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Yvette Holmes Joins Southeast Raleigh Promise as CEO
Southeast Raleigh resident brings more than 30 years of non-profit leadership experience RALEIGH, NC (July 15, 2021) – Today, Southeast Raleigh Promise (SERP) announced that it has named Yvette Holmes as its new CEO, effective August 1, 2021. Holmes, a proven...
Two United Way- Funded Organizations are Partnering to Offer Arts Programming to Southeast Raleigh Students.
By: United Way of the Greater Triangle Raleigh was named one of the top 10 cities in the world for quality of life last month and residents could easily point to the many amenities, low unemployment rate, or nationally award-winning magnet schools for...
Amazing students’ at Enloe High School raise $207,000. See who the money will help.
The News & Observer BY T. KEUNG HUI Praises are pouring in for Enloe High School students who raised more than $200,000 this year to help a non-profit group trying to break the cycle of inter-generational poverty in Southeast Raleigh. At Saturday night’s 2019...
Enloe High students set goal of raising $200,000 for Raleigh nonprofit
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — They’re only in their teens, but students at Enloe High School in Raleigh have worked to raise $1 million over the years. Its money to help nonprofits in the Triangle. “We’re kids, doing not kid things,” Sydney Marks said proudly. This year is...
Enloe High School has raised $1 million for local charities. It needs $60,000 more.
The News & Observer BY T. KEUNG HUI Enloe High School’s Charity Ball has raised more than $1 million over the last 15 years to help local charities, but this year’s efforts to help a Southeast Raleigh-based organization will go down to the wire. Charity ball...
EDUCATION PNC Foundation gifts $250,000 to 3 groups serving Raleigh children
WRAL By Ken Smith, anchor/reporter RALEIGH, N.C. — The PNC Foundation gifted $250,000 on Tuesday to three local groups that serve children and specialize in early childhood education. Stakeholders and recipients gathered at Southeast Raleigh Elementary at noon for a...
SERP Launches Early Learning and Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Program
In partnership with several Southeast Raleigh early learning centers, Southeast Raleigh Promise kicked off the Early Learning and Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Program. We are working to ensure that every child, from birth to 5 years of age will have a high-quality...
#AliveWithPurpose
By: Carter Wood Enloe Magnet High School I am extremely fortunate to have been a part of Enloe Charity Ball throughout my four years at Enloe. Enloe Charity Ball (ECB) is an annual student-led effort to raise funds and awareness for a local nonprofit, which culminates...
Kia Baker, our Tar Heel of the Month, is a beacon for revitalizing Southeast Raleigh
The News & Observer By T. Keung Hui Kia Baker was a college senior when she shared with her friends her dream of creating a village in Southeast Raleigh where people would have convenient access to all the services that they’d need. Fourteen years later, Baker’s...
New elementary school in Y facility aims to turn Southeast Raleigh’s image around
The News & Observer By: T. Keung Hui The Wake County school system has 191 schools, but the only school with a swimming pool is not in affluent western Cary but in Southeast Raleigh. Southeast Raleigh Elementary School opened Aug. 26 with features not found in...