{"id":67624,"date":"2025-12-22T16:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/67624\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T16:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:18:09","slug":"cb-school-hosts-friendsgiving-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/67624\/","title":{"rendered":"CB School hosts Friendsgiving lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"

For most schools the last two months of the year are defined by the rush of holiday season.<\/p>\n

At CB Community Schools (CBCS) they are defined by something deeper, the celebration of family.<\/p>\n

As a specialized institution dedicated to serving children within the child welfare system CB Community Schools knows its mission extends far beyond the classroom.<\/p>\n

Over the past two months the school has decided to honor its people who make their mission possible, the students, staff and supporters who believe in the power of a supportive environment .<\/p>\n

\"TiffaneyTiffaney Whipple, CB Community Schools principal, Paula Solomon, CB Community Board President and Chair, and Dr. Robbin Smart, CB Community Schools, Head of School. (Photo by Maggie Corcoran)<\/p>\n

The season of celebration\u00a0kicked off on November 25 with a \u201cFriendsgiving\u201d lunch at the school.<\/p>\n

The event was more than a meal, it was a physical manifestation of the core philosophy ensuring that every young person feels seen, heard and inspired.<\/p>\n

The house was filled with the leadership, students, staff and friends and the lunch provided a space where everyone could reflect on the great things within the CB community.<\/p>\n

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Pennsylvania State representative Tarik Khan; Kerry Krieger, CB Community Schools Board member; Troy Kelly, USLI High School Program specialist; Frank Cervone, Esq. and Jules Catania, CB Community Schools vice president showed their support at the CB Community Schools Friendsgiving event. (Photo by Maggie Corcoran)\n<\/p>\n

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Tiffaney Whipple, CB Community principal, Paula Solomon, President and chair of CB Community Schools and Dr. Robbin Smart, CB Community Head of Schools. (Photo by Maggie Corcoran)\n<\/p>\n

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CB Community schools students Quaadir, Isaiah, Naeem, Keyshawn and Amir enjoy the student appreciation lunch. (Photo by Maggie Corcoran)\n<\/p>\n

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CB Community Schools student Malachi chats with Nyree Ellison, CB Community Schools board member at the appreciation luncheon. (Photo by Maggie Corcoran)\n<\/p>\n

\"Jennifer<\/p>\n

Jennifer Stanley, Class of 2022; Keshawn Wright, Laney Jackson and Debra Stevens at the 2025 CB Community Friendsgiving Celebration. (Photo by Maggie Corcoran)\n<\/p>\n

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Pennsylvania State representative Tarik Khan; Kerry Krieger, CB Community Schools Board member; Troy Kelly, USLI High School Program specialist; Frank Cervone, Esq. and Jules Catania, CB Community Schools vice president showed their support at the CB Community Schools Friendsgiving event. (Photo by Maggie Corcoran)\n<\/p>\n

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There was a spirit of gratitude and it didn\u2019t end with Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

Building on the energy of the Friendsgiving event, two dedicated board members took it upon themselves to keep the positive environment moving forward driven by a desire to build comradery.<\/p>\n

\"Donya<\/p>\n

Donya Chamberlain, CB Community Schools board member, and Julie, CB Community student, chat with Nyree Ellison, CB Community Schools Board member. (Photo by Maggie Corcoran)\n<\/p>\n

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Paula Solomon, CB Community Board chair and president spends some time two CB Community students at the Friendsgiving event. (Photo by Maggie Corcoran)\n<\/p>\n

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Tiffaney Whipple ,CB Community principal helps in distributing dessert to friends at the 2025 CB Community Schools\u2019 Friendsgiving Celebration. (Photo by Maggie Corcoran)\n<\/p>\n

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Volunteers help serve food with Miss Ann at the CB Friendsgiving event for students, teachers and friends. (Photo by Maggie Corcoran)\n<\/p>\n

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Donya Chamberlain, CB Community Schools board member, and Julie, CB Community student, chat with Nyree Ellison, CB Community Schools Board member. (Photo by Maggie Corcoran)\n<\/p>\n

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Nyree Ellison and Donya Chamberlain sponsored a special appreciation luncheon providing free lunch hoping to build the bonds between students, teachers, leadership and staff.<\/p>\n

CB Community Schools, is a small school making a big difference for their children in the child welfare system and because of this it has been celebrating their school, their staff and especially their students.<\/p>\n

Both events were a celebration of the students their teachers, and supporters continuing their mission of creating a positive environment to impact and nurture the students for good helping to build a foundation for academic success and lifelong growth and confidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For most schools the last two months of the year are defined by the rush of holiday season.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[182,139,28,69,71,70,199],"class_list":{"0":"post-67624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-local-news","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","13":"tag-philadelphia-news","14":"tag-top-stories-mlt"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}