Perdue Associates Present $280,309 Check To Representatives Of The United Way

Perdue Associates Present $280,309 Check To Representatives Of The United Way

Perdue associates presented a check for $280,309 to representatives of the United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore. Pictured, from left, are Chairman Jim Perdue; Perdue campaign co-chairs Amy Wingate and Jennifer Cannon; associate Gus Lebois, a United Way Board member; Connie Strott, United Way Board member and Wicomico County Chair; Cathie Thomas, vice president… Read more »

Star Charities Presents Check For $4,500 To Wounded Soldiers

Star Charities Presents Check For $4,500 To Wounded Soldiers

Star Charities founder Anna Foultz and her volunteers presented a check for $4,500 on Feb. 19 to Maj. General Jim Adkins (retired), Maryland National Guard, to benefit Wounded Soldiers in Maryland. Accepting the check with Adkins was Col. Charles Kohler, also of the Maryland National Guard. The money was raised through Star Charities’ annual Beef and Beer event last… Read more »

Relay For Life Chairwomen Hodge And Elliott Honored By American Cancer Society With 2014 Nationwide Top 10 Award

Relay For Life Chairwomen Hodge And Elliott Honored By American Cancer Society With 2014 Nationwide Top 10 Award

Relay For Life of North Worcester Chairwomen Dawn Hodge and Jill Elliott are honored by American Cancer Society Community Manager Debbie White for the 2014 nationwide top 10 per capita award, at the Relay For Life Kickoff at Community Church of Ocean Pines on Jan. 27.  This year’s Relay For Life will be held Friday, May 8 at Frontier… Read more »

New Lower Shore CASA Volunteers Sworn In

New Lower Shore CASA Volunteers Sworn In

A new crop of Lower Shore CASA volunteers was recently appointed through Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services. The volunteers completed a 35-hour training and then were sworn in at the Worcester County Circuit Court to advocate for abused and neglected children in Worcester County. Pictured, from left, are Master Peggy Kent, volunteer coordinator Maria Cusimano,… Read more »

Valentine’s Candy-Gram Fundraiser Held By Buckingham Elementary Students And Kiwians Club Members

Valentine’s Candy-Gram Fundraiser Held By Buckingham Elementary Students And Kiwians Club Members

Buckingham Elementary School students and Kiwians Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City members and spouses are pictured tying ribbons onto Toostie Pops for their Valentine’s Candy-Gram fundraiser. Pictured are John Harrington, Khalia Ballard, Rita Landis, BJ Baker, Cadance Clark, Wilma Chinn, Cadence Garrison, Debi Wooten, Paola Garcia, Ralph Chinn, Julie Young, Aaliyah Johnson, Kaevon Satchell, Ava Elliott… Read more »

Bank Of Ocean City Provides Financial Literacy Program For Girls In SAGES Program

Bank Of Ocean City Provides Financial Literacy Program For Girls In SAGES Program

The Bank of Ocean City provided a financial literacy program for the girls in the SAGES program (Strengthening Adolescent Girls with Education and Support), sponsored by Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services. SAGES participants are 8th graders at Stephen Decatur Middle School. They are preparing to get their first jobs this summer in the local… Read more »

2015 Ravens Roost #44 Officers Installed

2015 Ravens Roost #44 Officers Installed

The 2015 officers of Ravens Roost #44 were recently installed. The Roost meets monthly, every second Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Blue Ox in Ocean City. Pictured, from left, are  Harry Liebig, Sergeant at Arms; Maggie Miller, Corresponding Secretary; Donna Chaplinski, President; Janet Rosensteel, Recording Secretary; Eric Waterman, Vice President; Rob Carpenter, two-year Board… Read more »