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CCPC receives KBR Grant to build resiliency in community
Columbus County Partnership for Children (CCPC) recently received a three-year, $445,000 grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust to continue its efforts to build awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and ways to mitigate their impacts. âWe are so grateful that the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust continues to invest in Columbus County by supporting children and families in a way that will strengthen them throughout their lives,â said Selena Rowell, Executive Director. âThis grant is
Children celebrate National Strawberry Day with NC Strawberry Festival Princess
Princesses are as common in childrenâs books as strawberries are in childrenâs lunchboxes. The two recently combined in celebration of National Strawberry Day at the Smart Start Early Learning and Family Resource Center (ELF). The children who attended story time that week got to meet a real-life strawberry princess -- Mia Soles, the 2023-2024 North Carolina Strawberry Festival Princess. Alyssa Lewis, ELF Coordinator, looked for a strawberry princess specifically for the weekâs story time. âSheâs someone