While the Grand Opening for newest Regal Cinema in town happens tonight, for three lucky nonprofits and hundreds of families the real festivities were a four-night pre-func prior to the opening. Each time Regal Cinemas opens a new cinema it hosts, for there consecutive days and nights prior, $2 movies and serves $2 popcorn and [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 21, 2009
Washington Network Awarded 6 New VISTA Positions
As our nation’s economic downturn continues and Washington’s unemployment rate edges up to 10% local nonprofit groups are seeing a significant increase in demand for services. Communities In Schools is no exception as more and more young people find themselves in increasingly marginal situations. At the same time funding sources are pulling back, or in [...]
May 15, 2009
Story of Transformation in Texas
By all appearances, Angela Wilborn’s young life pointed toward a bleak future: She was one of four kids from three dads and the oldest daughter of a woman sent to prison as a result of an addiction to crack cocaine. By the time Wilborn made it out of high school, she had been to eight [...]
May 13, 2009
State Office Wins Major Award from Social Venture Partners
Communities In Schools, Washington State office is happy to announce a $40,000 funding award from Social Venture Partners Seattle. The award marks the start of a longer-term relationship with SVP Seattle, which will combine grant dollars with volunteer hours to help Communities In Schools organizations across Washington expand their capacity to help more children and [...]
May 13, 2009
First Lady Visits Communities In Schools
Today Michelle Obama visited a Communities In Schools after-school reading program in Washington D.C. The visit was a huge surprise for 30 wide-eyed third-graders who read stories and asked questions of the first lady who told them they can help the president by working hard and never quitting. “When something gets hard, because it will [...]
May 6, 2009
“Schools Can’t Do it Alone” Campaign Takes Off
You’ve probably seen the billboards, now look for the TV commercial. We’ve just completed the PSA for the “Schools Can’t Do it Alone” campaign. The TV spot, an animated version of the billboard “empty desks” image, airs in May on the local Comcast Cable feed and on KING5, and joins billboard and transit ads urging [...]
