Trainings & Events To Date: 

Crossnore Center for Trauma Resilient Communities - Resilience Academy Training

Hosted by: Blue Ridge Partnership for Children (serving Avery, Mitchell & Yancey counties)- June 1st & 2nd, 2022

Hosted by: Buncombe County Partnership for Children & Smart Start Partnership for Children of Henderson, February 16 & 17th, 2023 (internal training for Smart Start staff & board members)

Hosted by: Burke County Smart Start, March 20th & 22nd, 2023 (internal training for Smart Start Staff)

Resources for Resilience - Reconnect Training

June 29th & 30th, 2022, 8am-4pm, Virtual 

October 11th, 2022, 6:30-7:30pm, Information/Orientation Session

November 3rd & 4th, 2022, 8am-4pm, Virtual 

February 10th, 2023, 1-2pm, Virtual Introduction to Using RfR Resilience Tools, geared towards Child Care Resource & Referral Staff

February 16th, 2023, 7-8pm, Virtual Introduction to Using RfR Resilience Tools, Open to All ECE Community

March 10th & 17th, 2023, 8:30-4pm, Full 2-Day Reconnect Cirriculum Series, Open to all in the ECE community in WNC

July 14th, 1-2pm & July 18th, 12-1pm, One Hour Reconnect Oritentation, Virtual, Open to all in the ECE community in WNC

August 11th & 18th, 8:30-4pm, Full 2-Day Reconnect Ciriculum Series, Virtual, Open to all in the ECE community in WNC

August, 24th & 25th 2023, Full 2-Day Reconnect Cirriculum Series, Hosted by Partnership for Children of Foothills, by invitation only

Sesame Street in Communities Launch Events

*Region A, Partnership for Children, Swain County (serving the far western 7 counties)- Saturday, August 13th, 2022, 10am-2pm, Bryson City, NC

*Smart Start Partnership for Children (serving Henderson County)- Saturday, August 20th, 2022, 9am-12pm, Hendersonville, NC

*Foothills Partnership for Children (Serving Rutherford County)- Saturday, September 24th, 2022 10am- 1pm, Forest City, NC

*Brevard, Transylvania Partnership for Children- Saturday, October 29th, 2022, 10am-2pm, Brevard, NC

Region A Partnership for Children- (Serving Haywood County, event in Waynesville)- Saturday, March 25th, 2023, 10am-12pm

Buncombe Partnership for Children- (Serving Buncombe County, event in Asheville)- Saturday, April 8th, 2023, 10am-2pm

Blue Ridge Partnerhsip for Children- (Serving Mitchell County, event in Bakersville)- Saturday, April 29th, 2023, 10am-2pm

Burke County Smart Start- (Serving Burke County, event in Morganton)- Saturday, May 6th, 2023, 10am-12pm

Blue Ridge Partnerhsip for Children- (Serving Avery County, event in Linville)- Saturday, May 13th, 2023, 10am-2pm

Blue Ridge Partnerhsip for Children- (Serving Yancey County, event in Burnsville)- Saturday, August 12th, 2023, 10am-12pm

Region A Partnership for Children- (Serving Jackson County for this event, Event in Sylva)- Saturday, September 16th, 1-4pm 

For additional information, please contact:
Adrienne Gilbert-Stevenson
Regional Project Manager, Raising Resilience WNC
525 North Justice Street, Hendersonville, NC 28739
Phone: (828) 620-0733
Email: Adrienne at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.