Leadership Program Participants

Leadership Program Participants

  Communities In Schools (CIS) of Georgia executive directors Becky Gay of Fitzgerald/Ben Hill County and Lisa Kingry of Turner County were recently selected to participate in CIS National’s Executive Leadership Development Program.  The program, in partnership...
Laurens and Dodge Counties Awarded Grants

Laurens and Dodge Counties Awarded Grants

Communities In Schools (CIS) of Georgia local affiliates Dodge and Laurens counties were recently awarded one of six youth development grants through the Governor’s Office for Children and Families (GOCF). Each affiliate will use the grant to further efforts of...
CIS AmeriCorps Members Complete MLK Day of Service

CIS AmeriCorps Members Complete MLK Day of Service

Communities In Schools (CIS) AmeriCorps members celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service with a school beautification project at Eagle Ridge Elementary School in Milledgeville, Georgia.   Over 50 volunteers from local businesses and the community joined CIS...

January Provides Great Opportunities

If I had to pick a favorite month, January is it.  First, just the feeling of newness and hope with a new year brings a new chance.  Truthfully, I do have these leftover TO DOs from 2012, but ideas and plans keep rolling my way as I think about the big possibilities...