The Centers For Exceptional Children

Join us for a unique glimpse at The Centers for Exceptional Children. Learn how our approach brings educators, therapists, and families together to serve children with special needs. Each tour includes a visit to our classrooms. We will serve coffee, tea and light snacks. Register today at thecfec.org/events

Join our mission to educate, nurture, and support children with special needs to reach their highest potential intellectually, emotionally, socially, and physically. We are #hiring for multiple positions! - Extended Day Teacher - Lead Teacher - Medical Billing Specialist - Horticultural Therapist To learn more about the positions, see the full job descriptions, and apply visit thecfec.org/careers

Calling all golfers! We are now taking registrations for INDIVIDUAL golfers to join us at our Golf Classic on October 28th at Oak Valley Golf Club. Grab your clubs and tee off with us for a great cause Register today at thecfec.org/golf

An entrepreneurial leader, Amy Harp has extensive experience building partnerships and alliances that cut across traditional divides. She has worked in the early-stage, corporate, and international sectors with a focus on leveraging digital marketing and technology to scale change and accelerate organizational growth. She is particularly inspired by turning great ideas-both large and small-into tangible reality. Amy retired in 2022 from Reynolds American where she led Consumer Experience and Marketing Operations. Prior to that she owned a marketing, brand and e-commerce agency that served Fortune 500 clients in the global consumer goods, food and beverage, and entertainment industries for over 20 years. Her early career included marketing roles with PepsiCo and Unilever. When not indulging her passions of running, herb-gardening and travel, Amy is a Forsyth County Guardian ad Litem and volunteer tutor with Heart Math. She and her husband Thom live in Winston Salem and continue to enjoy discovering North Carolina’s charms after raising their family in New York. They are almost, but not quite, ready to say y’all unironically.

Thank you to our friends at Victory Junction for visiting yesterday! We enjoyed the purposeful conversation, collaboration, and sharing our programs with you. CFEC families, did you know that children as young as 3 years old with serious illness and their families can attend Victory Junction Family Weekends?! Visit victoryjunction.org for more information and to apply!

Thank you to Shelco, LLC for participating in our 26th Annual Golf Classic as a Bronze Sponsor! We are grateful for your continued support in helping children of all abilities thrive! There's still time to register your foursome at thecfec.org/golf

We are proud to announce that we have been awarded a five-star rating by the North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education. This prestigious recognition underscores CFEC's commitment to providing high-quality care and education for children, ages birth to three, with disabilities. For 17 years, we have maintained the five-star rating, which is the highest achievable under North Carolina's Quality Rating and Improvement System and reflects CFEC's excellence in staff education, program standards, and child outcomes.

Today is the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act which prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities! Join us in celebrating this landmark act that paved the way for inclusion and accessibility for all.

Calling all advocates! In 2021, child care centers across the state of North Carolina received Child Care Compensation Grants which have supported early childhood education programs by providing additional workforce compensation to aid in turnover and increase availability of affordable childcare for families. Currently, both the NC House and Senate budget proposals include an extension?of the Child Care Compensation Grants and are posed to vote on the budget this week! We would appreciate your advocacy of the continuation of these grants and all the child care centers and teachers they have benefitted in the last three years. Follow the link below to identify your representative and download a customizable phone script so you can call and tell your representative to pass the budget before the current funding runs out on June 30th! https://lnkd.in/eKnFQtxz

Save the Date! Our 26th Annual Golf Classic at Oak Valley Golf Club is scheduled for October 28, 2024! Money raised from our event supports the programs and services we provide to help educate, nurture, and support children with special needs and their families to reach their highest potential intellectually, emotionally, socially, and physically! Interested in learning more? Visit thecfec.org/golf, email Regina Craven at [email protected] or call 336-727-2440