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The Pilot Club of the Halifax Area donates $500 to Rose Marie Byron Children’s Center

The donation by the club is made quarterly, for a total of $2,000 donated each year.

By Observer Staff
| 5:00 p.m. March 8, 2024

Janet Byrant (front), Executive Director-Rose Marie Byron Children's Center, receives a check from Laurie Kaye, president of Pilot Club of the Halifax Area. (Back row) Volunteers Janice Williams, Nancy Lawrence and Mary Johnson – all Pilot Club members. Courtesy photo

Ormond Beach Observer
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The Pilot Club of the Halifax Area made a quarterly donation of $500 to the Rose Marie Bryon Children’s Center in Daytona Beach. The funds are earmarked to supply weekend meals to children of the community — over 2,800 meals supplied to children each year.

Along with the $2,000 annual donation, the PCHA also sponsors a book drive and BrainMinders events for the center’s children, according to a press release.

The Rose Marie Bryon Children’s Center offers after school programs for children from 5 to 18 years old. The center is open for school holidays, spring-break, winter-break and summer camp, and is staffed solely by volunteers.

The programs and activities offered include tutoring, communication/speech class, Right Decisions Right Now Club (a drugs, tobacco and alcohol program), Garden Club, Chess Club, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Good News Club, arts and crafts, summer lunches, after school snacks, cooking lessons, sewing lessons, field trips and more.