The YMCA of the Chesapeake has launched its 2023 Annual Campaign at all eleven of its locations across Delmarva. Funds raised through the Annual Campaign support the organization’s programs and operations and ensure that no one is turned away due to an inability to pay. 

Kent County Public Schools' second Judy Center is holding a grand opening celebration this month. The Judy Center Early Learning Hub at Galena Elementary School launched this year and the team there is hosting a grand opening at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24. Families are invited to join the grand opening celebration and visit with the Judy Center's staff and program partners. There will also be food and giveaways at the grand opening.

UM Shore Regional Health’s Senior Leadership team recently hosted post-COVID luncheons for team members in each of the five counties UM SRH serves — Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Talbot and Queen Anne’s — to celebrate the World Health Organization declaring an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency earlier this year and to honor all team members who served during the pandemic as “caregivers.” 

Author, educator and English Language Specialist, Melissa Campesi will join the Kent School community on Friday, October 6 as part of the School’s Kudner Leyon Visiting Writers Program. Campesi will lead an interactive writing workshop for students in Kindergarten through Eighth Grade. Her workshop will include story sharing based on her book Imagine Song.

On Friday, October 6th, with community members, partners and staff in attendance, Echo Hill Outdoor School celebrated the opening of its new Chestertown waterfront exhibit with a Kent County Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting and exhibit viewing. Created by Echo Hill Outdoor School, the interactive stations and displays tell the story of the Chesapeake’s working waterfronts, vessels, maritime communities and culture.

Kent County Public Schools started the fall off celebrating those staff members who reached career milestones and the Teacher of the Year. In the days before the school year officially started, staff joined together in the Kent County High School auditorium for a Length of Service Awards presentation.

The Sultana Education Foundation invites the public to the ribbon cutting ceremony for its new Lawrence Wetlands Preserve on Tuesday, October 17th at 11:00 am. There will be a short dedication with brief remarks by Sultana President Drew McMullen, state Senator Stephen Hershey, state Delegate Jay Jacobs, National Park Service Planning and Development Manager Bob Campbell, and Kent County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Couch. The ceremony will be followed by refreshments at the Preserve’s recently completed Harwood Nature Center and attendees will have an opportunity to walk the property.

On Tuesday, November 28th, Mid-Shore Community Foundation will host Mid-Shore Gives 2023, the 24-hour fundraising event to benefit local nonprofits.

Taylor Goodall, Kent School Class of 1995 and President of Dixon Group, delivered keynote remarks Friday night at the unveiling of a $1 million effort to fund construction of a new Middle School Innovation Center at the independent school at the end of Wilkins Lane on the bank of the Chester River.  

Nineteen years ago, Rebuilding Together Kent County (RTKC) was formed by caring residents who wanted to help neighbors whose homes were devastated by Hurricane Isabel. From the very beginning, the Presbyterian Church of Chestertown supported this fledgling nonprofit, offering vital financial support, providing volunteers from its congregation, and providing a free office space for organizational records and administrative team members.