Our mission is to deliver educational and cultural programs for children, families, and communities, primarily in Southern Appalachia. We serve by sharing and spreading centuries old traditions of song and story.
Music, storytelling, puppets and more! The Children's Enrichment Program is our signature mission, bringing the arts to communities across Southern Appalachia.
Craddock Center programs bring "Happy & Hope" to children across the Southern Appalachia. Help us make a difference.
A Taste of Milk & Honey YES, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY that our Children’s Enrichment Program adds luxury to the otherwise rather sparse lives of many of the children we serve. This is not to say that we regard Read more…
A Taste of Milk & Honey WE WAITED OVER AN HOUR for the start of a meeting that never started. There were nine of us, we had no agenda, the conversation was random, the subject matter ranging from trivial to Read more…
A Taste of Milk & Honey It hurts, But I understand when someone turns down our request for financial support with the response, “We give to the poor but to programs that meet their real needs.” Meaning, of course, food and Read more…
A Taste of Milk & Honey IT IS INTERESTING TO OBSERVE, even in small children, the early signs of leadership ability. Of course, I am not referring to that bullying, pushing, shoving, “I must get my own way” behavior that, Read more…
A Taste of Milk & Honey Yes, I Guess You Could Say that our Children’s Enrichment Program adds luxury to the otherwise rather sparse lives of many of the children we serve. This is not to say that we regard Read more…
A Taste of Milk & Honey A Scotch Against The Cold…that’s what my father called the little pile of firewood gathered in the fall in anticipation of winter. Actually, gathering firewood was a year-round chore because the cookstove was wood Read more…
A Taste of Milk & Honey My world just doesn’t sound the same anymore. This sad fact hit me recently in a conversation with Sally, my neighbor’s coon dog. She has for years blessed me with that deep, throaty howl Read more…
A Taste of Milk & Honey No charge. Some of the friends of The Craddock Center have advised that funds for our programs, always in need of funds, could be raised by charging admission to events we offer the public. Read more…
A Taste of Milk & Honey My only problem with Santa Claus was that dadgum, good for nothing, plague take it (you can tell by my language I am still upset) list. Yes, the list. Granted, Santa knows when you’ve Read more…
A Taste of Milk & Honey Evidently, we have not been clear about who attends Head Start. Last week a person who was just learning of our Children’s Enrichment Program asked, “And you take this program to Head Start schools?” Read more…