Become a Fan of CCC!

From Mickey Butts--A.K.A. Rudy's Dad, BY Parent, Alumni Outreach Guy and Facebook Gardener:

CCC has a new page on Facebook. Please go to this page and become a fan: http://www.facebook.com/cccpreschool

Many organizations are creating pages because of the interactivity and functionality they offer. Among other things, you can get updates directly to your wall when new content is posted on CCC's page. Read the latest from the CCC blog, which is now integrated with CCC's Facebook page, or automatically see the posts of other CCC fans. It's an ongoing discussion.

The page is open to everyone who has a connection to CCC, including alums, current families, family members, and friends. My hope is that the page will foster even greater connections among everyone who cares about CCC. And it's not just about one-way messages from the school: I can envision this being a useful place to post questions and comments from current parents for someone in another classroom or for CCC alums, such as relevant recommendations, events, and things you need. Kind of like a Berkeley Parents Network, but for CCCers, and more targeted to folks with a similar sensibility perhaps.

It could become a hub for relevant person-to-person conversations that don't always work well by e-mail across classrooms and with parents no longer at CCC. For instance, it was somewhat complicated by e-mail, but we recently found a great (and free!) hand-me-down bike for Rudy through a posting to some CCC alums. That could have happened instantly with a quick post on Facebook. Many people in the CCC community might be able to suggest a doctor, offer insight about an elementary school their child now attends, suggest a great upcoming event for kids, or whatever. Once you leave CCC, this could be another great way to stay in touch and reconnect with folks you know from CCC.

So please become a fan of CCC, and let's learn together what this new feature of Facebook can offer.

Cheers,
Mickey Butts