Free Press staff
In recognition of Nurses Week, May 6-12, the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce is presenting more than 300 gift bags to the nurses at UNC Lenoir Health Care.
This giveaway will take place Thursday, May 6, at 11 a.m. in the lobby of the hospital.
The Chamber staff has collected donations from businesses and individuals throughout April. Every nurse at UNC Lenoir Health Care with get a gift bag filled with items, including pens, note pads, lanyards, penlights, koozies, gift cards and much, much more.
Sponsors include Lenoir Community College, Coastal Connections Marketing, Belk, Kinston State Farm Agents - Judy Jones, Keith Thompson and Will Hardy, Crown, LCPS, MasterBrand, Union Bank, Eastern Carolina Insurance, WoodmenLife Kinston Chapter 46 and AARP - NC.
Beyond the books
Neuse Regional Library
The Neuse Regional Libraries have taken active steps to collaborate with students, parents, teachers, principals and the Kinston Housing Authority to explore better ways to engage students in learning during these trying times. The Library established Homework Help programs throughout Lenoir, Jones and Greene counties to provide students and parents additional resources, one-on-one tutoring, and access to Wi-Fi to help support learning.
Despite initial success, once popular programs like Homework Help and STEM 4 All experienced a sharp decline in attendance in the new year, leaving staff members pondering: what happened? As we dove deeper into the issues of low attendance and had honest conversations with local organizations and schools, we discovered the lack of student engagement was not unique to Homework Help and the STEM 4 ALL program, but far reaching and widespread. It seemed as if students had checked out of learning, a