent of single parents were men.

• Nine percent were raising three or more children younger than 18.

• About 46 percent were divorced, 30 percent were never married, 19 percent were separated, and 6 percent were widowed.

• 39 percent had an annual family income of $50,000 or more.

Source: America’s Families and Living Arrangements http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-‐fam.html

Thinking of You, Dad

8,111 The number of men’s clothing stores around the country (as of 2008), a good place to buy dad a tie or shirt. Source: County Business Patterns http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/

16,010 The number of hardware stores (as of 2008), a place to buy hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers and other items high on the list of Father’s Day gifts. Additionally, there were 7,009 home centers across the country in 2008. Source: County Business Patterns http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/

22,116 Number of sporting goods stores in 2008. These stores are good places to purchase traditional gifts for dad, such as fishing rods and golf clubs. Source: County Business Patterns http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/

81.5 million The number of Americans who participated in a barbecue in the last year — it’s probably safe to assume many of these barbecues took place on Father’s Day. Source: Mediamark Research & Intelligence, as cited in the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2011 http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ , Table 1239

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Mr. Mom 154,000 Estimated number of stay-‐at-‐home dads in 2010. These married fathers with children younger than 15 have remained out of the labor force for at least one year primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home. These fathers cared for 287,000 children. Source: America’s Families and Living Arrangements http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-‐fam.html

16% In spring 2005, the percentage of preschoolers regularly cared for by their father during their mother’s working hours. Source: Who’s Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Spring 2005/Summer 2006 http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/children/cb10-‐123.html

Child-Support Payments $2.8 billion Amount of child support received by custodial fathers in 2007; they were due $4.3 billion. In contrast, custodial mothers received $18.6 billion of the $29.8 billion in support that was due. Source: Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-‐237.pdf

45% Percentage of custodial fathers who received all child support that was due in 2007, not significantly different from the corresponding percentage for custodial mothers. Source: Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-‐237.pdf

67% Percentage of custodial fathers receiving noncash support, such as gifts or coverage of expenses, on behalf of their children. The corresponding proportion for mothers was 56 percent. Source: Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-‐237.pdf

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Time with Daddy 53% and 71% Percentages of children younger than 6 who ate breakfast and dinner, respectively, with their father every day in 2006. The corresponding percentages who ate with their mother were 58 percent and 80 percent. (The percentages of children who ate breakfast with their mother or father, respectively, were not significantly different from each another.) Source: A Child’s Day: 2006 http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/2006_detailedtables.html 36% Percentage of children younger than 6 who had 15 or more outings with their father in the last month, as of 2006. Source: A Child’s Day: 2006 http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/2006_detailedtables.html 6 Average times children ages 3 to 5 were read to by their fathers in the past week, as of 2006. Source: A Child’s Day: 2006 http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/2006_detailedtables.html 66% Percentage of children younger than 6 who were praised three or more times a day by their fathers. Source: A Child’s Day: 2006 http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/2006_detailedtables.html Editor’s note: The preceding data were collected from a variety of sources and may be subject to sampling variability and other sources of error. Facts for Features are customarily released about two months before an observance in order to accommodate magazine production timelines. Questions or comments should be directed to the Census Bureau’s Public Information Office: telephone: 301-763-3030; fax: 301-763-3762; or e-mail: <[email protected]>.

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