Join us on your early dismissal day from school for a fun & festive community service project!
Register by December 11th by calling 401-8025 or emailing Whitney at whitney_collins@ncsu.edu
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Join in the DeSTEMber fun with Girlstart!
Girlstart's mission is to increase girls’ interest and engagement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through innovative, nationally-recognized informal STEM education programs. By empowering more girls to continue STEM studies, we can help address our nation’s STEM workforce inequities and impact innovation and economic development in America and across the globe. We accomplish this by developing innovative models and processes for teaching and delivering STEM through integrated informal STEM education programs. Girlstart provides year-round programming for girls and families including After School, Summer Camps, Girls in STEM Conference, Community STEM events, Hands-on Wednesday blog, and DeSTEMber to get girls interested in STEM at an early age.Girlstart cultivates a culture where risk is rewarded, curiosity is encouraged, and creativity is expected. As a result, Girlstart girls are connected, brave, and resilient. Girlstart makes girls more successful, and inspires them to take on the world’s greatest challenges.
Throughout the month of December, Girlstart hosts DeSTEMber- 31 days of STEM fun for the whole family. DeSTEMber will highlight various STEM-related topics with hands-on activity blogs, photos, videos as part of a month long program to drive awareness for STEM, showing kids and families that 'STEM is everywhere.' Families can find DeSTEMber’s 31 days of STEM fun at www.destember.org!
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Greenlight a Vet!
Many of you have seen Walmart's commercial "Greenlight A Vet". Walmart is committed to hiring more then 250,000 veterans by 2020 through the Veterans Welcome Home Commitment. Walmart has partnered with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Team Red, White and Blue, Team Rubicon Hire Heroes USA and Blue Star Families to launch Greenlight for Vets. This campaign is to help create a visible and actionable national support for America's veterans and their families. We interact with them every day at work, school, and in our neighborhoods. Once they are back home and out of uniform, it s hard to show support or recognize their contributions. They are camouflaged more than ever.
The Meaning of Green
"Green is the color of hope, renewal and well-being. "Greenlight" is also a term commonly used to activate forward movement. The simple action of changing one light to green is intended to spark a national conversation regarding the recognition of veterans, and "greenlight" them forward as valued members of our communities." (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2015)
What is Greenlight a Vet?
America's veterans are some of our nation's bravest, hardest-working men and women. However, it is hard to show them the appreciation they deserve when, back home and out of uniform, they are more camouflaged then ever. Greenlight a Vet is a campaign to establish visible national support for our veterans by changing one light to green.
Change One Light to Green
Let us honor our veterans not only on November 11th, but all year round by changing one light to green in a visible location - on your porch, your home, or at you office- and keep it glowing every day as a symbol of appreciation and support for our veterans. To help share your support, take a picture of your green light and post it using the hashtag #greenlightavet
To learn more about Greenlight A Vet campaign, click on the links below:
I encourage you, your family, friends, organization(s), etc. to participate in the Greenlight A Vet campaign. If you do choose to participate, please share your story with NC Cooperative Extension Military Outreach. We would be happy to add your commitment to our veterans and their families on our website.
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