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.
***SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT*** The Craddock Center is excited to announce that on January 26, 2024, we received the award for the 2023 Non-Profit of the Year from the Gilmer County Chamber of Commerce. Thanks to our dedicated Board of Directors 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 Resilience. In a recent seminar for ministers in Kansas City, I was teamed with psychiatrist and long-time friend, Dr. Betty Bashaw. In our discussions of displacement, disappointment, and violence, Dr. Bashaw introduced the subject Read more
A Taste of Milk & Honey “Thou Shalt Barely Get By” is not the Eleventh Commandment. In fact, it is not a commandment at all; it is not even a guide for anyone’s life. Even the poorest of the poor Read more
A Taste of Milk & Honey O, FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES and then I could express the gratitude of 1,000 children who say to you, “Thank you.” It is important, whether you gave little or much, that you know you 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 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
