New association of the hard-working community centers

A new association of the hard-working community centers from the south central district was founded last week. The staff of Community Center "St.st. Cyril and Methodius" participated in the establishment. The name of the association is "ЧАР-ЮГ" (or “Magic-South”), whose entire goal is to help the development and approval of the intellectual value, the civil society, the education and the culture through the community centers in the Southern central system region -- the traditional social center; to ensure favorable circumstances for the stable development of the area community, through the development and implementation of strategies, projects and programs, connected with the community centers in the Southern central system region; to further the development of community center work, through the help of community center projects and initiatives, consistent with the development and endorsement of the local cultural traditions, the aid of socially isolated social groups, educational – learning activities, social integration, and character development.
Membership of the association may be community centers, who have received two recommendations from members of the association.

Take the things in your hands !

This year, the “Komunitance” Foundation has announced a competition for talented and studies students from the 6th to the 13th grade – “1000 Scholarships”. The competition has two rings. The first ring is connected with the preparation of documents and applications, and the second ring consists of interviews with approved candidates from the first ring. Registration in the competition can be on the internet, but after July 15th.
Candidates may participate alone or together with a teacher. For more information, you visit the site of the “Komunitance” Foundation -- www.1000stipendii.org, or the library of Community Center "St.st. Cyril and Methodius", where you will find paper copies of application forms, the brochure for the eligibility requirements for application a description of the project.

“Global Libraries – Bulgaria” Project

The research and assessment of the needs of the libraries for the new project “Global Libraries – Bulgaria” from the “Bill and Melinda Gates” foundation has begun. The project is accomplished in two phases: the first is the evaluation of the needs of 1,500 libraries from general number 2,814.
From the municipality of Rakovski, seven of the eight community center libraries are included in the evaluation of the needs, one of which is the library at Community Center "St.st. Cyril and Methodius", Town of Rakovski.
For the second phase, 1,200 libraries will remain and will be aided with the project. In these, the entire program will be carried out with a duration of 3 to 5 years.

Together we achieve more

For the third straight year, the staff of Community Center “ “ and the class instructors together with their graduates from “Hristo Smirnenski” Elementary School celebrated the big Bulgarian holiday – May 24th – The Day of Bulgarian Characters and Culture.


In what has practically already become a tradition, 45 kids participated from the 2nd grade class. Each and every child participated in a number of activities such as skipping rope, orienteering with maps and collecting the pieces of a puzzle, tug of war, forming sentences out of jumbled words, and a number of games in which the kids gave everything they from themselves both creatively and physically.



Of course, this year we didn’t forget the primary game


“What I made with Mom and Grandma” which includes the presentation of the dishes


which the kids had cooked together with their parents.


For the fulfillment of the undertaking, the teachers and the community center personnel would like to express their gratitude to the Director of the Budgetary function “Education” for the municipality of Rakovski, who provided transportation to the area in which the event took place.