The Caine Woods Community Association in Ocean City recently held its fifth annual charity crab feast at Higgins Crab House North. More than 250 attendees enjoyed crabs, fried chicken and more. The crab feast was the final event of the year for the CWCA’s selected charity, the Open Kettle Soup Kitchen at St. Peter’s Lutheran… Read more »
The Ocean Pines Ladies Golf Association held its Annual Pink Lady Golf Tournament last month at the Ocean Pines Golf & Country Club to raise money for the Eunice Q. Sorin Women’s Diagnostics Center at Atlantic General Hospital. The association raised $953 during the event this year, bringing the total amount donated over the past… Read more »
Ocean City Elks Lodge donated $5,000 to Coastal Hospice to help in construction of a new facility in Berlin. Pictured, from left, are Dirk Widdowson, co-chairman of Hospice at the Ocean; James Flaig, Elks Treasurer; Maureen McNeill, Coastal Hospice development diretor; Carroll Wagner, chairman of Elks Charities; and Pete Peterson, Exalted Ruler.
United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore recently presented a $176,500 check to MAC, Inc. in support of their community outreach programs. Pictured are Lee Hammond and Peggy Bradford of MAC Inc. and Pam Gregory of United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore.
Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley employees made a difference in October by participating in the Lee National Denim Day fundraiser for breast cancer. The employees wore their “jeans” and received a pink ribbon pin for a donation of $5. With a match of funds by the agency, a total contribution of $564 was raised.
Louis E. Schmidt OCEAN CITY — Louis E. Schmidt, a retired Assistant Attorney General who became Acting Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and wrote the first Maryland state Medicare bill, died Oct. 27, 2013, of congestive heart failure surrounded by his family at Gilchrest Hospice Care. He was 87 and lived in Sparks, Md…. Read more »
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced last month a Baltimore businessman has pledged to donate $500,000 that will be used to recruit students to its PGA golf management program. Carnelious Jones’ gift will support four full-ride scholarships he hopes will encourage minorities and women to pursue careers across the golf industry. Pictured, from left,… Read more »
The Salisbury Jaycees recently donated Halloween bags to Peninsula Regional Medical Center for distribution to children receiving emergency care in October. Each bag contained a coloring book and crayons, storybook, stickers and trading cards. Above, Renee Bounds of PRMC’s pediatrics unit accepts the bags from Treat Street chairman Jason Rhodes.
NARFE Chapter 2274 had as its October meeting guest speaker Anne Healy, CareFirst Representative for BlueCross/Blue Shield. Healy gave members the latest information on how the Affordable Care Act effects persons enrolled in Obamacare including premium increases for each of the CareFirst plans. Pictured, from left, are NARFE Maryland Federation President Dan McGrath, Programs chairperson… Read more »
Carol Quinto and Darlene Musitano are co-chairing the Ocean Pines Pine’eer Craft Club Holiday Craft Fair. The fair will be held on Nov. 2, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Ocean Pines Community Center. The show will feature a variety of crafts and gifts, a bake sale and a luncheon provided by the Kiwanis. There… Read more »