purpose

Purpose:
The purpose of this local support group shall be:

a) to provide a support group for mothers who choose to stay at home to raise their children;

b) to provide a forum for topics pertinent to children, child-raising, homemaking, personal improvement and the family;

c) to engage in activities to enrich the lives of children in the community;

d) to undertake and complete at least one charitable, humanitarian or social welfare project related to children each year.

Principles:
The principles of this local support group shall be:

a) that women must be free to choose their personal path to fulfillment;

b) that, for women who choose it, raising children is an important and fulfilling full-time job;

c) that a family's decision for a mother to stay at home to raise the children often involves considerable financial sacrifice;

d) that there is no one right way to raise children, but that a major reason for the members to come together is their desire to seek out mothers with a common concern for raising their children in the best possible and most healthful way;

e) that children are a community's greatest resource, and that a community's concern for its children is marked by the quality of its schools.