Events Calendar

Event: Triple P Seminar: Raising Resilient Children
Date: Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
Time: 10am-11am
Location: Hope Center for Children Administrative Office, Multi-Purpose Room,
202 Hudson Barksdale Blvd, Spartanburg, SC 29306

This parenting seminar teaches the building blocks and life skills that help children manage their emotions and teaches parents how they can promote these skills at home. We also discuss what emotional resilience is and why it is beneficial for children.

All in-person participants will receive a free $10 gas gift card. Snacks will be provided.

Who is this event for?
All parents and caregivers living in Spartanburg County, South Carolina with a child between the ages of 0-8.

Is childcare provided?
Not at this event. (From time to time, we do offer childcare at our events)

Drop in and join us for a board game night. You can choose from a few of the games in our collection or bring your own games to play. You’re more than welcome to bring your kids along if you’d like to learn and play games together. A staff member will be present to suggest games for play and/or explain rules to players. Registration is not required.

Create custom characters, make fantasy maps, run your own mini campaign, and learn about all things Dungeons & Dragons. Open to the first 25 teens ages 12-18 or entering grades 7-12.

Eat pizza and battle to be the best brawler. Compete to win a $50 Amazon gift card in the adults-only bracket, then play the winner of the teen bracket for SCPL’s Smash Bros. Champion trophy.

Open to the first 24 participants.

West Greenville Community Center will be hosting Family Game Nights at the Community Center every 3rd Monday. The event will allow the community to come out and enjoy a family friendly atmosphere all while getting to know their neighbors in the West Greenville Community.

Greenville Go Club is a group of gamers who play the strategy board game know as ‘go’ (or baduk). They have plenty of equipment and the group is free. They are very happy to teach new players and do teaching games and group game reviews as well.

If you are interested, join their Facebook group! (https://www.facebook.com/groups/GreenvilleGoClub)

Go is an abstract board game for two players, in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent. It has very simple rules and is easy to learn, but challenging to master! The game originated in ancient China more than 2,500 years ago and is one of the oldest board games played today.

Wear white to glow in the dark for cosmic Bingo and blacklight crafts.

Attendees are guaranteed the Glow-in-the-Dark Book Box that includes snacks, trinkets, and a book perfect for fans of Illuminae and These Broken Stars.

Leftovers will be available by lottery after the program with priority given to teens who have never received a Book Box before. The form will be open until Thursday, August 1st at 11:59 p.m., and you can find it here: forms.gle…

For teens ages 12-18 or entering grades 7-12 only.

When you write grant requests, event invitations, annual reports, and even humble emails, you want to move your readers to action. But too often jargon, lack of practice, and outdated rules from school can get in your way.

Power up your writing in this 90 minute workshop. You’ll leave equipped to:

• Tell stories that stick
• Write sentences that sing
• Keep your focus on your reader
• Find your voice
• Scrap what you’ve learned about writing that isn’t working

About the presenter:

Katy Pugh Smith is a seasoned facilitator and planner with significant experience in convening coalitions of community members, supporting them in identifying goals and action plans, and working with them to see those plans through to results.

Katy is executive director of Greater Good Greenville, which galvanizes nonprofit organizations, philanthropic funders, and mission-minded people for collaborative problem-solving and learning, advocacy, and joint investing to address our community’s challenges.

She earned her Master of Social Work degree in administration, planning, and community organizing from University of Georgia where she co-authored and published several journal articles. But before she took the path to a career in the social sector, Katy planned to be a writer, and she received her undergraduate degree at Wake Forest University with a scholarship for creative writing. She has always loved writing for work and updating her skills as styles and technology change.

Drop in and join us for a board game night. You can choose from a few of the games in our collection or bring your own games to play. You’re more than welcome to bring your kids along if you’d like to learn and play games together. A staff member will be present to suggest games for play and/or explain rules to players. Registration is not required.