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Pillars of the Community Day

Family Nature Parcs^TM an advocate of outdoor sport and wellness is calling on communities, families and individuals to seek participation in a physical activity at our truly multi-outdoor sport and recreation facilities being developed in Canada.

We believe that obesity and its causes are a mortal threat, mostly to our children.

We believe that outdoor physical activities, any physical activity, are an important and enjoyable remedy for obesity and for wellness.

We are planning to hold annually, a one day free event at our Parcs, to take place during the week before schools starts, to recognize and to honor the contribution of our teachers, Policemen and women, firemen, veterans and volunteers at our hospitals and charities.

This community day will be designated The Five Pillars Of Society Day.

The Company aspires to set high standards of civilized behavior by players and visitors at its Parcs. Bullying, discrimination, harassment, name calling, violence and all manifestations of ungentlemanly and unsporting behavior will not be accepted or tolerated.

We want the active involvement of aboriginal and new Canadians in sport and recreation at our Parcs.

Our Director of social programming will plan different interesting programs, games and camps to bring children and teenagers from those communities to partake with other Canadians to help break the invisible barrier that is now inhibiting their active participation in community sport and recreation.

Our Parcs will be an outdoor paradise of state of the art multi-sport and recreation facilities, a place where several aged-based sport and recreation facilities offering our children multiple choices of sports, fun, good health, comradeship where dreams are made.

If you like to know more about our development plans or to share your ideas with us, we would love to hear from you. Please email us at: info@familynatureparcs.com. You may also consider to Register for FREE to receive our periodical progress reports and news.
We Plan to Franchise Wellness

The Franchisability of the Company – It is difficult to determine the franchisability of the business concept of Family Nature Parcs, and the predictive criteria necessary to assess the Company’s degree of readiness for franchising its new “Franchise Brand” of community multi-outdoor sports, leisure, games, recreation and wellness facilities.

The Company is aware that its credibility as a Franchisor will, initially, be in question because it lacks the usual consumer awareness, operational history, organization size and strength of management, to name a few predictive criteria, for prospective Franchisees to consider. The Company believes its credibility can be reflected in a number of ways:

As to Consumer Awareness, Operational History and Organization Size
- Canadians of all ages as consumers are aware and are actively participating in a variety of sports, leisure and recreational activities. Sport is woven into the very fabric of every community in Canada. One out of every four adults and one out of every two children actively participate in sport, while over 5.3 million Canadians volunteer (no pay) as coaches, officials, and sport organizers. There are 33,650 community, not-for-profit, sport and recreation organizations in Canada.
- All levels of governments in Canada, federal, provincial, territorial and municipal are involved in community sport and recreation. Jointly, they are the predominant stakeholders, developers, and owners of most community sport and recreational, physical infrastructures and facilities. Municipalities schools and universities, are the main developers owners and providers of almost all community sport and recreational facilities, parks and infrastructures across Canada
- In Canada, almost all municipal and provincial sport and recreational facilities are part of primary and high school facilities. Others are municipal community playgrounds, swimming pools and parks which are widely spread out in towns and cities at varying distances from each other, resulting in limiting the choice of the sport most Canadian want. This factor is mentioned as a major cause for the decline in participation in sport and recreation by persons age 16 and older.
As to the Company Franchise Brand and Strength of Management:
- The Company ‘s business model and franchise brand will be based upon the intentional building of over 30 purpose-designed sports and recreational facilities in each of the Company’s Parcs.
- To address the damaging decline of participation in sport and physical activities (bored with one sport facilities) and the alarming increase in the spread of obesity, especially amongst children, the Company, intentionally, is planning to build, in each of its Parcs, an unprecedented number of diverse, state of the art, sport, leisure and recreational facilities.
- Participants of all ages and interests will be offered multiple choices of sport and recreation at one location. For the first time, persons interested in soccer, will have the option to have a tennis game, a swim, hit a few golf balls and enjoy just being there.
- The Company is planning to make available a large number of individual packages for participation in camping and other activities together with programs inspiring comradeship inclusiveness, fun, and healthy physical activities in a multicultural, friendly, agreeable, environment of joy and wellness.
- The Company has started recruitment of a number of highly educated (a post graduate degree is preferred) senior executives with a minimum of 10 years diversified and relevant executive public company board of director level experience. Candidates must have a solid history of love for sport and a healthy passion for working with kids, they may be former players, or have volunteered as coaches, trainers or managers.
- The company is planning the creation of an independent all volunteers Advisory Board, with authority to oversee and to advise the Executive Board of Director of the Company on management and policy issues. The Advisory Board will be composed of a number of business leaders, professionals, academics, municipal and provincial government senior executives and others who are involved in community sport, leisure, recreation, healthcare, obesity and wellness.
Special Features of our Franchise Brand

