Reading Room: Reading Aloud to Middle School Students
Hearing books read aloud benefits older students, enhancing language arts instruction and building a community of readers. Learn more here…
Category: Tocqueville Society
Young Leaders United: The Powerful Effects of Drawing on Learning
The science is clear: Drawing beats out reading and writing to help students remember concepts. It’s long been known that drawing something helps a person remember it. A new study shows that…
Reading Room: Progress to Zero Update
From: Andrea Kurtz , Senior Director, Housing Strategies, United Way of Forsyth County In my call with our BFZ coach this week, Eddie asked me, what would help create…
Reading Room: Happy National Volunteer Week
It’s National Volunteer Week, which is a good time to dispel some common misconceptions about volunteering. Here are a few: It is tough to find time to volunteer. If you…
Press Release: Press Release: John Whitaker Honored with Paul Fulton Tocqueville Leadership Society Award
WINSTON-SALEM, NC — April 5, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: John Whitaker, was bestowed with United Way of Forsyth County’s (UWFC) Tocqueville Society’s Paul Fulton Tocqueville Leadership Society Award, The Tocqueville Leadership Society’s…
health: Are Purpose and Community Having a Moment? By BRIAN GALLAGHER, MARCH 20 2019
Are we realizing that people need more than money to be happy? Across society, we are witnessing a redefinition of individual success in a more holistic way. I see…