By Hannah Sharpe As of Friday, September 23, 2011 Wednesday wasn’t just another day in the garden for students at West End Elementary School. Sure, they had fun getting dirty as they helped build a cob oven, assembled a tippy-tap hand-washing station out of sticks and twine, and tended to raised beds thriving with late [...]
SCC and CIS First School Garden Program Host Sustainable Living Expo
January 9, 2011 By
Sandhills Community College and Communities In Schools’ FirstSchool Garden Program present the region’s first environmental and sustainable living exposition, the EverGreen Expo, on February 17th, 2011 from 10 am to 4 pm in the Dempsey Community Center on the college’s campus. The one day event will be an expansion of the college’s Green Summit and [...]
10 Tips for Success for Healthy Kids
November 15, 2010 By
Eating habits are learned behaviors, so what your children learn to eat at home early in life sticks with them well into adulthood. Today we are disconnected from our food sources in a way that is unprecedented in human history. Fewer Americans cook meals from scratch often because of time and money. The good news [...]
Learn & Serve Opportunities for Teens
July 10, 2010 By
Learn and Serve Information: Summer is a time for fun – but it is also the time when many youth lose what they learned during the school year and gain unhealthy eating habits. Our youth are our greatest assets, and ensuring they are on the path to success is our objective We are offering a [...]
I Live “United” – Kathy Byron
May 19, 2009 By
The CIS FirstSchool Gardens create a vibrant atmosphere where alliances, opportunities and connections take place. This project allows me to involve Communities In Schools in all aspects of the community from young to old, manufacturer to builder, corporate sponsor to neighborhood organization. Everyone can put their hands around and into this endeavor. There are no [...]
Byron Honored for Work To Create School Garden
June 8, 2008 By
Published: The Pilot Newspaper By: Kellen Moore Date: June 8, 2008 Kathy Byron, board chairwoman of Communities in Schools of Moore County, received the prestigious H. Glenn Williams Power of One Award in Raleigh Saturday. Byron won the honor for her work in creating the FirstSchool Garden, an outdoor classroom at Aberdeen Elementary that integrates [...]
