by Webmaster | Dec 10, 2014 | Home Page News
Partnership with Children First
Rainbow, as you may know, has a partnership with Children First.
Quite a few of the service learning projects on campus, as well as the Fall Harvest Hoedown directly benefit Children First/Communities in Schools of Buncombe County.
We wanted to share the final results of the Halloween Harvest Hoedown.
Why now?
Because at this year’s holiday program, The Festival of Lights, we are going to present Children First a check for $1,036. This number is 25% of the total funds raised by the Hoedown event.
Here are all the numbers:
Hoedown Profit (after all expenses): $4,143.75.
25% to Children First: $1,036.
by Webmaster | Dec 8, 2014 | Home Page News
Poetry SLAM!
Poetry Slam to benefit MANNA food bank
We have another wonderful event on the horizon: a Soulspeak Poetry Slam!
This is a benefit for Manna Food Bank.
It’s Saturday, December 13th at 7pm at the RCS Auditorium.
You can hear Asheville’s best and brightest recite and share their poems.
A Benefit for Manna…
Many youth poets have toured MANNA and volunteered over the past few weeks to learn more about the issue of hunger in our community.
They will be presenting poems about this at the slam.
Last year they raised $1000 and over 5000 lbs. of food!
This year, they want to double that!
The acapella group from Asheville High will join them that evening, as well to share some holiday music.
It is going to be an amazing event.
Thank you for all your help and support.
We hope to see you there!
If you go:
PLEASE BRING FOOD DONATIONS!
Adults $15
Students & Teachers $10
Purchase tickets at Eventbrite.com now!
Presented in partnership with Francine Delaney New School for Children and Asheville Youth Mission
by Webmaster | Nov 10, 2014 | Home Page News, News
Rainbow Community’s Artist Reception
Food. Wine. Jazzy music. Great conversation. Fabulous art.
The First Annual RCS Art Show was a hit!
Lots of local and regional artists’ work were in the show and the school created an art page for the artwork. The page will remain active on Rainbow’s website for two more weeks, so if you were thinking about buying a great work of art, you still have a chance!
If you were able to attend the event, and tried the food, it was incredible! Tina Crain catered the food and if you need a caterer that uses the finest quality food for delicious taste, check out her website, Chestnut Flats.
Here’s a sampling of the amazing food:
Sweet figs – so creamy and delicious
There was gluten-free pumpkin bread, and other delectable finger foods:
Bite-sized pumpkin bread
The beauty and quality of all the art was simply exquisite. People were able to have conversations around many of the art pieces.
Conversation around the arts
Delicate and vibrant, the artwork truly was the highlight of the event.
Acro Bag by John Littleton and Kate Vogel
Darrah, a Rainbow parent, facilitated the event and worked hard to put it all together.
From the website, to the food, to the setup, she stepped up to the plate and created an event that everyone enjoyed. A special thank you goes out to her for all the hard work she did.
RCS also wants to extend its gratitude to Wicked Weed, and Jeffie Cilano for the white wine.
Fine wine, grapes and fall themed beer were the order of the day
50% of all the art sales support the RCS Combined Campaign. The other 50% goes directly to the artists.
Many RCS parents and families came to the event, as did folks from the greater Asheville community. Thank you to everyone who supported the event!
Thank you for supporting RCS and the arts!
by Webmaster | Nov 4, 2014 | Events, Home Page News
Third Grade Service Learning
Each year, our Third Grade Huskies coordinate a food drive for Thanksgiving in conjunction with Children First (CF) of Buncombe County. The food drive starts today and ends Monday, November 17.
Buncombe County has one of the highest rates in the nation for food insecurity and as a community, we all have a part in helping out those in need.
Our third graders take that calling seriously. Last year, they helped deliver quite a few boxes of food to CF. They helped out numerous families and were quite successful in their endeavor to collect food and other items.
They are again collecting food and asking all Rainbow Community folks to contribute as they can. Their goal is to be able to deliver more food than last year.
Each classroom at Rainbow has food collection boxes to store the non-perishable items until they pick up all the food on November 17th. Below is a list of what Children First has requested. Feel free to print the list and distribute as you need.
Thanks to everyone for their generosity. In the spirit of gratitude, let’s come together and lend a hand!
Food items for Children First food drive.
by Webmaster | Oct 31, 2014 | Home Page News, Student News & Accolades
If you were on Rainbow’s campus today, you might have been spooked.
Ghosts and goblins roamed the forest, flanked by aliens, tigers, bears, wizards and other magical creatures for the most frightful day of the year: HALLOWEEN!
First, Kindergarten sang some ghostly songs. Preschool chimed in, too.
Then each grade paraded around, valiantly confronting whatever bear, cupid, witch or robot they encountered along the way…
Then students departed the meeting grounds in search of spooky treats in not-so-scary places!
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