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 [...]
Taking Center Stage: Locals Dance For Moore County Children
January 5, 2011 By
Triathlons, football and professional golf all take extreme physical prowess, focus, dedication and determination. Donna Andrews, Chris Metzger, Alicia Hill, John Krahnert III, Patrick Mincey, Darrel Simpkins and their dance partners understand the importance of these skills. They will take these athletic skills onto the dance floor Jan. 30, in the second annual Dancing with [...]
CISMC Chosen as Host Site for FoodCorps Farm to School Program
December 5, 2010 By
NC 4-H and The Center for Environmental Farming Systems are pleased to announce their role as hosts for FoodCorps, a new national AmeriCorps school garden and Farm to School service program, launching in 2011. North Carolina was chosen from 108 national applications as one of ten states—Arkansas, Arizona, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, [...]
Smart Kids: Bridging ‘Digital Divide’
November 30, 2010 By
Published Dec 1, 2010 – The Pilot.com Pinehurst Elementary School students now have technology tailored to their needs, thanks to Communities in Schools of Moore County (CIS). CIS recently received a grant from IBM to place two Young Explorer Technology Stations in the school’s special learning center and resource room to help exceptional children develop [...]
Dancing With the Sandhills Stars to Return
November 26, 2010 By
Published Nov 26, 2010 – The Pilot Once again local celebrities will take to the stage and dance to raise money for local mentoring programs in the second annual Dancing with the Sandhills Stars, to be held Jan. 30, at the Carolina Hotel. Although the event itself does not take place until January 2011, the [...]
CISMC Recognized for Its Continued Commitment to Improving Health
November 16, 2010 By
BCBSNC Foundation Reinvests $100,000 into the Organization Chapel Hill, N.C. – The Communities In Schools of Moore County FirstSchool Garden Program recently received a $100,000 grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation (BCBSNC Foundation). The FirstSchool Garden Program is a past BCBSNC Foundation grantee that has shown significant results. Kathleen [...]
Kidtastic Consignment Sale Benefits Local Non-Profit
November 15, 2010 By
Published Dec 1, 2010 – The Pilot Communities In School (CIS), the nation’s leading organization dedicated to empowering students to stay in school and achieve in life will be the beneficiary of the area’s first children’s consignment sale. The three day Kidtastic Sale will be held Dec 10th – 12th, 2011 at the National Guard [...]
Local Woman Selected for Armed Forces Salute
October 23, 2010 By
The Pilot – October 20, 2010 Southern Pines resident Rollie Sampson has been selected to represent Fort Bragg in the ABC Channel 11 “Armed Forces Salute.” WTVD ABC Channel 11 is saluting military families in our region who are doing extraordinary things. These salutes will be in the form of short TV segments about each [...]
County Earns Top 100 Honor
September 29, 2010 By
Moore County is one of the nation’s best communities for young people according to a list released by America’s Promise Alliance. At an awards ceremony Sept. 21 in front of the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the alliance named Moore County one of the top 100 communities working to help reduce [...]
