North State Parent magazine

A MAGAZINE SERVING FAMILIES IN BUTTE, GLENN, SHASTA, SISKIYOU & TEHAMA COUNTIES SINCE 1993

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Turtle Bay Exploration Park Teen Volunteer Program

Turtle Bay Exploration Park, located in Redding, has long been a favorite family destination in the North State. The non-profit’s 300-acre campus features the world-famous Sundial Bridge, forestry and wildlife […]

The Family Place - Youth for Change director Kelly Doty

The Family Place: After The Camp Fire

In early November, North State Parent interviewed Kelly Doty, director of the Youth for Change Strengthening Families program that operated out of The Family Place on Bille Road, in Paradise. […]

North State Symphony director teaching kids

North State Symphony: Healing Hearts through Music

In the summer of 2018, when the Carr Fire ravaged communities around Redding, CA, North State Symphony (NSS) musicians immediately got on the road. Driving through miles of ash and […]

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Chico’s Apple Blossom Baby Launches New Toy Tester Program

For those looking for a unique and educational gift idea for a little one, Apple Blossom Baby in Chico has rolled out its new Toy Tester program just in time […]

Mercy High School Volunteer

Mercy High School Volunteering Program

Mercy High School Nurtures the Spirit of Volunteerism “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” — Mahatma Gandhi Spencer Flynn is the student […]

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Make Great Gifts Any Time of Year

Bath Salt Bonanza   When the time for teacher gifts rolled around again, my daughter and I decided to try our hands at bath salts. And I’m so glad we […]

The Redding Ballet Company: The Nutcracker performance

The Redding Ballet Company: The Nutcracker

The Redding Ballet Company is celebrating 20 years of “The Nutcracker” performing three shows and their school show at the Cascade Theater. From its humble beginnings in 1816 as fairy […]

Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children advocate with a child

Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children: CASA in the North State

A profoundly troubling problem kept Judge David W. Soukup awake at night. As a juvenile court judge, Soukup was seeing children in the foster system enduring perpetual transition: attending multiple […]

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Life in a Covered Wagon: A Trip to the Past

Taking a Trip to the Past For the past 23 years, David Vixie’s seventh and eighth-grade students at Paradise Adventist Academy in Butte County have taken a trip into the […]

Fairytale ballet performance

Ballet: A Fairytale Friendship

Jake Bevens wasn’t very interested in ballet at a young age; he favored his activities in gymnastics instead. But when one of his coaches insisted that he try ballet to […]

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Foster Care and Adoption – A Family in the Making

With over 400,000 American children in foster care, and nearly 120,000 waiting for adoption, it is clear that families are waiting to be made. November is National Adoption Awareness Month, […]

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Azad – Thanksgiving Basket Brigade

Two months after losing her mother to cancer, thirteen-year-old “Emily” lay on her bed, wrapped in blankets of sorrow too heavy to lift. She switched on the radio and heard […]

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