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eNewsletter
March 2008
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Children
First improves the lives of children,
youth, and their families through
advocacy, community collaboration, and
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Children First/Communities In
Schools of Buncombe County Hosts
Event for Read Across America
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To celebrate Read Across
America and Dr. Seuss's
birthday, Children
First/Communities In Schools
of Buncombe County held a
local celebrity reading on
Friday, March 7th
at Hall Fletcher and
Johnston Elementary
Schools. Celebrity readers
included Ken and Tammy from
96.5 WOXL, Asheville's City
Police Chief Hogan,
Commissioners Nathan Ramsey
and Carol Peterson, City
Council Members Carl
Mumpower and Robin Cape, and
volunteers from US Cellular
and United Services Credit
Union. After the reading,
every student received a
book to take home.
Children First/Communities
In Schools of Buncombe
County received over 3,000
books from First Book
through Communities In
Schools of North Carolina.
The books that have been
donated are for students
ranging from 5 to 12 years
old. "This is an exciting
opportunity for Children
First/Communities In Schools
of Buncombe County to be
able to put a book in a
student's hand that they can
keep for themselves," said
Allison Jordan, executive
director of Children
First/Communities In Schools
of Asheville. "We want to
help the schools reinforce
the importance of reading to
students of all ages," said
Jordan.
Pictured is County
Commissioner Nathan Ramsey
reading to a 2nd grade class
at Johnston Elementary
School.
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Children First Family Resource Center at
Emma Sponsored Workshop |
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On Wednesday March 5th
Children First Family Resource Center at
Emma held the second session of Family
Planning for Emergencies and Know Your
Rights workshops. These workshops were
designed in collaboration with several
organizations: Coalition of
Latin-American Organizations (COLA),
Pisgah Legal Services, Nuestro Centro,
and Morganton Workers Center. The goal
of the workshops is to inform Latino
families about their rights as parents,
immigrants and tax payers and to tell
how to protect their families, assets
and especially their children and their
childrens' futures. Close to one hundred
people received this valuable
information in the two workshops already
held. The Emergency Family Planning
segment introduced the importance of
taking legal precautions in case of
emergencies, like having a person
appointed to represent the parents in
the school system or health care systems
to assure that their children will have
their needs covered. The community
response to the workshops has reaffirmed
that the Children First Family Resource
Center at Emma is responding to the
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Children First of Buncombe County is
Communities in Schools Asheville.
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Advocacy Corner:
SAVE THE DATE - The 2008 Child Watch
Tour will be held on Friday, May
2nd, time-TBA
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Topic: Exploring positive
alternatives for youth
at-risk of joining gangs
What is Child Watch
Child Watch, a cooperative
effort of the Junior League
of Asheville, Inc. and
Children First/Communities
In Schools of Buncombe
County, gives participants
the unique opportunity to
personally experience just
one of the challenges facing
children in Buncombe County
today. Child Watch
supplements the facts with
the emotions that numbers
lack and tells the stories
of real children who often
go unnoticed among the
statistics. In a nutshell,
Child Watch is an
issue-based field trip for
adults.
Typically, Child Watch Tours
last four hours and visit
two or three sites.
Participants hear from a
variety of speakers and
often participate in an
experiential or role-playing
activity.
Space is limited, registration
required. Lunch is provided. For
more details call Greg at
Children First (828-259-9717) or
email him at
gregb@childrenfirstb.org
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Spring Donor Campaign |
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Did you know that 1 in 5 of our
community's children live in
poverty? This means that 20% of
children may not have access to warm
clothing, adequate health care or
nutritious meals.
Help us support kids through the
Project MARCH Homework Clubs, to
educate community members to inspire
action with advocacy work, and to
assist children, youth and their
families through the Family Resource
Center.
Together, we
can put children first!!
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Click here to make a donation
securely online
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Mind the Gap Tour
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If you are interested in learning more
about Children First please attend one
of our Mind the Gap Tours. The
next tour will be held on Thursday,
April 10, 2008, from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.
RSVP to Jennifer Hampton at 828-259-9717
or
jenniferh@childrenfirstbc.org.
Click below to learn more about Mind the
Gap.
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