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In collaboration with our community, we support and challenge families to help the recognize their strengths, while providing our expertise to educate and empower them to reach their goals, with the ultimate objective of eliminating the need for Head Start in Our Community.

The mission of the Shippensburg Head Start Program is to provide individualized, comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and meaningful experiences for all enrolled children and their families in order to effectively prepare and assist them to deal with their current environment as well as for the future.

Shippensburg Head Start Program is an early childhood program that serves low income families and children 0-5 years old . We have Head Start/ Pre-K Classrooms in Carlisle, Newville, and Shippensburg.

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Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet is a celebrated leader in the world of classical ballet. Embracing an attitude of lifelong learning more than 59 years ago, Founding Artistic Director Marcia Dale Weary envisioned a school where children would have the opportunity to receive exceptional ballet training. Today CPYB is the nation’s preeminent school of classical ballet with an international reputation for training young men and women. The school’s renowned teaching methodology couples performance opportunities with innovative educational initiatives, an esteemed faculty, and a proven syllabus – all in an environment that promotes the acquisition of the life skills crucial to a child’s development.

Thousands of young people have passed through Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s acclaimed studios in Carlisle, Pa. CPYB alumni continually occupy top positions in the leading ballet companies from San Francisco and Miami to New York, London and beyond. Through the organization’s threefold mission – to inspire, educate and enrich – the legacy of Marcia Dale Weary and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet redefines the art form, preserves its history and shapes its future.

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Providing Opportunities to Discover, Inquire & Grow at the Dickinson College Farm

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The Hope Station Opportunity Area Council seeks to lift up the entire neighborhood by tackling our most difficult problems through education, technology, job development and most importantly, teaching our children to become leaders by learning to respect themselves and others.

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The LEAF Project is a farm-based youth employment program which employs youth, ages 14-18, to work alongside farmers and chefs in South Central PA. The LEAF Project reconnects youth to the food they eat, the land on which it grows, and to each other.

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Project SHARE is an interfaith cooperative effort which provides food, clothing, nutritional education, and links to programs to empower people in need within the greater Carlisle Area. They promote sustainability initiatives, including education, farming, gleaning, recycling, and many others.

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The services provided by the Carlisle Arts Learning Center better the Carlisle community by providing classes to children and adults regardless of socio-economic class. These programs promote self-esteem and self-expression. In addition, the Works in the Windows program provides artwork for vacant storefront windows keeping downtown Carlisle looking beautiful.

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The Dickinson College Farm is a 180-acre certified organic farm in Boiling Springs that provides many different opportunities for students and community members, including working or volunteering at the farm, completing independent research at the farm, educational programs and workshops, events, and much more!

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Understanding and celebrating history and promoting its preservation can enhance community life. History greatly defines community. Its study and preservation not only promotes tourism but enhances conversations about current issues and challenges in society. History is also incredibly entertaining, especially when we understand that it is happening all around us all the time.

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  • Shippensburg Head Start Program

    Shippensburg Head Start Program

    Community, Education, Housing, Health & Human Services

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  • Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet

    Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet

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  • D.I.G. Camp

    D.I.G. Camp

    Education

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  • Hope Station

    Hope Station

    Community

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  • LEAF (Leadership, Education and Farming) Project

    LEAF (Leadership, Education and Farming) Project

    Food & Farms

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  • Project SHARE

    Project SHARE

    Community, Education, Food & Farms

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  • Carlisle Arts Learning Center (CALC)

    Carlisle Arts Learning Center (CALC)

    Cultural Heritage, Arts & Recreation, Education

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  • Dickinson College Farm

    Dickinson College Farm

    Food & Farms

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  • Cumberland County Historical Society

    Cumberland County Historical Society

    Cultural Heritage, Arts & Recreation

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