Neighborhood Outreach Connection (NOC) focuses on creating opportunities within distressed neighborhoods on Hilton Head Island, in Greater Bluffton, and in Beaufort by connecting resources, services, and technology to the people who need them most.

NOC’s flagship program is an after-school tutoring program that brings teachers and volunteers into neighborhood “learning centers” to provide homework help during the school year, as well as a Virtual Summer Learning Program during the schools’ summer vacation.

Employing teachers for NOC’s education programs is critical to the academic success of participating students.

Your participation in the “Fore the Teachers” Golf Tournament — Friday, September 30, at Port Royal Golf Club — will support the teachers who make it possible for NOC to continue its excellent work with students in the after-school program.

For complete details see the registration forms attached below or call Sue Todd at 843-815-5636 or Bill Burger at 843- 681-8815.

Not a golfer? You can still participate. Your donation of $1200.00 will support one student for an entire year! Call Liz Merrill in the NOC Office (843-681-4100) for details.

2016 NOC GOLF TOURNAMENT

2016 TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION

2016 TOURNAMENT SPONSOR

Find out what is happening at NOC.

Click here to read the Spring Newsletter: Spring 2016 Newsletter

 

During the Hilton Head Island Town Council meeting on April 5, the Council voted 5 to 1 not to sell the Cordillo Tennis Courts to the Home Owners Associations. For the past two years, NOC has opposed this sale, arguing that these courts provide an open-space play area for the 180 children and their families who live in the surrounding apartments. Eight children who are enrolled in NOC’s after school program attended the meeting, and one student made a presentation (see below), imploring Town Council members not to sell the facility. NOC’s position was presented by Ally Cook, NOC Vice Chair and Gary Tauscher, NOC Board Director

Lucy’s statement:

View NOC Vice Chair Ally Cook’s presentation: TOWN COUNCIL , presentation, april 5, 2016

For additional coverage, click on the following link:

http://www.islandpacket.com/news/politics-government/article70005397.html

 

In a recent opinion article, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of Economics21 at the Manhattan Institute, noted that “What improves pay is productivity, and better education leads to higher productivity.” She then cited NOC as an effective model for providing the education foundation that ultimately leads to higher productivity.

Read her full article, which has also been picked up by Real Clear Markets (http://www.realclearmarkets.com) and CapX (Centre for Policy Studies, London, http://capx.co/), by clicking on the following link:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-higher-minimum-wage-is-no-way-to-solve-the-problem-of-poverty-2016-03-30

NOC and its supporters have taken an active position in urging the Town of Hilton Head to convert the rundown tennis courts located adjacent to the Cordillo Courts Apartments into a recreation green space.

Click on the links below to learn more:

http://wsav.com/2016/03/22/hilton-head-neighbors-petition-for-transformation-of-rundown-tennis-courts/

http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article67536977.html