Member Updates
Every student in H.H. Garnet Elementary School has started reading the same book thanks in large part to a donation from the Chestertown Lions Club.
For this year's One School, One Book program, Garnet students will be reading "the Chocolate Touch" by Patrick Skene Catling. The Chestertown Lions Club has donated money to the One School, One Book program for a number of years now. This year's donation of $2,000 helped the school purchase 370 copies of "The Chocolate Touch."
The Board of Directors of Rebuilding Together Kent County is pleased to announce the appointment of Genevieve Croker as Executive Director, effective March 1, 2022. She succeeds Wayne Rickert who took a position in Rebuilding Together’s national office to work with volunteer-led affiliates across the country.
Throughout the last week as the world has witnessed terrible and unprovoked violence against the people of Ukraine, we are reminded that the mission of the University of Maryland Medical System to support the health and well-being of others extends beyond our state to all of those in need across the globe.
Mullin/Ashley Associates, Inc., a Mid-Atlantic branding and marketing communications firm located in Chestertown, Md., has been recognized in the 19th Annual Service Industry Advertising Awards (SIAA) competition for work created and produced for three clients: Kent County Chamber of Commerce, Atlantic General Hospital, and Greenscapes Land Care.
Beginning March 3, Upper Shore SCORE business mentors will be at Chestertown HotDesks, 903 Washington Avenue, 10:30 am -12:30 pm on the first and third Thursdays through May 26. They will offer SCORE’s vast library of business resources, including helpful guides, templates and training materials and take requests for individual business counseling.
Students in Rock Hall Elementary School celebrated Black History Month on Friday, Feb. 25 with special guests in their classrooms, a concert and a surprise appearance by a local celebrity. The annual event returned this year with more than a dozen special guest readers visiting each class in the school.
