Youth/Kids
Education Extra
Keeping It Real: Greater Shelby County Chamber Between now and March 2017, the Greater Shelby County Chamber staff and volunteers from Shelby county organizations will visit 9th grade students at 12 different Shelby County schools to help them begin to think about future occupations. It’s all a part of the chamber’s Keeping It Real program …
Education Extra
Addiction Prevention: What Parents Need to Know One of the largest growing problems in our state today is prescription drug abuse. According to the DEA, Alabama received 10.5 million prescriptions for pain relievers and tranquilizers in 2015. Compare that to the population of Alabama at 4.8 million people. That means on average we are getting …
Bringing Out the Winner
Formula for Success in Tough Decisions As parents we are making decisions every day regarding our family. Now imagine you are one of my children, Brodie or Reagan, who are now leading Big Oak Ranch. When they make a decision, it affects over 220 children and staff. That is a lot of pressure to say …
Celebrate Family Day!
The Alabama Family Rights Association, and the Exchange Club of Shelby County are partnering to encourage the entire state of Alabama to participate in this year’s “Family Day” September 26. Family Day is a national movement to celebrate parental engagement as an effective tool to help keep America’s kids substance free. Scientific data indicates that …
Covenant Classical Expansion
Covenant Classical Schools & Daycare (CCS) plans to open a new campus in Trussville later this year. Located just off the Deerfoot Parkway exit on I-59, the new 15,000 square foot building will house 12 classrooms for children ranging from 6 weeks through Kindergarten. As a common standard in all Covenant Classical Schools, the new …
Greek Festival
Begun in 1972 by the Ladies Philoptochos Society, this yearly event has blossomed into one of the premier cultural events in the Southeast. The Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral Greek Food Festival is now the focal point for thousands people from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Georgia who for three days experience the Greeks’ legendary …
5 Steps to Protect Children in the Digital Age
Let’s be honest. It isn’t easy raising children in a day and age where hundreds of thousands of dangerous images and messages are not only just a click away, but the clicks are happening on devices that our children are often carrying in their pockets. Consider these stats from CovenantEyes.com and CommonSenseMedia.com: 1 in 4 …
