Celebrating the Family

Hall of Fame for Fathers
Father of the Year Award
Father's Day Virtual Museum
Father Knows Best
Hall of Fame for Mothers
Family Writing Contest
Family Hall of Fame Gift Shop
Hall of Fame in the News
Parenting Tips

The Family Hall of Fame
Writing Contest!

Have creative writing talent?
Enter our Writing Contest for the chance
to be published and win cash prizes!

• 1st Place wins $100

• 2nd Place wins $50

• 3rd Place wins $25

Tell us about your positive family stories
and have the chance to win money
and be published!

Read previous winning essays


Enter the Writing Contest!
 

Father’s Hall of Fame™  got its start when a father of five children, Attorney William Irwin, felt it was time the world had a place to honor, celebrate and remember fathers.  Irwin’s intention from the start, in October 1987, was to make sure fathers had an opportunity to be inducted into a shrine that honors fathers and families.

Father’s Hall of Fame™ originally housed its charter membership rolls in a one room schoolhouse leased from Mrs. Margaret E. Kennedy of Coolsprings Township in Mercer, Pennsylvania.  The 120 year old building was closed as a center of learning in 1940 but reopened as the museum center for Father’s Hall  of Fame™ in 1992.

The museum was open for tours from mid-May through mid-October.  Visitors found a father inductee listed among our Honor Rolls and on display in a historically restored classroom.  We now offered a worldwide internet version of a “Who’s Who” of fathers for all to see.  A visitor can review a father’s family, birthday, occupation, military history, honors, education, ancestry and other information by written request.  We currently publish on the web a father’s name, city, state and zip code, so they are easily identified by family members.

Browse the current Hall of Fame for Fathers!

The schoolhouse is still standing, but since 1997 our fathers’ Honor Rolls, in a brief form, have been displayed on our internet virtual museum at fathershalloffame.com.

We function as a kind of “Who’s Who” in honoring fathers but we also offer families and the world a number of other services.

·        We promote a writing contest focused on family themes!  We invite you to check out our Writing Contest Page and sample the winning stories.

·        We offer parenting support through resources guides, Father’s Day banquet materials, and free father recognition kits for use by groups around Father’s Day. 

            E-mail us for requests while supplies last.

·        We partner with community and faith based groups in fundraising efforts which promote parent recognition and healthy families as a part of mission.

·        We are building a network of support for families and parents.

Honor your dad this Fathers Day 2010 with the most
special gift of all...an induction into the
Father's Hall of Fame!
Father's Day 2010