Greg Writer CEO & Founder of CEN met Dan Frishberg at the FSX Investment Conference in Marina Del Rey in April of this year where Mr. Frishberg was the keynote speaker. Mr. Frishberg took an immediate interest in CEN and their vision to protect and educate children on the World Wide Web. After many conversations and meetings Mr. Frishberg negotiated terms and provided this debt financing on behalf of the fund and his partners David Wallace, former Mayor of Sugarland, Texas and Arthur Laffer, the famous “Reagan” economist.

Terms of the financing included; a four million dollar revolving line of credit, shares of ownership for the Laffer Fund, options to acquire additional shares of CEN and the appointment of 2 board seats to the five man board of CEN.

“I am extremely excited to have obtained this funding from the Laffer Frishberg Wallace Fund and I am anxious to have their extensive relationships open up to our company” said Greg Writer.  “With the doors this group can open for us it is sure to help us become the leader in our space”.

David Wallace, while Mayor of Sugarland Texas, had been intimately involved in Internet safety and helped spearhead a program with other Mayors across the country. “The vision and technology that CEN has great promise and we are elated to provide funding for a company with such a great cause” said David Wallace the funds operations manager.

Dan Frishberg the founder of BizRadio, a well known financial guru, and a frequent guest on national TV shows (such as: Fox News, CNN, MSNBC) was quoted as saying “I love the idea of teaching kids financial literacy and I want create some content to teach kids supply side economics. CEN’s patented rewards platform is the perfect vehicle to motivate kids to learn about money and finance”.

About Children’s Educational Network
Children’s Educational Network (CEN) is building the premier, online community for children –The Ultimate Kids’ Internet” ™ or “TUKI” ™, – specifically designed to provide a safe, fun and educational Internet experience for kids only accessible through CEN’s TUKI Kid Safe Internet Browser, a software program that includes parental controls. Through its multiple cartoon themes that appeal to kids of various ages and gender, TUKI offers fun, educational content that inspires and motivates children in a positive manner. The software accelerates a child’s education and exploration of the Internet in an entertaining manner, while protecting them from online predators, pornography, hate, violence, drugs and inappropriate content on the Internet. Other companies and organizations can participate in protecting kids on the Internet, expand their brand to the desktop and build customer loyalty by co-branding or offering their own private labeled TUKI Internet browser built on CEN’s technology. Partnership information: Children’s Educational Network, http://www.ChildrensEducationalNetwork.com

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Click Play for a Better Day!

Cliff overseeing our Intern…Keith.

Cliff is our very groovy COO.  Keith, having worked with us all summer, is now off to college to hone is rack assembly skills - Good Luck Keith!!!

Find the games that pay $5, play, learn, and earn and watch your Moola add up quickly!

Let your friends know the secret to all of those great prizes you win in the Auction and receive $25 just for referring a friend…what could be easier!

 See you on TUKI Island!

Celebrating Cheryl’s birthday…oh to be 4 years old again!

Cheryl is our fabulous receptionista, postal expert, and the great voice on the phone!  Happy Birthday!

Hey Ed & Roxanne, your turn is coming!

Meet Johnathan - Our Web “Master” Extraordinaire! 

(Before) While on assignment on TUKI Island

(After)…Return to civilization!

Like other TUKI software releases, the proprietary browser protects children from online predators, pornography, hate, violence and drugs and offers educational experience as well.

“When I heard about Sean Hannity’s Freedom Concert and how they raise money for the children of military families I immediately decided I wanted to join that band wagon. So we created the worlds 1st Kid Safe and Patriotic Kid Safe Browser and we will donate a percentage of all proceeds to the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund,” said Greg Writer, CEO of Children’s Educational Network.

“Now we can protect children from the perils of the Internet and support the men, women and children who have given us our freedom! I am very proud of this new release as it educates kids about our heritage, Presidents, our armed forces and war heroes within an exciting patriotic environment.”

The TUKI Freedom Browser (http://www.TukiFreedomBrowser.com) utilizes unique technology that allows children to surf only safe, parent-approved, child-appropriate websites, which is the safest and most reliable method according to industry experts. The browser also has a function we call the “Internet Protection Module™” that prevents children from surfing the web with an unprotected browser, once the TUKI Freedom Browser is installed and this feature is enabled.

The technology allows parents, through parental controls, a great deal of personalization, permitting them to customize the browsers interaction with their children and tailor their Internet experience. The product works with any Internet Service Provider and is built on the Microsoft Windows Operating System and Internet Explorer platform.

She saved and saved and saved her money for almost a year so she could win the Nintendo Wii console.  This just is another example of how our educational reward system is proving itself to teach kids how to be responsible Internet citizens, as well as other subjects like math and geography…AND helping them with their financial literacy!

If you have not yet checked out Club TUKI, get your kids involved today at www.ClubTuki.com.

On Wednesday, May 7th, 2008, we will be launching our new Web-based email system that includes the added security of our Buddy List concept that has been used within our Browser-based email program for years.

