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Plan to Develop Community Resources at the South End of HHI

October 17, 2017 By nocadmin

Dr. Narendra P. Sharma, Founder and Chair of Neighborhood Outreach Connection (NOC), made a presentation to the Parks and Recreation Commission of the Town of Hilton Head Island on October 12, 2017, relating to the Town’s conceptual plan for development of 1.45 acres of land owned by the Town, wedged between Cordillo Courts and Hedges Apartments. This piece of property currently has four tennis courts that are in decline. Representing NOC, Dr. Sharma supported the Town’s conceptual framework for a project that would include a community building, tennis courts for adults and youth, and pickle ball courts that would benefit all people in the south end of the Island. NOC hopes to use the community building to offer outreach programs in education, health screening, and workforce development, since NOC, which has operated at Cordillo Courts for three and half years, will cease its services at Cordillo Courts effective May 2018, in keeping with a settlement agreement with the Cordillo Courts Board. The Cordillo Board does not want NOC to continue with its operations at Cordillo Courts.

Follow the link below to view Dr. Sharma’s presentation.

Town of HHI, Oct 12, 2017-Final

Charity Spin for Neighborhood Outreach Connection (NOC)

October 2, 2017 By nocadmin

Beach City Health and Fitness Club, located at 39 Hospital Center Commons, HHI, will host a special fund raising event (“Charity Spin”) on Saturday, October 21, from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on behalf of Neighborhood Outreach Connection (NOC). This premier health and fitness club has generously sponsored special events for NOC over the past five years, raising money to support NOC’s after school and summer program for children in underserved neighborhoods in HHI.

Special Features:

6 half-hour segments

6 BCH&F spinning instructors

Minimum donation of $15/segment

Bikes reserved at pledge

You can reserve all 6 sessions for a $90 donation

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Water and refreshments will be provided

Join this special event and have fun for a good cause!

Children at Marsh Pointe and Parkview Excited about NOC Afterschool Program.

September 30, 2017 By nocadmin

The week after Hurricane Irma passed by, NOC students from Beaufort Elementary School were successful in getting NOC to open the Beaufort centers mid-week, reversing NOC’s earlier decision to close for the entire week. These children are enthusiastic about coming to NOC’s Learning Centers at Marshpointe and Parkview, where they get help from dedicated public school teachers and have access to technology-based learning. Dr. Sharma, Founder and Chair of NOC, visited the two centers and encountered a group of happy children who were motivated by his brief talk on the importance of education and the core values of hard work, honesty, and respect. Program Manager John Leadem reported: “It was a very good visit by Dr. Sharma and the kids were especially excited. We had a very spirited and engaged group of students. I know the kids really appreciated the visit, the cookies, and the backpacks that he brought. All in all, a great visit!”

Annual “Fore the Teachers” Golf Tournament

August 13, 2017 By nocadmin

NOC’s annual “Fore the Teachers” golf tournament will be held on Friday, September 15, 2017 at the Port Royal Golf Club.

Players came out to support NOC. — Friends came out to support NOC.

Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m., followed by a Shotgun start at 9:00 a.m.

For details and Player/Sponsor registration forms, click on the links below:

Fore The TeachersTournament Player Registration

Fore The TeachersTournament Sponsor Registration

NOC is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible.

Letter of Support

April 5, 2017 By nocadmin

The following letter recently appeared in the Island Packet:

Letter to the Editor: Save the Tutoring at Cordillo Courts

Our country has been made great by the idea that educating children gives us a better future.

If that education includes extra tutoring, even better. Those children will excel in the future.

People of Cordillo Courts apartments on Hilton Head Island who don’t want children born here to immigrants to have tutoring remind me of Caucasians who didn’t want black children to learn to read. Children are the future of the U.S., for all of us. Future engineers, doctors, lawyers, company managers all start as students.

Also, consider this point. Where are the parents of these children? They are cleaning your homes, cooking your meals, smoothing your golf courses, and taking care of your elderly parents. The very least we can do is tutor their children.

If children aren’t cared for after school, do you want those parents missing work? We are already losing workers here.

People opposing the tutoring program say they want to increase the value of their property. It increases in value when it’s used for education. Education is one of the highest values of America. Protect it and honor those who are providing it.

And unless they are Native Americans, their family once included hard-working immigrants and their children who got them where they are today.

Fran B. Reed (Hilton Head Island)

Island Packet, March 31, 2017

Link: http://www.islandpacket.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article141587009.html

Plan to Develop Community Resources at the South End of HHI

Charity Spin for Neighborhood Outreach Connection (NOC)

Special Features:

Join this special event and have fun for a good cause!

Children at Marsh Pointe and Parkview Excited about NOC Afterschool Program.

Annual “Fore the Teachers” Golf Tournament

Letter of Support

Letter to the Editor: Save the Tutoring at Cordillo Courts

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