In Schools, and Now Beyond
Today’s post is written by Felicia Lemons, Development & Marketing Project Manager. She originally sent this information out as an email to update CIS supporters as to how the CIS...
Today’s post is written by Felicia Lemons, Development & Marketing Project Manager. She originally sent this information out as an email to update CIS supporters as to how the CIS...
The title of this post was inspired by the postscript Izaiah Markel noted in a letter he wrote to the President of the United States. He, along with his peers...
This time last year we polled a few CIS partners, volunteers, and staff to find out what they love. This year, we posed this same question to students, from kindergarten...
Imagine. You are one of the lucky ones. You are in the direct path of a devastating hurricane and yet, even though you are frightened, cold, wet, and hungry you...
Students recently welcomed Congressman Fred Upton to their CIS Think Summer! program at Arcadia Elementary School. Like CIS After School (which serves 750 students in 15 after school sites throughout...
This article was featured in our CIS Connections newsletter, The Double Issue. You can find the full publication here. For the past 13 years, CIS of Kalamazoo has helped students...
Did you know that it’s Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week? Did you know that, throughout the U.S., an estimated 10.2 million children participate in afterschool programs each year? Did you know...
If you follow our blog, you know that CIS has been asking caring adults to think back to when they were young and in school and recall that caring adult they...
Today’s post is written by Donna Carroll, Director of Health Initiatives. Heather Haigh, Executive Director of First Day Shoe Fund originally ran this piece in their Fall 2014 newsletter. Communities In...
College football season has started so it seems only fitting that we should wrap up our 2013 Champ series with the KZOO Spartans. (Not that we have any favorite teams –...