Why I'm Happy, by the Happy Board Member
The Happy Board Member gives…
Ten reasons why happiness is being on the Communities In School's Board of Directors:
1. CIS is the best run organization in town. And this is not Happy Board Member's own trumped-up gibberish. Check out what others are saying.
2. Our success rate with helping kids stay in school gives me goose bumps, it’s so high! 98% stay-in-school rate and 82% graduation rate!! See our Charity Review .
3. We have the most devoted and hard-working staff in existence…period!! At our 30th Anniversary Inservice, we celebrated an impressive list of long-time employees and outstanding service! Cynthia Clay Briggs, our fearless ED and friend, serving for 30 years and counting, tells us what devotion looks like:
4. The CIS Board is a group of party animals! Check out our Staff/ Board Mixer.
The personal success of each CIS student continues to keep our staff coming to work every day. Each time one is the first in his family to graduate from high school and go to college, every time one breaks through barriers that kept her parents and grandparents from achieving their dreams, every time one returns as an accomplished adult to say, “I couldn’t have done it without CIS,” we have a fresh realization of our extraordinary opportunity to make an impact on young lives. We view it as among the highest of privileges and most serious of responsibilities, and we never forget this: We teach them how to fly, but they are the ones who take wing and soar!
We know how to have a good time! Next Mixer February 25th. I’ll be there with bells on!!
6. We really help parents.
7. We really help teachers.
8. We truly help families.
9. We’re really good at saving students.
AND…
10. We have our vey own theme song
The CIS board experience continues to be a joy and a gift. But you don’t have to take the Happy Board Member's word for it… Hear from the very mouths of other happy boards members like me….
Dr. Ann Smith Barnes says…
Happiness is meeting young people who have a great future ahead of them and assisting them in that journey.
Happiness is knowing that there is Communities in Schools at our zoned Lamar High School. Knowing that students have a place to go for support, help with life issues, someone to talk to and assistance n finding the resources that they need to be successful.
Happiness is amazingly visible impact…
Ellen S. Morris says…
It is amazing to work on a board in which the real-life benefits of the services you help to shape are tangible. Angelica Adams and Tony Martinez are remarkably dedicated CIS soldiers. The partnership they have established with UT Dental Branch is a model for how creative thinking and commitment to kids can result in a win-win for everyone! I relish the smiling “after” pictures of students who were devastated and depressed by poor dental health and who emerge smiling and confident after their dental work is complete. I don’t have to guess what Project MOVE is doing or wonder if they are good stewards of the resource they have been given. I need only look at the satisfying smiles of students to know that we are fulfilling our mission. Click HERE to see new video by UT Dental Branch
Happiness is stability…
In my experience with the organization over the past 2-3 years I have seen that CIS is action-oriented. CIS staff and board member leaders have created a dynamic partnership that provides excellent communication, education and decisiveness, and as a consequence, stability. It is a pleasure to be part of such an efficient, effective group.
Enough Said?!?
The Happy Board Member
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