Member Updates
Maryland Capital Enterprises Women's Business Center (MCE WBC) is pleased to announce its complimentary training webinars for October 2024, designed to empower small business owners and entrepreneurs with vital knowledge and resources. Whether you're looking to start or grow your business, MCE WBC is here to guide you.
Upper Shore Aging (USA) recently hosted a re-dedication of the Amy Lynn Ferris Adult Activity Center in Chestertown. The Constance and Carl Ferris Foundation recently donated $35,000 to update the Center’s kitchen, including purchasing new appliances and repainting the Center. A special addition to the re-dedication included unveiling a new painting of Amy Lynn Ferris, the couple’s daughter, which now hangs in the lobby of the Center.
Through funding from the Maryland Department of Health, the Kent County Health Department is making mini-grants available to schools, community and faith-based organizations or businesses to prevent initiation of tobacco use (including smoking and vaping) and promote services to help individuals quit, including Maryland's free Quitline. Up to seven awards of $5,000 are available.
Mary Wakefield of Crownsville, Maryland, has been appointed Vice President of Water Resources at Earth Data, Inc. in Centreville, Maryland. In her new role, Wakefield oversees Earth Data’s field operations team, scheduling and permitting, writing and reviewing proposals, developing team processes and procedures, and managing budgets.
Kent School’s 2024 Kudner Leyon Visiting Writers are Cara Natterson, MD and Vanessa Kroll Bennett. Natterson and Bennett are the authors of This is so Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained. The bestselling book is described as “Eye-opening and reassuring, This Is So Awkward will help adults understand the turbulent pubescent decade and become confident guides for today’s kids.” The author/experts will visit Kent School on Tuesday, October 15. There will be a student workshop during the academic day. Later that afternoon Natterson and Bennett will lead a parent meeting at Kent Cultural Alliance in Chestertown. The parent meeting begins at 4:00 p.m. and is open to the public. There is no fee to attend.
On Wednesday, October 9, Kent School will host the annual Secondary School Fair for students in Grades Six, Seven and Eight and their parents or guardians. Kent School’s Secondary School Fair is open to all families in the area and there is no fee to attend. The event will be held in the M. V. “Mike” Williams Gymnasium (or outside on our riverside field weather permitting) from
4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. To date, twenty-four schools are registered to attend including several independent, parochial, and area public schools, both day and boarding schools.
