Category: Events
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“Focus on Connections” Event on September 7 & 8
For a number of months now a small group of community based organizations and residents have been working on a event to be hosted here in Clarkston. It is a collaboration between Decatur Family Y, CFBC Community Development Center, United Way, GA Council on Developmental Disabilities, Refugee Family Assistance Program, DeKalb County, Clarkston Community Center,…
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Next Clarkston Community Conversation on Aug 2nd
In January 2012, some of you attended a meeting the Clarkston Development Foundation (CDF) hosted at the Clarkston Community Center. At that meeting, we worked in small groups focused on three areas, each a part of the six themes identified in a previous community meeting (June 2011). The six themes are: The Connected Community –…
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Community Transformation Training in Clarkston
On April 19th, a Community Transformation Focus Group took place in Clarkston in partnership with and hosted by the Clarkston First Baptist Church (CFBC). This focus group served the purpose to bring people together to listen to what they were interested in talking about and focusing the content of their training that would take place later…
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Connecting families with young children through fun and learning
New moms and moms-to-be gathered for a “Baby Shower” March 6 at the CDF’s new Parents as Teachers’ Play and Learn apartment at Willow Branch Apartments. CDF staff enjoyed holding the babies while the moms played baby bingo and other baby shower games and got to know each other while enjoying refreshments in the cozy…
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A Great Day of Planting!
On April 21st, over 100 people got together to celebrate Earth Day through Comcast Cares Day at the Clarkston Community Center. This great day of planting was coordinated with the help of a number of students at the School of Public Health at Emory University and through the generous support of Comcast. There were a…
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Comcast Cares Day on April 21st
We are looking forward to continuing something good that started last year… Check out this article to see what we did last year and then come see the update in person on the 21st. Come out for a fun-‐filled morning of digging and planting on April 21st from 9am-12pm. No planting experience necessary! The…
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More plants go in the ground…
On March 3rd, the Urban Ag Class arrived at the Clarkston Community Center to find it raining very hard. Fortunately, the water, because of the rainwater harvesting system that we had previously installed, was being collected and stored in the ground. We looked outside before starting our classroom portion of the day and took this…
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CDF Parents as Teachers hosts a uniquely Clarkston Black History Celebration
On Sunday, February 12, 2012, a Willow Branch apartment rented by the Clarkston Development Foundation as a Parents as Teachers (PAT) office and play and learn center was transformed. Over 30 children from 3 months old to 14 years of age and adults enjoyed music, poetry, drumming, reading books, drawing, conversation, and samosas. The living…
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January 18 Summary Document Available
As we mentioned before, we collected all the notes and have the raw data available and have created a summary document as well. Both are available for download here: Clarkston Development Foundation Visioning Report for 1.18.2012-1 & Clarkston Development Foundation Appendix for 1.18.2012 . You can also read the summary report as given below. We hope this will…
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CDF Hosts Community Conversation
On January 18, 2012 at the Clarkston Community Center, Clarkston Development Foundation gave a brief update about their current work in the Clarkston community around the four main priority areas: Education Family Advocacy Health Services Urban Agriculture Work was also shared and posted on the walls and in a slideshow with pictures about the good work going…