April events celebrate children at Freedman Center and partners
Across Graniteville April events honor children with literacy focus and activities. Freedman Parenting Center and Aiken County First Steps organize crafts, book fairs, workshops, role model sessions, and training for childcare staff, plus Read Across Aiken and Teacher Appreciation Week.
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Freedman Parenting Center
Joanne Wright
Wright
Cherell Butler
Freedman
Marcia Nash
Aiken County
First Steps
Graniteville
Butler
Byrd Learning Center
Byrd Elementary
Aiken
Beaufort Street
Aiken Technical College
Byrd
James Holt
First Steps Board
Colors of Learning Art Project
Family Y
Aiken Kiwanis Club
Nash and
Nash
Willis Drive
Puppet theater comes to Hopelands Gardens for families
The City of Aiken Parks and Recreation presents the seventh annual Spring Time’s Lunch and a Play at Hopelands Gardens featuring the Columbia Marionette Theatre performing Rumpelstiltskin. Kiersten Warfield says the free, family friendly event targets young children and offers a theater experience during spring break. The Marionette Theatre, a nonprofit founded in 1988 by Allie Scollon and her son John, uses puppets from inches to over 5 feet tall on a 30-foot stage at its Columbia facility.
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City of
Warfield
Columbia Marionette Theatre
Allie Scollon
John
Columbia
Spring Time's Lunch and a Play at Hopelands Gardens
Event on April 10 from 11 a.m. to noon at the Windham Performing Arts Stage in Hopelands Gardens 135 Dupree Place. Peter Cottontail will visit. guardians may photograph children. each child receives a ticket for a spring surprise. Free admission. bring a picnic, lawn chairs, or a blanket. Call 803-642-7631 for details.
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Windham Performing Arts
Hopelands Gardens
Peter Cottontail
Windham
Dupree Place
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Williston-Elko Freshman Wins Leadership Speech Contest
Sallie Gracie Walkup a ninth through twelfth grade freshman from Williston Elko High School won first place and a $500 scholarship in the Savannah River Site Leadership Association annual Leadership Speech Contest Chapter Level. She will advance to the Council Level in Savannah Georgia on April 13.
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Sallie Gracie Walkup
Williston-Elko High School
Savannah River Site Leadership Association
Association
Walkup
Greg and
Mary Ann Walkup
Williston
Savannah
Peach Council
SRS Leadership Association
National Management Association
Williston-Elko High
North Augusta High
Augusta Preparatory Day
Madelynn Butler
Samantha Dhaliwal
Augusta Preparatory Day School
Kendrick Griffin
North Augusta High School
Jacob Boyd
Aiken
Aiken Technical College
Riverwalk Toastmasters
Charlie Norwood VA
Savannah River Site
Scott Eberl
Amelia Long
Sallie Walkup
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The
Freedman Center
Aiken Road
Hopelands
McKayla Kee
Williston-Elko
Ede Keefe
Juanita Ruth
Kathy Sauther
Joy Kohler
Debby Bouknight
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Porky Bradberry
Whiskey Road
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