Pender Rosenwald School Events March 23rd

Canetuck Community Senior Center (formerly Canetuck Rosenwald School) built in 1922 

 photo by Claudia Stack

I drove the Rosenwald School Tour route today with Monique Baker, Director of Pender County Tourism (see Pender Tourism Website).  We visited six Rosenwald Schools today!  If you are interested in reserving a seat for the van tour, please call the Historic Wilmington Foundation at (910) 762-2511.  More information and the tentative itinerary is in italics below.

Our route ended with a meeting at Canetuck Community Senior Center (picture above), and a planning meeting about our upcoming fundraiser on Saturday, March 23rd.  It will be great to have Stephanie Deutsch, author of  You Need a Schoolhouse, speak about how Booker T. Washington, Clinton Calloway, and Julius Rosenwald created the Rosenwald School building program.  In addition, we will have a gospel song from the Canetuck Community Male Chorus, as well as a delightful chicken dinner, all for only $10!

 

Pender Rosenwald School Tour: Saturday, March 23rd, 9am-2:30pm (time includes Canetuck event below): Van tour of several Rosenwald School buildings with narration by Claudia Stack, whose award-winning documentary "Under the Kudzu" traced the history of two Pender Rosenwald Schools.  The tentative list (may be subject to change) of Rosenwald School buildings on the tour are: Pender County Training School (Rocky Point), Browntown School (Hampstead), Vista School (Hampstead), Union Chapel School (off 421), Currie School (Currie), and Canetuck School (Canetuck).  The tour ends at the Canetuck Community Senior Center (formerly Canetuck Rosenwald School) for the talk and fundraiser. This event is being organized by Historic Wilmington Foundation, Pender Tourism, the NC State Division of Tourism, and Claudia Stack.  $35 per person, which includes admission to the Canetuck fundraiser.  Any profit made by the tour will benefit the groups who maintain the buildings. Call Historic Wilmington Foundation to register: (910) 762-2511  

 

Canetuck Community Senior Center Fundraiser: 6098 Canetuck Rd., Currie, NC 28435 on Saturday, March 23rd, 1pm-2:30pm:  This is a fundraising event that includes a talk and book signing by Stephanie Deutsch, author of You Need a Schoolhouse , the critically acclaimed book about the Rosenwald School building program.  Ms. Deutsch is also speaking at the UNCW conference.  Also featured is an opening gospel song by the Canetuck Community Male Chorus.  A chicken dinner is included in the admission price of $10.  Proceeds benefit the continued restoration of the Canetuck Community Senior Center.