Features of the Franchise Brand of FAMILY NATURE PARCS INC^TM:
- Adequately differentiated from its franchise competitors and will be protected by several pending registrations of Canadian trademarks and copyrights.
- Its transferability of knowledge is relatively very short requiring only a few weeks to thoroughly educate prospective Franchisees.
- It is highly adaptable throughout Canada and globally and is not constrained by local laws, or religious and or social practices.
- Canada’s sport and recreational organizations and the immense participation of all levels of governments and the private sector corporations whose participation and support of community sport and recreation, is a live prototype for training franchisees and for the sustainable supply of experienced and efficient Canadian sport and recreation volunteers. For more details go to Acquire a Franchise Right
If you like to know more about our development plans or to share your ideas with us, we would love to hear from you. Please email us at: info@familynatureparcs.com. You may also consider to Register for FREE to receive our periodical progress reports and news.
Volunteers and Careers – Inquiry

VOLUNTEERS

GET INVOLVED, BECOME A VOLUNTEER FOR FAMILY NATURE PARCS!

Family Nature Parcs encourage individuals of all ages and abilities to play an active role in their community by volunteering their time to help provide sports & recreation programs.

Through our volunteer program, volunteers are matched with positions which meet their needs and interests, and are provided with training supervision.

Family Nature Parcs will invests time and resources to provide volunteers with an opportunity for an enjoyable and rewarding experience. We will be offering on-going methods of recognition for volunteers’ services on a regular basis.

Assignment to work on Canadian and international franchised Parc operations are being planned with Canadian volunteers to man and commission facilities.

General Requirements
- Volunteers must be 14+ years
- A criminal record check (Vulnerable Sector Screening) will be required of the successful volunteer candidate ONLY if they are working with participants under the age of 18.
- Completion of a Volunteer Application Form and Orientation session.
Opportunities Available
- Activity Leader
- Children’s Camps
- Aquatics
- Information Desk/Greeters
- Leisure Buddy
- Program Assistance
- Hospitality/Special Events
- Concessions/Food Services
- Special Projects
- Placement/Co-op/Intern Student
If you are interested in submitting an early expression of interest please complete our convenient online application form, or if you prefer please send us an email at: info@familynatureparcs.com introducing yourself, your experience, age and the sport/activity you favor, little resume about yourself, how we may contact you and any other details you may want us to know.

Also if you like to know more about our development plans, or you like to share your ideas with us, we would love to hear from you. Please use the same email: info@familynatureparcs.com. You may also consider to Register for FREE to receive our periodical progress reports and news.
Career Services Coaches and Trainers

At the present time Family Nature Parcs is not accepting applications for employment. We are however accepting expression of interest from candidates to be added to our active registry in the following categories:
- Coaches – all sports
- Trainers – all sports
- Aquatics Staff
- Program & Event Staff
- Volunteer Coordinator
- Camp Staff – all sports and recreations
- Food Services – On-wheel expertise
- Greeters/Front Desk Staff
- Facilities, Parcs & Maintenance Staff – all sport facilities, site maintenance and related work
- First Aid & Emergency Services – certified
- Leisure Buddy Coordinator
Assignment to work on Canadian and international franchised Parc operations are being planned with Canadian volunteers to man and commission facilities.

Family Nature Parcs is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people accessing our service. We also support the rights and wellbeing of our staff and volunteers and encourage their active participation in building and maintaining a secure environment for all participants.

If you are interested in submitting an early expression of interest please complete our convenient online application form, or if you prefer please send us an email at: info@familynatureparcs.com introducing yourself, your experience, age and the sport/activity you favor, little resume about yourself, how we may contact you and any other details you may want us to know.

