Category: Community Reports
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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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New tool for engaging parents and developing leaders!
The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently released a new self-assessment and planning tool for non-profits and schools. According to the foundation, this is a “planning tool to help nonprofits evaluate their parent engagement efforts and chart a path toward deeper partnerships with parents and caregivers.” CDF Action is proud that the I am a Leader initiative…
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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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Clarkston Early Learning Network Honors Sondra Warren
Clarkston Early Learning Network honored Sondra Warren, Clarkston Library Branch Manager, at their monthly meeting yesterday. She will be leaving her post at the Clarkston Library for a new endeavor in Chamblee. Sondra has been a leading advocate for diversity and youth programming at the library, bringing literacy programs to early learning centers and programs,…
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Feb. 29th 2016 proclaimed, “Clarkston Day at the Children’s Museum of Atlanta”!
We are thrilled to announce that February 29, 2016 has been proclaimed as Clarkston Day at the Children’s Museum of Atlanta! This proclamation was read by City Councilman Dean Moore and signed by Mayor Ted Terry at the February 2 City Council Meeting. We are so excited to share our proclamation, and cannot wait for…
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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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Community Trust Project Selection Report
On February 9, 2014, thirty-eight (38) community residents (including three (3) resident Community Trust Trustees), six (6) other Community Trust Trustees, and nineteen (19) volunteers, gathered at the Clarkston Community Center to continue the process of determining an Education project to fund from the Clarkston Community Trust.
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Residents Select After School Collaborative as Trust Project
Last June, when CDF announced the creation of the Clarkston Community Trust, CDF did so by asking a few “what if” questions. What if residents had the opportunity to determine for themselves the use of financial resources for the betterment of the entire community? What if a fund existed that was devoted solely to community…
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Promoting Active Lifestyles: Clarkston Active Living Initiative Celebration
What have we accomplished and where do we go next was the theme of the January l6, 2014, Clarkston Active Living Initiative (CALI) Celebration and Strategic Directions meeting held
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Clarkston Connections
In today’s world, it’s all about connections We see images of complex social networks and subscribe to numerous social networking apps. At CDF, we believe something different happens when that social network is face to face with you.