Growing Language & Communication Skills: More Than Baby Talk
A child’s success or failure in school is determined long before he or she steps foot in a classroom. With…
Category: Trust Updates
Activating Change With Great Expectations: MDC
In 2015, the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust brought in Durham-based MDC to serve as an ‘Activating Agency’ and support…
Getting to Great: Investing In Our Youngest Children
Interim President Allen Smart on Great Expectations I remember the day my son said his first word, started kindergarten, learned…
The Beginning of Change: The Voices and Faces of Healthy Places NC
Philanthropy can change a lot of things on the surface of communities by contributing dollars, but can it really change…
The 2016 RWJF Culture of Health Prize Competition is Underway
The prize recognizes and celebrates communities that have placed a priority on health and are creating powerful partnerships and deep commitments…
Trust Launches Decade-Long, $30 Million Early Childhood Initiative
Great Expectations aims to prepare Forsyth County’s children for a lifetime of success Today, the Trust announced the launch of…
Investing in Forsyth County’s Future
Kernersville resident Susan Choplin is one of just six North Carolina teachers handpicked to lead a Kindergarten Demonstration Classroom. Each…
How One Community Created a Masterpiece
Lorraine Gordon is affectionately known as “neighborhood watch” by residents of the Oakcrest Community in Beaufort County, NC, particularly the…