Dear Greg,
Children
First/CIS is
in full
swing with
Project
POWER/AmeriCorps
Team 11
members hard
at work,
Project
MARCH
Learning
Centers are
up and
running with
almost 100%
capacity,
the Family
Resource
Center at
Emma is busy
getting
ready for
the holiday
seasons,
parenting
classes
(Positive
Action and
Love &
Logic) are
underway,
the Latino
Program has
begun its
programs for
Motheread and
CCA, and
advocacy and
community
engagement
has compiled
candidate
survey
results for
local
elections.
If you would
like to know
more about
Children
First/CIS
programs or
volunteer
opportunities,
sign-up for
a Mind the
Gap tour.
The next
tour date is
October
14th. Help
us put
children
first in
Buncombe
County!
Jennifer
Hampton
Director of
Development
and
Marketing
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Project
POWER/AmeriCorps
Learns New
Techniques to Help
Children Read
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Pictured
are Project
POWER/AmeriCorps
member
Anna-Marie Smith
reading with Sam
Duncan at Isaac
Dickson
Elementary
School.
Children
First/CIS of
Buncombe County
Project
POWER/AmeriCorps
members attended a
reading workshop
conducted by Kelly
Schultz, a Project
POWER Professional
Corps member that
teaches
kindergarten/first
grade reading at
Isaac Dickson
Elementary School.
The workshop trained
all 19 Project
POWER/AmeriCorps
members in reading
strategies for
elementary and
middle school aged
students. Members
learned various
strategies to work
with students to
help with their
reading skills. The
activities are
implemented before,
during and after
reading to help the
students with
relating pictures
with words, reading
comprehension,
inference and
putting the story
into the correct
sequence. After the
members were taught
the various
tehcniques they had
the opportunity to
implement the
techniques with the
students from
Schultz's class.
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Project MARCH
Celebrations a Huge
Success |
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Children
First/CIS
recenlty held
its Project
MARCH
Celebration
Kick-off's at
its Pisgah View,
Deaverview and
Woodridge
Learning
Centers. The
kick-off's were
an opportunity
for the parents
to come and
register their
children for
Project
MARCH, tour the
facilities, meet
the new Director
of Project MARCH
and the Project
POWER/AmeriCorps
members who
staff the
learning
centers. In
addition,
parents and
children had the
opportunity to
meet the LEAF In
Schools and
Streets artists
that will be
working at the
respective
learning
centers.
Pictured
is Daveyon
Rogers. This
will be
Daveyon's first
year
with Project
MARCH Learning
Center at Pisgah
View.
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Candidate Forums Oct
20 & 27 |
The League of
Women Voters
co-sponsored by
Children
First/CIS, Kids
Voting and the
Mountain Xpress,
will host two
candidate
forums:
County
Commissioners
and Chairperson,
Monday, October
20, 7-9 p.m.
at the Randolph
Learning Center
and the
State of
Legislative
Races in
Buncombe County,
Monday, October
27, 7-9 p.m.
at the Randolph
Learning
Center. The
events are free
and open to the
public.
Additional
supporters
include
Christians for a
United
Community, Just
Economics, MANNA
Foodbank, North
Carolina Center
for Creative
Retirement, NAMI,
NAACP, and the
United Way of
Asheville and
Buncombe
County.
The
forums will
be an
opportunity
for the
candidates
to discuss
platform
issues and
answer
written
questions
from the
audience.
The forums
will be
mediated by
Nelda
Holder, news
and opinion
editor of
the
Mountain Xpress.
For more
information
contact Greg
Borom,
director of
advocacy and
community
engagement, at
Children
First/CIS at
828-259-9717.
In addition,
Children
First/CIS
and the
League of
Women Voters
conducted a
candidate
survey. The
results have
been
compiled in
the Children
First/CIS
Survey and
Voter Guide
that is
available in
print format
or in a PDF
format at
www.childrenfirstbc.org.
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The
mission of
Children
First/CIS is to
improve the lives of
children, youth and
their families
through community
collaborations,
advocacy and
programs.
As a not-for-profit
organization,
Children First/CIS
advocates for
Buncombe County's
children while
providing innovative
programs
for vulnerable
children, and
engaging the
community in
creating a better
future for all
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Advocacy Corner:
Candidate Survey
Available
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Children First/CIS recently conducted a survey that included candidates running for the Buncombe County Commissioners and Chairperson, Buncombe County School Board, and the State Legislative Races in Buncombe County. Additional co-sponsors included League of Women Voters, Christians for a United Community, Just Economics, MANNA Foodbank, and the United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County. Children First/CIS submitted a candidate survey to candidates running in all three races and candidates for the Buncombe County Board of Education. The results have been compiled in the Children First/CIS Survey and Voter Guide that is available in print format or in a PDF format at www.childrenfirstbc.org. This publication offers an opportunity to raise important issues during the campaign season, educate voters, and build relationships between candidates, voters, and organizations that reinforce civic engagement. Please note that as a 501(c)3 organization, Children First/CIS cannot endorse, or oppose any political candidates or parties. The survey and publication is conducted in compliance with our interpretation of applicable laws and regulations related to nonprofits and electoral activity.
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Mind the Gap Tour
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If you are
interested in
learning more about
Children First/CIS
please attend one of
our Mind the
Gap Tours
on one of the
following dates:
October
14, 2008
November 13,
2008
December 9,
2008
We meet at the
Children First/CIS
Family Resource
Center at Emma.
Please arrive by
3:30 p.m. The
driving tour begins
promptly at 3:45
p.m. and lasts for
one hour. For more
information or to
make a reservation
(seating is
limited)contact Jennifer
Hampton at
828-259-9717 or
jenniferh@childrenfirstbc.org.
Click below to
learn more about
Mind the Gap.
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Calendar of
Events
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Below are a few
events
for October
2008.
Click here
for a full
listing of the
Children
First/CIS
Calendar of
Events.
Now-October 31
Registration for
Motheread
2008-09 Program
Now-October 31
Registration for
"Learning
English through
Art
October 1-16
Registration for
Monterrey Tech.
Computer Classes
October 6-31
Registration for
Session II of
Love & Logic and
Positive Action
Parenting
Classes
October 14 Mind
the Gap Tour
October 17-19
LEAF - Lake Eden
Arts Festival,
Camp Rockmount,
Black Mountain
October
20 Candidate
Forum for County
Commissioners
and Chairperson
October 25 Make
A Difference Day
Project POWER/
AmeriCorps
October
27 Candidate
Forum for State
Legislative
Races in
Buncombe County
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Partner Agency
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eNewsletter October2008