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As 2016 Comes to a Close
December 15, 2016
Category: Events
Thank you to all of you who have made a gift to Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo this year! Your generous support is giving kids in our community the power...
Blog Category: Events
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It’s Never Okay
November 15, 2016
Category: EventsPartnerships
When it comes to distracted driving, young people are texting and talking behind the wheel like never before. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, fatalities involving young drivers...
Keeping the Lights on for the CIS After School Program
Today millions of people throughout America are turning the lights on as part of the 17th annual Lights On Afterschool to emphasize the importance of keeping lights on and doors...
An Hour A Week: May 2016
May 19, 2016
The fabulous team at Honoré Salon, one of our 2016 Champ recipients. This week we had our largest Champs celebration yet. With over 250 people attending, we celebrated people, organizations,...
2nd Annual Ugly Sweater Party
November 23, 2015
Category: Events
Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo is throwing a party, and you’re invited! Thursday, December 10th at 5:30-8:00pm At Old Burdick’s Bar & Grill (downtown Kalamazoo, located in the Radisson Hotel)...
Lighting Up learning after the school day ends
October 20, 2015
This afternoon, when bells ring across America announcing the school day’s end, more than 15 million of the students who pour out the doors will end up home alone. That’s...
Women Making Kalamazoo Better For All
May 19, 2015
Category: EventsGuest Bloggers
Kalamazoo is bursting with strong, wonderful women. Just last week, the 2015 award celebration for the YWCA Women of Achievement was held at the Radisson. Pam Kingery, Executive Director of...
Making Headlines With Good News: Literacy Buddies In Schools
April 28, 2015
The annual STAR awards were held last week. STAR, which stands for Sharing Time and Resources, is a partnership between Volunteer Kalamazoo and the Kalamazoo Gazette which, since 1986 has...
That’s Me When I Used To Be A Grown Up
February 24, 2015
Volunteers (not all pictured) gathering to carry out First Saturday at the Kalamazoo Public Library. Every KPS secondary site in which CIS has a presence was represented by student volunteers...
Singing Loudly And Proudly Of Unsung Heroes
January 27, 2015
Category: EventsThe CIS Model
Question: What does Texas, Georgia, New Mexico, Kansas, and California have in common with Kalamazoo, Michigan? Answer: They have CIS Site Coordinators and public schools who have just received the...