The General Levin Winder Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) annually awards DAR Bronze JROTC Medals. Chapter National Defense Committee Chair Pat Arata recently presented this award to Cadet/2NDLT Jadelynn Blank during a ceremony at Snow Hill High School. The Kitty Knight Chapter of the United States Daughters of 1812 also awards… Read more »
SoDel Cares, the philanthropic arm of SoDel Concepts, recently donated $4,000 to the Food Bank of Delaware. Pictured, from left, are Lindsey Barry, controller for SoDel Concepts; Chef Tim Hunter, chef instructor at the Food Bank of Delaware; and Ruthann Messick, the workforce training manager for the Food Bank of Delaware’s Milford branch.
The Grace Center for Maternal and Women’s Health in Berlin is the 2019 recipient of the Faith Filled Women’s Conference Centerpiece Contest. At the annual spring conference, designers entered a hand-crafted centerpiece based on the theme “Grow Hope.” Gail Lawn designed the award-winning centerpiece and chose the Grace Center as her charity. Entry fees and… Read more »
Stephen Decatur High School Key Club, a Kiwanis Student Leadership club for high school students, installed a “Free Library Box” at the Worcester County Developmental Center in Newark this month. Anyone has access to the books and anyone can donate books. The purpose is to make books more readily available. Pictured, from left, are Kiwanis Club… Read more »
The Ocean City/Berlin Optimist club donated $15,000 to Believe in Tomorrow to complete renovations in the Military House on Bayshore Drive. The Military House is used to host families with ill children. The funds will be used to repair the outside deck, steps and fence as well as providing living room furniture. The club has… Read more »
Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), Chapter 1091, Ocean City, presented its first Barry Berger Memorial Scholarship to Stephen Decatur NJROTC Cadet Andre Nieto at their monthly membership meeting. Nieto was awarded $2,000. He will be attending Salisbury University in the fall. This scholarship was named in honor of Berger, a native of Ocean City who… Read more »
Cindy Ostrowski, secretary of the Board of Directors of the Worcester County Youth and Family Counseling Services, Inc, spoke at last month’s general luncheon meeting of the Republican Women of Worcester County. Ostrowski is pictured with Sandy Zitzer, first vice president of RWWC.
Popeye’s Chicken in West Ocean City held a fundraising event for Stephen Decatur’s Math Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta last month. Approximately $600 was raised for their club. Mu Alpha Theta Club President Kevin Beck accepted the check from Salah Hassanein of Popeye’s. Also present was faculty advisor Sherryl Olson.
The Delmarva Hand Dance Club donated $500 to the American Legion Riders Post 19 to benefit veterans the group has adopted at the Veterans Nursing Home. Pictured are officers and members of the club with the Legion Riders.
Employees from Faw, Casson & Co., LLP brought supplies to Worcester County Humane Society that were donated by the firm’s employees and clients. Pictured, back from left, are Steve Black, LoriAnn Pereira, Mike Burden and Chelsea Hulburd; and front, Hilari Ashton, Roxana Palmer, Laurie Harper and Chris Cannon. Submitted Photos
