Mix business with pleasure: Come enjoy a relaxing and comfortable shopping experience in the carpeted Exhibit Hall and complete your back-to-school shopping! Save when you take advantage of the many Convention Specials offered by our exhibitors! Don’t miss out on these great deals!!

After a day of shopping and workshops, your family’s appetites will be ready for a good, hot meal and fellowship. Avoid the traffic rush and treat your family to a hot buffet dinner of delicious, herb-roasted chicken, baked tilapia with lemon cream, fresh-baked rolls, salad, steamed vegetables, wild rice pilaf, and chocolate cake—all for just $16.95/person while space is available! Call toll-free 888.200.4903 for tickets.

Stay for the Friday Evening Program! The whole family will want to hear Little Bear Wheeler as he shares the story of William Wallace: Braveheart – Guarding Your God-given Freedom.

As an increasing number of home schoolers enter colleges and become eligible for scholarships, the NCAA has established an eligibility clearinghouse to process home school certifications and rules for home school graduates.

THSC Association is excited to announce another benefit for THSC Association members! NEST Family Entertainment now offers 25% off fun, educational, and entertaining products your family can trust.

As a leading producer and distributor of family entertainment products for home schools, Sunday schools, churches, Bible study programs and more, Nest Family possesses one of the world's finest libraries of feature-quality, animated videos and dramatized audio collections. These collections provide families and teachers with the tools to instill positive character traits and Judeo-Christian values.

As a new school year approaches, have you added joining THSC Association to your school-preparation list? Support the work of the state organization that works to maintain YOUR right to homeschool and at the same time become able to take advantage of its ever growing list of benefits for members. (Click on the graphic for more information.)

THSC Association is continually looking not only for ways to give back to its membership by enlarging its Member Benefit Package , but now we’ve developed a way to make the cost of joining even easier on your budget!

We still offer $15 off the annual membership price of $85 for members of local home school support groups. Save an additional $5 annually by choosing the auto-renewal option, which will automatically renew your membership by charging your debit/credit card. The new budgeting tool is our monthly payment plan. You can now distribute payment for your membership fee throughout the year.

You can also now join for two years, or are you the type who would like to not ever have to worry again about whether or not you’ve renewed your membership? Become a life-time member for $1000, and that’s something you can cross off your to-do list for good!

To learn about the new options or to join, you can call our office at (888) 200-4903 and speak to our friendly, helpful staff. You can also download and print, then mail or fax your completed application and order form.

You can still join or renew online but the payment plan options are not yet available on the website.

An article appearing on July 26, 2006, at WDCMedia.com tells of the advantages of home schooling for missionaries in the field. Excerpts from the article, which focuses on Korea, follow:

“American Home Schoolers to the Rescue in South Korea’s Churches

Family Mission International (FMI) was founded just one year ago in June 2005. But the mission behind it began years ago when FMI founder Brad Voeller was just eight years old, serving with his missionary family in the Philippines. [Brad is also the founder of Global Learning Strategies, which is part of the growing group of organizations offering discounts to THSC Association members.] Since that time, Voeller -- who has a passion for foreign missions and for families -- has served in various Asian locations. To minister to families all over the world, he founded Family Mission International. According to its website, FMI ‘is engaged in mobilizing and equipping churches and families to share the message of biblical family, family discipleship, and home education worldwide.’ What better way to reach families than through families? FMI decided to send home-schooling families to countries around the world. Step one is South Korea.”