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A Salute to AmeriCorps Week, March 9 – 17, 2013

AmeriCorps*VISTA is the national service program of the Corporation for National and Community Service designed specifically to fight poverty. Authorized in 1964 as Volunteers in Service to America, the program was incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993. Volunteers In … Continue reading

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Panther Pride!

One of Charleston Promise Neighborhood’s most exciting initiatives is creating a College Bound Culture within our schools. Nakisha Scott, Charleston Promise Neighborhood’s Program Assistant, invited Monica Wade, Recruiter and Admissions Counselor for Claflin University of Orangeburg, to speak with middle school students at … Continue reading

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Stories From Our KidsWell Clinics

Charleston Promise Neighborhood’s KidsWell Health and Wellness Initiative is a strategy to improve students’ access to healthcare so they are healthy and ready to learn. KidsWell Health and Wellness includes pediatric health clinics in our four elementary schools, health screenings, … Continue reading

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