

I think the actual saying is “getting all of your ducks in a row,” but for me it’s chickens. For years I have wanted chickens. It might be because I love deviled eggs a bit more than the average Southerner, but regardless I have wanted a few chicks to call my own.

This week’s guest blogger is Easter Maynard, Executive Director, ChildTrust Foundation and the Director of Charitable Giving for IMC, parent company of Golden Corral, and serves on numerous boards and commissions and offers a strong civic-minded voice within the business community. Easter is the 2017 winner of the Triangle Community Foundation Catalyst Award for visionary philanthropy, presented at their annual What Matters luncheon.

According to NC Child, North Carolina public school funding has decreased by $500 million dollars over the last six years while school enrollment has increased by 48,000. If we have any doubts at all about funding needs for school age children, take a look at The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT data for North Carolina that track the following parameters:
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