Thriving Communities Institute Article – Valley Business Front Magazine By Randolph Walker Executive Summary: The Thriving Communities conference, held in September at the Hotel Roanoke, sought to bring governments, nonprofits and businesses together to find solutions that will work in the “new normal.” Read the full article: Click here to…...
Pam Kestner-Chappelear, President of Council of Community Services is awarded an Emory & Henry College Citation
This year’s Emory & Henry College’s Charter Day Citations went to recipients who’ve been forces for change in the community according to Larry Harley, the speaker at the College’s Charter Day celebration Thursday, March 24th, and the executive director of Southwest Virginia Legal Aid, an organization that provides lawyers to…...
Council of Community Services Still Going Strong at 50!
The Roanoke Star Sentinel by Gene Marrano Pam Kestner-Chappelear, president of the Council of Community Services for the past ten years and an employee for 25, says she still has to answer the question often: exactly what does the social services agency do? In fact the Council, which celebrated its…...