Blog Category: Guest Bloggers

Pam Kingery and Her Post(s)

June 25, 2019
Category: Guest Bloggers

At Ask Me About My 12,000 Kids, we’ve been reflecting on Executive Director of Communities In Schools Pam Kingery’s posts she’s written over the years. While Pam will be leaving...

Skills Gap: A Moral and Economic Crisis

August 1, 2017
Category: Guest Bloggers

Today’s blog post is brought to you by Darren Timmeney, Market Manager and Community President of Chase Bank in Southwest Michigan. Darren also serves on the board of Communities In Schools...

Dedication and I

February 7, 2017
Category: Guest Bloggers

Who have you been hanging out with lately? Responsibility? Joy? Generosity? In today’s post, Coach Rodney Manning reflects on his relationship with Dedication. As the Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach for...

Thank You, Friends

June 21, 2016

Today’s post is written by Pam Kingery, Executive Director of Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo. Since the regular school year has wrapped up for students and teachers, and we are...

Dearest Ms. Dodge

January 12, 2016

What better way to start the New Year than to reflect on that special person, that, even after all these years, you still carry within your heart? If you follow...

Educators on Parade

December 1, 2015
Category: Guest Bloggers

It’s Giving Tuesday, a way to reclaim this season and infuse it with true giving. #GivingTuesday does just that by generating conversations about how you can help, give smarter, and put personal...

Remember to Breathe

September 15, 2015
Category: Guest Bloggers

Today’s guest blogger is Jessica Smith. AWestern Michigan University MSW student, Jessica interned  with Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo last school year. As part of her internship, she wrote several...