Kaaren Hayes to retire from App State after 36 years with Parent to Parent of the High Country
May 22, 2024
Kaaren Hayes is set to retire from Appalachian State University on June 1 after 36 years of service with the Parent to Parent Family Support Network o...
App State’s 2023 Spooky Duke raises over $30K for children with special needs
Dec 7, 2023
Boone, N.C. -- On Saturday, Nov. 11, costumed runners and walkers once again gathered on the campus of Appalachian State University - and virtually - ...
The panel on mothers' losses that made me feel thankful for our SMA assignment
May 19, 2023
A surprise pregnancy hurled my husband, Randy, and me way off guard in the fall of 1996. There were gasps aplenty when our peeps received the news, as...
App State’s 2022 Spooky Duke raises over $26K for children with special needs
Nov 12, 2022
On Saturday, Nov. 5, costumed creatures once again gathered on the campus of Appalachian State University - and virtually - for the twelfth annual Spo...
App State’s 2021 Spooky Duke raises over $25K for children with special needs
Oct 28, 2021
On Saturday, Oct. 16, costumed creatures once again gathered on the campus of Appalachian State University - and virtually - for the eleventh annual S...
Spooky Duke Race and Costume Contest is Saturday, October 16, 2021
Aug 28, 2021
The 11th annual Spooky Duke Race and Costume Contest will be held on Saturday, October 16, 2021, on the campus of Appalachian State University in the ...
178 Spooky Duke racers help App State raise more than $13,000 for special-needs children
Nov 17, 2020
Participants in Appalachian State University’s 10th annual Spooky Duke Race and Costume Contest, held virtually due to the pandemic, walked, ran, bi...
High Country families benefit from $73K-plus in grant funding awarded to App State Parent to Parent FSN-HC
Oct 13, 2020
Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, Appalachian State University’s Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country found wa...
Groovin’ for a cause: App State’s annual Dance Marathon raises nearly $50K
Mar 19, 2020
The beat went on — and on — at Appalachian State University on Saturday as over 300 students cut loose for 15 hours at the university’s annual D...
Spooky Duke 2019: Thank You Participants and Sponsors
Nov 6, 2019
On a cloudy and relatively mild Saturday late in October, costumed creatures gathered on the campus of Appalachian State University for the 9th annual...