Paws Inc. International Headquarters The home of Garfield the Cat.

Paws Inc. International Headquarters

The home of Garfield the Cat

Paws Inc.

The creative team behind the “Cat”

Before James Davis was a cartoonist,he worked for the British Secret

Service!

A little know fact …

“I’ve got the best job in the world…To make you smile for 15 seconds

every day!”

Foundation for

American Health Care Leadership

The most widely syndicated comic strip on The most widely syndicated comic strip on the planet!the planet!

GARFIELD: SINCE JUNE 19, 1978!GARFIELD: SINCE JUNE 19, 1978!

*Guinness World Records, 2002*Guinness World Records, 2002

• Published in 2600 newspapers worldwide• 263,000,000 readers daily• Translated into dozens of languages• Published in over 110 countries• Over 140 million books sold worldwide• The Garfield Movie this year grossed over 195 million dollars

Literacy and Education Programs…Literacy and Education Programs…Past and PresentPast and Present

Jim Davis hosts US Teacher of the Year at Paws every year

Children’s Literacy Initiative with Barbara Bush’s Story Time

Title I Reading Program

Indiana Motor Vehicles License plate program - raising over 3mm dollars for Indiana schools

Garfield’s “Sleep Well, Do Well” Campaign, National Institutes of Health

Argus Big Book reading program

Children’s Museum Learning Centers

Garfield bookmobile dedicated before Congress at the 1998 American Library Association

SHOPA Foundation for Educational Excellence

American Library Association’s Summer Reading Program

Literacy Volunteers of America

NASA’s Facts of Life in Space Campaign

Safety Belt Education Program

Current Professor Garfield AlliancesCurrent Professor Garfield Alliances

The College Board The National Commission on Writing National Council of Teachers of

English The Charles Schwab Foundation Pearson Digital Learning Merriam-Webster Dictionary NASA AWS/Weatherbug USA Funds/Sallie Mae Scholarship America DeMarque Typing Instruction US Dream Academy Tom Chapin - Children’s Music National Institutes of Health

Professor GarfieldProfessor GarfieldOn HealthcareOn Healthcare

Solution:Solution:Leverage the power of the Professor Garfield website as a national platform to teach the importance of health and wellness to children around the world!

Fact:Fact:Health care education is NOT being addressed sufficiently through the public school system or at home.

MethodologyMethodologyEntertain • Empower • Enlighten

Inform • Inspire

Just as television lead the way with one-way edu-tainment shows like Sesame Street in the 1960’s, the Internet will become the two-way communication tool of choice for educators.

Professor GarfieldProfessor Garfield

A World Class Learning LabA World Class Learning Lab

(The Next E-Bay of Education!)(The Next E-Bay of Education!)

Professor GarfieldProfessor Garfield An overview of the website… An overview of the website…