On Tuesday, May 6th, 2008, we will be taking our current system off-line to begin the changes. We will be working throughout the day and night to have the new system on-line, Wednesday morning, May 7th, 2008 .

The first thing that you need to know is that ONLY PAID MEMBERS, Children and Parents, will have access to the new Web-based email system.

The new Web-based email system works on the Buddy List concept, meaning your child can only receive email from approved buddies. We have also given the parent the ability to allow their child to ‘SEND’ email to anyone, but they will only be able to receive and view emails from approved buddies.

The new Web-based email also comes with an email account for the parents to use. The parent email accounts do not have the same restriction of only being able to send to buddies. Parents can send to everyone. Parents will also have an inbox for each child user account that will display any email sent to your child from a ‘non buddy’.

The next thing that you need to know is that all email addresses with the @iq2u.net domain will be changing. Not the entire email address, just the domain, or the part after the @ symbol. Because you are one of our original users, the email domain is currently ‘@iq2u.net’. The domain will be changing to ‘@tuki.com’.

For example, if your child’s current email address is ‘carebear@iq2u.net’, once the change to the new email system is complete, the new email address will be ‘carebear@tuki.com’. They will need to notify their current email buddies of the email address change so that they can continue to send emails to your child without any interuption.

Also, because of the changes and differences between the current email system, and the new Web-based email system, any emails that your child currently has in their inbox, that they want to keep, MUST be forwarded to someone on your buddy list, so that they can send them back to you. Please be sure to forward them to a buddy that does not have the @tuki.com email address.

So start right away and help notify your child’s buddies of their new email address and send the emails they want to keep to Mom, Dad, Grandparents or anyone else you may choose. Then on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008, when the new email system is on-line, their buddy can send them back to them and they will have them in their new inbox.

If you don’t forward them to a buddy to be sent back, the current emails will be deleted. We apologize for any inconvenience that this might cause our users, but we think it’s worth the effort to have the new email system on-line.

Please do not hesitate to contact our support staff by email at our support site www.tukisupport.com for more information.

Sincerely,

Greg Writer
CEO and Founder

Using CEN’s The Ultimate Kids Internet (www.TUKI.com) technology, this new “keep kids safe online” software will come complete with easy-to-use parental controls that allow children to surf the Internet in a safer and more educational environment that is the perfect tool for schools, law enforcement and families. Approximately 53 million American youth, ages 4 to 16, access the Internet from their homes each day. Few use computers enabled with systems (parental controls) that protect them from accessing websites with pornographic materials or being vulnerable to Internet predators.

Greg Writer, founder and CEO of CEN, watched as the number of online-related crimes against children began to rise in the late 1990s. But he didn’t sit on the sidelines and complain. As a father of five with a background in investment banking, he created CEN and its parental controlled software for private labeling. “I am excited to work with NCPC. This makes an incredible statement as to where we are as a company and where we are going as a Nation in the fight against Internet crimes against children,” he explains. “With McGruff we can reach youth audiences and the crime fighting community, offering a McGruff branded browser and educational tools that address this very important issue,” Greg states.

With one glance at the most recent Internet safety statistics, most will agree this is a problem that needs a lot of attention and advanced tools offered by CEN & NCPC to keep our kids safe.

* 79% of sexual solicitation incidents happened to youth while they were using their home computer

*  43% of youth report that they have experienced some form of cyber-bullying in the last year. The incidence of cyber-bullying is most prevalent among 15- and 16-year-olds, particularly among girls.

*  56% of solicitations contained a request for the youth to send photographs of themselves to the solicitor and 27% of solicitations contained a request for the youth to send a sexual picture of themselves
“The McGruff Kid Safe Browser (www.McGruffBrowser.com) provides parents, schools and law enforcement with the tools they need to protect children from inappropriate web content while encouraging children to utilize the Internet’s educational resources,” said NCPC President and CEO Al Lenhardt. “Protecting children is a top priority of NCPC and we are pleased to be partnering with CEN to make this free browser available to parents, educators and others striving to keep our kids safe in our communities.”

The McGruff browser comes complete with parental controls that allow parents to adjust security settings, program animated McGruff with reminders about chores and encouraging words, and add or remove websites from the master include list with the click of the mouse. The browser comes preloaded with themes, all of the best kid sites on the Internet, and a mass of educational content, including access to ClubTUKI (www.clubtuki.com), an online portal where kids get rewarded with virtual money for playing educational games and then get to bid in an auction on real merchandise such as laptops, Xboxes, movies, skateboards, and more.
About the National Crime Prevention Council

The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) is a private, nonprofit organization whose primary mission is to be the nation’s leader in helping people keep themselves, their families, and their communities safe from crime. NCPC manages public service advertising under the National Citizens’ Crime Prevention Campaign–symbolized by McGruff the Crime Dog® and his “Take A Bite Out Of Crime®” slogan–and acts as secretariat for the Crime Prevention Coalition of America, more than 400 national, federal, state, and local organizations representing thousands of constituents who are committed to preventing crime. NCPC is funded through a variety of government agencies, corporate and private foundations, and donations from private individuals. For more information on crime prevention issues, visit www.ncpc.org .