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Mike Stoddard: People Focused
November 14, 2017
Category: Pop Quiz
We recently met up with Mike Stoddard at BASIC, where he is chief operating officer of the human resources consulting company that has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of...
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Millie’s Mittens
November 7, 2017
Category: Volunteers
There is always a good reason not to give. We don’t have enough time or money or time. We think somebody else will step up or do a better job...
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Boo!
October 31, 2017
Category: General InfoPartnerships
Did we scare you? No? Well then, here are a few facts about kids in America that are plenty scary. 61,423 children are incarcerated throughout the United States. It is...
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A Salute To Bonnie Terrentine
October 24, 2017
Category: Caring Adult
At the end of last school year, Bonnie Terrentine stepped down from her role as CIS after school coordinator at Lincoln International Studies. She officially retired (well kind of, keep...
17 New Sparks with CIS
October 17, 2017
Category: PartnershipsPop Quiz
This is the largest group of interns CIS has yet to connect to the schools! Seventeen of the students attend Western Michigan University and one attends Spring Arbor University and...
Pop Quiz: Jennifer Swan
October 10, 2017
Category: Pop QuizVolunteers
Welcome back to the POP QUIZ! This is a regular, yet totally unexpected, feature where we ask students, parents, staff, our friends, and partners to answer a few questions about...
CHILDREN SEEKING RELIEF FROM THE STORM
October 3, 2017
Category: The CIS Model
Imagine. You are one of the lucky ones. You are in the direct path of a devastating hurricane and yet, even though you are frightened, cold, wet, and hungry you...
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Girls on the Run of Greater Kalamazoo
October 2, 2017
Category: Uncategorized
Congratulations and best wishes to Girls on the Run of Greater Kalamazoo! After 14+ years, as of October 1st, they are a separate, independent not-for-profit entity and Communities In Schools...
EVERY MINUTE COUNTS
September 26, 2017
Category: Partnerships
Fifth Third Bank is partnering with Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo (CIS) to support students’ school attendance with a donation of 500 alarm clocks. This comes just in time for...
Storms All Around Us
September 19, 2017
Category: General Info
Lately, it feels as if storms are all around us. Right now, the Kalamazoo community is weathering its own tragedy of the five young people who were killed in the...