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Bookends of Life
June 11, 2013
Category: Guest BloggersPrograms
Today’s lovely post is written by Carly Wiggins, Director of Volunteer Services for Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo. A few weeks ago, I started my day at the senior honors...
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Moore Than Ever
June 4, 2013
Category: ChampsVolunteers
Today we feature Lori Moore, one of the 2013 award winners recently honored at the sixth annual Champ Celebration. CIS Board Member, Jeff Patton, who is also CEO of Kalamazoo...
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Developing The Future Through Love
May 28, 2013
Category: Guest BloggersPrograms
Today’s post comes from Bonnie Terrentine. Bonnie is the CIS Site Coordinator at Lincoln International Studies School. Her post sheds light on the vital role Youth Development Workers have in helping our...
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Derek Keeps Kids On The Move
May 14, 2013
Category: Guest BloggersPrograms
Today’s post is written by Donna Carroll, Director of Health Initiatives. It appeared in Go! Team Go! an internal publication generated by Melissa Holman, After School Program Coordinator. We thought...
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Pop Quiz: Lincoln International Studies Student
Welcome back to the POP QUIZ! This is a regular, yet totally unexpected, feature where we ask students, parents, staff, our friends, and partners to answer a few questions about...
Wishing Together As April Melts Away
April 30, 2013
Category: General InfoGuest Bloggers
In honor of poetry month, our CIS friends have made a poem together by sending us a sentence or two that began with “I wish…” Some posted their wish on ourfacebook page...
A Shout Out To Secretaries
April 23, 2013
Category: Partnerships
Secretaries make the world go ‘round. If you are a parent, volunteer, or partner with us you know that the secretary is often the first face you encounter upon entering...
Putting The Super In Intendent
April 16, 2013
Category: General InfoPartnerships
Communities In Schools and our host of partners could not do the work we do without the support, vision and leadership of Dr. Michael F. Rice. As both the Superintendent...
What’s In A Name
April 9, 2013
Category: General InfoVolunteers
Don’t let April slip away without writing a poem. It’s poetry month after all. Not sure how to start? Be a part of building our group poem on facebook or try your...
Broncos Brake For Volunteers
April 2, 2013
Category: PartnershipsVolunteers
Apparently, seven of our CIS volunteers didn’t get the memo that it was spring break! This past Saturday, seven of them showed up to our downtown office bright and early...