- April 25, 2024
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Northeast Florida Jazz Association has awarded four $1,000 scholarships to jazz band students in celebration of April being Jazz Month. Under the direction of Keith Dodsen of Matanzas High School, jazz students Jessica Hile (trumpet) and Mario Saponaroon (piano) were awarded University of North Florida Summer Jazz Camp scholarships.
Rodrigo Belza (baritone sax) and Seamus Powell (bass) were selected from Flagler Palm Coast High School, directed by John Seth.
NEFJA's president is Muriel McCoy. Visit www.nefja.org.
Send your submissions for Your Town to [email protected]. Here are more highlights of good things your neighbors are doing:
About 50 members of American Legion Post 115 are beginning the annual lollipop fundraiser, which benefits several nonprofits, including the Boy Scouts, Junior ROTC and the Daytona Beach VA Clinic. Look for members of the post as they sell lollipops in front of local grocery stories, gas stations and donut shops.
The Student Government Association showed its appreciation to hundreds of Flagler Palm Coast High School employees — custodians, cafeteria workers, teachers, office staff, bus drivers, administrators — by feeding them lunch April 25-26, at the school.
All food was prepared and/or paid for by FPC SGA fundraising efforts. “Following the premise, ‘It takes a village to raise a family,’ we understand that every job has a ripple effect on a single student's education, and we want all Flagler County School employees to feel appreciated,” read an email from Cheryl Perry, SGA adviser. “When SGA members discussed this in class, they realized that most schools have student groups, administrators or PTO organizations to host appreciation events, but who takes care of everyone behind the scenes?”
The United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties celebrated 75 years of service to the Volusia and Flagler communities April 27 at a sold-out luncheon in Daytona Beach. CiCi and Hyatt Brown were keynote speakers and detailed aht the organization has accomplished so far.
Courtney Edgcomb, director of community impact for United Way, said, “We’re excited for another 75 more here in Volusia and Flagler counties, and we can’t to see what else we can accomplish, especially through our new community-impact model.”
The United Way of Volusia-Flagler, led by President and CEO Dennis Burns, serves approximately 1 in 3 people in the two-county area. In 2016, the United Way funded 48 programs through 29 partner agencies and supported over 100 nonprofit organizations. The organization’s mission is to enhance the common good through education, financial stability and health initiatives. Visit unitedwayvfc.org.
The African American Mentoring Program recognized Sheryl Lewis as its mentor of the year on April 27. Lewis has been with the program for eight years and currently mentors five students. She organized the African American Women in Careers Tour and is the financial officer for the mentoring program.
When her daughter died, Lewis and her husband, Joe, started the Jamese King Memorial Scholarship, and this was the second year they have awarded a scholarship to a deserving student.
There are 37 girls of all ages this year in the AAMP for Girls, with three being awarded scholarships. Seven seniors graduated: Amossi Miller, Dajah Steward, Deidra Burkley, Doctashia Ford, Faizah Holmes, Felicity Rollins and Skye Mills.
More than 100 people from the Old Kings Elementary School community helped clean up plastics at the beach in April.
Flagler Beach Mayor Linda Provencher helped distribute gloves and trash bags, and Principal Ben Osypian and Assistant Principal Nick Schell helped collect the bags after they were full.
“Students and parents alike were shocked by the amount of trash they were able to find and commented that this event has made them more aware of how important it is to keep our beaches clean,” teacher Dr. Ellen Julia Ioannides Asher wrote in an email.
Hallie Shultz, Kathleen Frassrand and Rodney Harshbargar assisted. Fifth-grade student Michael Johnson presented a microplastic initiative.
Palm Coast United Methodist Church Pastor Kevin James recently visited Korea in the last week of April. He met with other leaders of the Korean Methodist Church, which operates dozens of schools and universities there.