Also if you like to know more about our development plans, or you like to share your ideas with us, we would love to hear from you. Please use the same email: info@familynatureparcs.com. You may also consider to Register for FREE to receive our periodical progress reports and news.
Facility Partners

The Role of Canadian Not For Profit Sport Organizations – The Company is planning to proactively seek to make its one-stop sport and recreation facilities available to be used by all 33,650 not for profit Canadian organizations.

They are the primary users of the innovative facilities the Company is planning to build across Canada. It is evident that the business model of the Company, is substantially different from the method of leasing existing sport facilities from municipalities, schools and colleges practiced presently by these organizations.

The difference is not about membership fees and other costs Canadians are paying, annually, for their sport and recreation which is reported to be in excess of $64 billion for the year 2011.

The Company acknowledges that present membership fees and other costs, have reached an acceptable commercial dimension of interest to the Company and its private sector equity shareholders.

It is the new dynamic business opportunity the Company is planning to make available to these Canadian sport organizations that should merit their approval and support.

Highlights of the new opportunities are: multi-sport and recreation facilities designed and built according to age, unparalleled scheduling flexibility of activities involving 12 hour 7 day weeks during summer and 10 hour 7 day weeks during winter, interesting camping packages, sport bundling options and an unlimited number of other wellness programs for all ages. More specific details will be published on this website in due course.
Awards and Recognition

The Company is planning to commission a high level sport and recreation group of experts to advise management on setting up our merits and awards programs, being a fundamental program for the development of the Company’s Professional Sports Standards (PSS).

The Company will adopt Canadian codes and rules and will seek affiliation with Canadian, US and international sports and recreation organizations.

The Company will participate in the engagement of volunteers, coaches and trainers programs, and is planning to improve the process by introducing innovative policies to maximize benefits and rewards to volunteers.

The Company is proud to have gained the participation of one of the world most distinguished architects, Douglas Joseph Cardinal, O.C., Ph.D. (H.C.) the internationally acclaimed and respected Canadian architect, of Métis and Blackfoot heritage as our Chief Architect and Senior Advisor. With his participation, the Company is planning several awards and citations to honor aboriginal and new Canadian players, volunteers, coaches and trainers.

The Company’s Team Building Programs are a significant tool to structure and to promote sports and recreational programs, to recognize and to award the dedication and talents of young players and their coaches through special citations and other distinctions.

Family Nature Parcs – WALL OF WELLNESS

At our first Parc in Ashton, we are planning to build the Wall Of Wellness. The Wall will either be of white marble or granite. The wall will be located in a garden setting surrounded with flower beds and a variety of Canadian maple trees.

On our Wall, you’ll find engraved the names of those:
- Who cared for kids and their right to play.
- Who donated and sponsored the economically disadvantaged and the disabled.
- Who contributed to the inclusion of aboriginal and new Canadians in community sport.
- Who volunteered to help themselves and others become interested in sport, and to the founders, executives and advisors of Family Nature Parcs.
The Honors Wall of Wellness

Our Global Sport Community

If you like to know more about our development plans or to share your ideas with us, we would love to hear from you. Please email us at: info@familynatureparcs.com. You may also consider to Register for FREE, to receive our periodical progress reports and news.
Gift Certificate

OUR PLANS TO ISSUE GIFT CERTIFICATES

PURPOSE & USE:

To play a game, receive a basket of golf balls or other FNP offering.

Use Gift Certificates: to promote sale of time/play/use of the Parc at off-peak hours by offering a further discount
- Example: Certificate for $50 would get a Bonus of $15 if used between 10am-11.30 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays etc..
- Another bonus idea: when buying from our eShop, certain items or all a 15% discount on posted prices etc..
- TYPE OF CERTIFICATES:
- Mostly by type of sport- Soccer- Tennis – Swimming – Golf 9 hole – Golf driving range – Golf lessons etc.
- Another Class – General Use at our Parc Certificate.
- Stated amount in Bold Green color on the front of the certificate: $25 – $50 – $75 – $100 – $150 – $200 – $250 – $300 – $500 – $1000.
Acquire a Franchise Right

Family Nature Parcs was established as a global franchise organization and is actively building a very strong global brand. The first Family Nature Parc is being developed on a 138.4 acre parcel in Ashton, Ontario, Canada on the outskirts of the Nation’s capital and is scheduled to open in 2014.

