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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Cherokee Educational Foundation Starts Fundraising Campaign

Money raised will be donated to the Cherokee County School District and its schools for classroom innovation, helping students pay for credit recovery courses and funding for various initiatives.

The Cherokee County Educational Foundation has launched a campaign to bring dollars directly to the classroom. The For the Love of Education campaign wants Cherokee residents and businesses to make monetary contributions to the foundation, which was established late last year to support the Cherokee County School District and its teachers and students.  Money raised by the organization will be distributed to the district and its schools through grants for classroom innovation, student scholarships for credit recovery classes and funding for initiatives such as the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Academies, the proposed Technical High School Academy and the Bring Your Learning Device (BYLD) program.  "A high-quality …

Monday, February 4, 2013

YMCA Campaign To Show 'Why It Matters' in Cherokee

The YMCA of Cherokee County will launch its annual fundraising campaign on Tuesday, which will help the YMCA fund its initiatives.

The YMCA of Cherokee County will soon start its annual fundraising campaign and wants to know from the community why the organization matters to them.  The organization will kick off its efforts Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the gallery of the Cherokee Arts Center in downtown Canton. This year's theme is Why It Matters, which Executive Director John Hicks said will focus on promoting why the YMCA matters to the Cherokee County community.  On its Facebook page, the YMCA is featuring people who explain why the organization in Cherokee matters to them.  Hicks said the organization last year raised between $85,000 and $90,000, which he added was a "success."  "We would have loved to raise more, but it’s just been a tough climate in the last four to …

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