Paws Inc International Headquarters The home of Garfield

Paws Inc. International Headquarters The home of Garfield the Cat

Paws Inc. The creative team behind the “Cat”

A little know fact … Before James Davis was a cartoonist, he worked for the British Secret Service!

“I’ve got the best job in the world… To make you smile for 15 seconds every day!” Foundation for American Health Care Leadership

GARFIELD: SINCE JUNE 19, 1978! The most widely syndicated comic strip on the planet! *Guinness World Records, 2002 • Published in 2600 newspapers worldwide • 263, 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… Past and Present § § Jim Davis hosts US Teacher of the Year at Paws every year § Garfield’s “Sleep Well, Do Well” Campaign, National Institutes of Health § § § § Children’s Literacy Initiative with Barbara Bush’s Story Time Title I Reading Program Indiana Motor Vehicles License plate program - raising over 3 mm dollars for Indiana schools 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 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 De. Marque Typing Instruction US Dream Academy Tom Chapin - Children’s Music National Institutes of Health

Professor Garfield On Healthcare Fact: Solution: Health care education is NOT being addressed sufficiently through the public school system or at home. 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! Methodology Entertain • Empower • Enlighten Inform • Inspire

Professor Garfield (The Next E-Bay of Education!) 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. A World Class Learning Lab

Professor Garfield An overview of the website…