Ron Acker receives a plaque from the Board of Directors in appreciation of the contributions made to the Anderson County First Steps Partnership by The People's Bank of Iva.

Nurse-Family Partnership staff members were introduced at the Anderson County First Steps Partnership Board meeting on April 21. Alice Bagby is the NFP Supervisor.  Wendy Wright, Catherine Jones,  Mary Beth Peurifoy, and Chianti Banks (not pictured) are Nurse Home Visitors. Coleman Tanner is the Outreach Coordinator.

First Steps Appoints Paige Wall as New Executive Director

  ANDERSON – Paige Wall has been appointed by the Board of Directors as the new Executive Director of Anderson County First Steps Partnership. She had been serving as the Interim Executive Director since the retirement of Jeanne Yarborough, the organization’s first director. Wall has served on the partnership staff for nine years. She received a Bachelor of Human Services and Resources degree from Anderson University and is currently completing a Master of Human Resources Development degree at Clemson University. She is a graduate of Leadership Anderson.

Meeting Notice - Partnership Board of Directors

The meeting schedule of the Anderson County First Steps Partnership Board of Trustees for the remainder of the year is:

September 15, 2009

October 20, 2009 - Annual Meeting - Time TBA

November 17, 2009

All meetings, except as noted, begin at 9:15 am and take place at the Anderson County Library.

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Task Force Releases Preliminary Report on Early Childhood Standards

Go to: www.scfirststeps.org/standards.htm for more information