Family Nature Parcs’ business model, its products and services, possesses unparalleled superior economic and financial business features of unmatched flexibility, able to increase and maximize revenues and, a truly a rare ability, to hold in-check operating costs and expenses.

More importantly, we believe Family Nature Parcs will have a meaningful impact on the health and well-being of your community.

Our talented team will work with franchisees to implement the Family Nature Parcs concept including facility development, programming, membership, marketing, sales and operations. We are committed to the expansion of Family Nature Parks and will support our franchisees to achieve success.

Our core objectives are noble, and our business is profitable. We are seeking to commence meaningful discussions with interested investors looking to franchise and their authorized representatives or advisors.

More disclosure of our confidential business strategies, terms and conditions, and in certain instances more specific details about our business plans, will be made in the format of an enlightened one on one dialogue, without commitment or obligations.

If you share our interest in promoting the health and well-being of your community, believe in kid’s right to play, and have the resources needed to become a franchise partner, then we look forward to hearing from you.

If you like to know more about our development plans or to share your ideas with us, we would love to hear from you. Please email us at: info@familynatureparcs.com. You may also consider to Register for FREE to receive our periodical progress reports and news.
Facility Management

In creating a franchise system Family Nature Parcs is committed to the Franchisee Bill of Rights as the minimum requirements of a fair and equitable franchise system which is as follows:
- The right to an equity in the franchised business, including the right to meaningful market protection.
- The right to engage in a trade or business, including a post-termination right to compete.
- The right to the franchisors loyalty, good faith and fair dealing, and due care in the performance of the franchisors duties, and a fiduciary relationship where one has been promised or created by conduct.
- The right to trademark protection.
- The right to full disclosure from the franchisor, including the right to earnings data available to the franchisor which is relevant to the franchisees decision to enter or remain in the franchise relationship.
- The right to initial and ongoing training and support.
- The right to competitive sourcing of inventory, product, service and supplies.
- The right to reasonable restraints upon the franchisors ability to require changes within the franchise system.
- The right to marketing assistance.
- The right to associate with other franchisees.
- The right to representation and access to the franchisor.
- The right to local dispute resolution and protection under the laws and the courts of the franchisee’s jurisdiction.
- A reasonable right to renew the franchise.
- The reciprocal right to terminate the franchise agreement for reasonable and just cause, and the right not to face termination, unless for cause.
Family Nature Parcs believes in providing the franchisee a well-established, well-designed marketing system along with substantial and complete training and overall franchisee support.

Family Nature Parcs is committed in engaging the potential franchisee In a “due diligence” process which considers a Personality Profile Assessment to assist the individual or group in assessing their business and personal interests, skills, strengths and weaknesses.

Family Nature Parcs philosophy is that strong franchisees will pave the way to successful and collaborative franchising cultures.
Project Creation Consultations

In creating a Consultative group, a unique method of recruitment has been developed called “work assignment based recruitment”. The concept is simple and flexible.

Recruitment of project services is made on short assignment basis according to type and location of a project or assignment as well as the time needed to do the work at an agreed cost & expenses.

We have the ability to recruit, at short notice, the right services and expertise for large arrays of projects and companies.

Project Teams are chosen and or recruited on the basis of their qualifications, knowledge and direct experience of a specific project.

Guided by Family Nature Parcs principles and philosophy, our experienced people use a methodology and tool set that is realistic and pragmatic, yet based on the highest standards of professional knowledge.

We translate our philosophy into a pragmatic approach to project management. Rather than one-size-fits-all, we select, tailor and apply only those elements of project management methodology that are required to deliver the desired outcomes.
Our relationships and how we do our work are guided by a set of fundamental principles:
- Honesty & Integrity
- The program’s best interests will guide our thinking and actions.
- Communication is paramount. Tell it like it is. Always. Promptly.
- Our first loyalty is to the program.
- Our professionals will have the right mix of skills and experience.
- Our collective knowledge and experience is a resource to every program we manage.