Category: Community Engagement
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Storytelling Cafe: Serving Up Stories for Adults – June 6, 2019
Thursday, June 6 is your chance to support the Clarkston Tell Me A Story! festival and the READY Schools at a fun, friends, and fundraising event! Join CDF Action staff, Board members, volunteers, partners, and storyteller friends from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Kathmandu Kitchen & Grille in Clarkston for a casual and fun evening of storytelling for adults. We’ll have samples…
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Many Hands, Light Work | Human Family Forest Mural
CDF Action was pleased to be a sponsor of the Human Family Forest Mural, especially to provide early learning “words” for one of the trees. These words, which form the trunk, create a vision for young children and their families. The words were offered by participants of the Clarkston Early Learning Network, the Tell Me…
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READY School highlighted in upcoming City of Clarkston newsletter
Are you are reader of the City of Clarkston Connection newsletter? It’s a great way to stay connected in the Clarkston community. We were thrilled that the July issue of the newsletter, featured the one year anniversary of the first READY School at Clarkston Oaks. It also highlights details from the Welcoming Mural project,…
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Indian Creek Elementary School Mural Project
We greatly enjoyed the Indian Creek Elementary School Mural Project, a tree painting which included words in many languages to describe the school’s values. The idea for the project came from families, students, and teachers who prioritized 40 words. These words formed the trunk of the tree in the mural, words like: learning, fun, do…
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Symphony In Your Neighborhood
Symphony in Your Neighborhood, a partnership between the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and DeKalb County Public Library will take place at the Clarkston Community Center. Attendees will enjoy chamber music performances provided by Atlanta Symphony musicians. This performance is geared towards families, so please bring your children! The musicians understand that the little ones won’t sit…
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Family Engagement Event: Decisions made, information shared, and fun for all!
Friday, February 12: Families, children, and teachers enjoyed the Family Engagement Event at the Clarkston READY School, a part-time free program for three year old children and their families located at Clarkston Oaks Apartments. The parents discussed future workshops (including child development and nutrition), signed up for the Clarkston Day at the Museum field trip…
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Early Learning Issue selected at August 7 Community Trust Meeting
More than 100 participants gathered at the Clarkston First Baptist Church Family Resource Center the evening of August 7 to take part in the second Early Learning Community Trust meeting. The mainly Clarkston residents were asked to prioritize the issues or themes that are important to ensure that Clarkston’s babies, infants, and toddlers are healthy,…
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August 7, 2014 Early Learning Community Trust Notes
Notes from the August 2014 CDF Early Learning Community Trust Meeting are found below. These are the unedited notes that were recorded in the facilitated small groups with only minor formatting edits. ————————————————————————– Notes from August 7, 2014 Clarkston Families Decide Early Learning Community Trust Group 1. Arabic and Somali Opening Question: Who helped you…
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CDF Early Learning Community Trust (2014-2015)
What do 100 people who speak 7 languages have in common? The answer is: a commitment to the health and development of Clarkston’s babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Over 100 Clarkston residents and others interested in early learning, attended the second CDF Early Learning Community Trust meeting August 7 at the Clarkston First Baptist Church Family…
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Know Your Neighbor Connects Teens to Their Neighborhood
Ten teens paired off to practice interviewing one another as part of the training for Know Your Neighbor. Know Your Neighbor is a summer initiative of CDF’s to increase connectedness among teens, their peers, and neighbors. This initiative involves walking door-to-door and asking residents how they feel about Clarkston, their gifts and talents, and generally getting…