For All Seasons' Center for Learning presented a free community talk, "You Have What It Takes: Surviving and Thriving as a Parent Today", presented by local author and expert trainer Lynn Sanchez, M.Ed. Targeting parents and caregivers with a message of empowerment, this presentation took place at The Avalon Theatre in Easton and streamed virtually on Facebook Live. The talk was part of For All Seasons Speakers Series designed to share messages that are reaching people in different ways on a variety of topics. Lynn, the author of the new book, Behind the Brussels Sprouts, used her own, often comical, parenting stories, and her decades of experience to share with parents how to relax, build their self-awareness and confidence, and most importantly, enjoy the amazing parenting journey.

University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown has been awarded designation as a Level 2 Age-Friendly Health System (AFHS) by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).

Kent County Middle School's seventh-graders took their science projects out of the classroom and into the real world to help to clean local waterways this year. With the guidance of science teachers Karen Carty and Katherine Hughes, the middle schoolers participated in the Watershed Watch program.

Meghan Ferster will be joining the Kent School employee group as a full time teacher in Lower School. Meghan will be teaching Science as well as Spanish in Kindergarten through Grade Four. Meghan comes to Kent School uniquely qualified for both roles through her previous experiences as a student in Nicaragua and Ecuador where she fell in love with the language after years of studying Spanish in her educational career. Coupled with her love of and expertise in Spanish, Meghan is passionate about environmental science and has extensive experience teaching environmental science at Echo Hill School.

ShoreRivers, Oyster Recovery Partnership, and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) have set an ambitious goal to plant 100 million juvenile oysters in Eastern Bay by the end of 2023. DNR has committed to fund the initial planting of 70 million oysters and ShoreRivers has raised the stakes—and the impact—by committing to plant an additional 30 million oysters. To learn more about Operation Build-a-Reef: Eastern Bay and donate to the effort, please visit shorerivers.org/ways-to-give.

The Mainstay, Rock Hall’s popular live music venue, kicked off its 25th Year Gala celebration with a ribbon cutting ceremony to christen their stunning new outdoor stage. More than 130 gala attendees, plus the board and staff, cheered as Mainstay Board President Dave Robinson cut the ribbon. Barbara Foster, Kent County Chamber of Commerce President, presented Robinson and Mainstay Executive Director Matt Mienick (right) with a special certificate commemorating The Mainstay’s 25th Anniversary.

The Cancer Program at University of Maryland Shore Regional Health has been granted a three-year reaccreditation by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) following a review of its programs, services and facilities. The program first earned CoC accreditation in 2015 and has maintained It continuously since.

The Kent County Board of Education has made funding for school safety strategies and staff training a budget priority. During the monthly Board of Education meeting held Monday, June 13, members unanimously approved a resolution to prioritize additional school safety strategies and training.

Kent Attainable Housing (KAH) is seeking a seasoned professional to lead our efforts to expand access to home ownership. Our next Executive Director (ED) will have an extraordinary opportunity for career growth as KAH scales our impact.

As the academic year was winding down, Rock Hall Elementary School was already ramping up its new role in the community. Rock Hall Elementary School has been designated a Community School under the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, a massive state education reform program. H.H. Garnet Elementary School in Chestertown also is a designated Community School. The goal of the Community School program is to use schools to help deliver additional resources to families and area residents. As part of this effort, Rock Hall Elementary School hosted a farmers market from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, June 10.