What Do Kids Love?

February 13, 2018
Category: General Info

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...

Pop Quiz: Dr. Jim Zhu

December 12, 2017
Category: Volunteers

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...

Dropping In

November 28, 2017

“I’m here for the first time and I’m here to work. I want to get my C up to a B in math.” “I’m here because my mom thinks that...

In This Season of Thanks and Giving

November 21, 2017
Category: General Info

As I busy myself with upcoming preparations, like menu planning and making out a grocery list, and debating if it would be best to shred or slice zucchini for a...

Mike Stoddard: People Focused

November 14, 2017
Category: Pop Quiz

We recently met up with Mike Stoddard at BASIC, where he is chief operating officer of the human resources consulting company that has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of...

Millie’s Mittens

November 7, 2017
Category: Volunteers

There is always a good reason not to give. We don’t have enough time or money or time. We think somebody else will step up or do a better job...