- May 2, 2024
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Florida Hospital Flagler donated backpacks filled with school supplies, markers, crayons, folders, paper, and more, to the Boys and Girls Club Summer Reading Program, on Thursday, Aug. 6.There are approximately 60 to 70 students, in the Boys and Girls Club Summer Reading Program, ranging from kindergarten to high school. The students read two books during their summer vacation and wrote a book report on each. At the end of the program, students are given rewards for achieving their accomplishments. This is the Boys and Girls Club Summer Reading Program’s second year and is held at Buddy Taylor Middle School.
“We are so proud to support the Boys and Girls Club children. The joy on their faces when they received these school supplies truly warmed our hearts,” Florida Hospital Flagler Chief Operating Officer, JoAnne King said,. “It may be shocking to hear, but a recent report from Kids Count showed that nearly a quarter of all children in Florida were living in poverty in 2013. Locally, a separate study showed that nearly half of Volusia and Flagler households struggle to pay for groceries, child care, rent and transportation. We are blessed to have the opportunity to help these children prepare for the upcoming school year and ensure they have the essential items to support their education.”
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Volusia/Flagler Counties started in 1993, providing working families an affordable, safe place for their children after school, and during the summer. Approximately 68 percent of youth come from single parent homes and 92 percent come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, The Boys & Girls Clubs continue to make a difference with the children who need them most. Their members are typically the youth whose families cannot afford the fee-based alternatives for after-school programs. In the tradition of Boys & Girls Clubs, no child is ever turned away due to inability to pay.
The Flagler County NAACP and Chi Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, are sponsoring a College Prep Boot Camp Seminar, from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 22 and 29, at the African American Cultural Society, 4422 U.S. 1 N, Palm Coast. The two-day boot camp is free.
The camp is designed for grades 9 through 12, and will provide information and strategies to successfully pursue, and complete, a college education with emphasis on the college admissions process and funding. Sessions will be facilitated by a retired college professor. College recruiters will be available at the Aug. 29 session. Parents are invited to participate at both sessions.
Pre-registration is not required, but students must arrive 30 minutes early to sign-in at each session.
For more information, contact the NAACP at 446-7822.
The Flagler County NAACP will host the Annual Freedom Fund Banquet, at 6 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Ocean Ballroom of the Hammock Beach Resort, 200 Ocean Crest Drive, Palm Coast.
There will be fine dining, dancing, and music provided by Darnel Butler & Xpression. Dr. Amir Whitaker, attorney and educator for the Southern Poverty Law Center, will be a guest speaker.
The Community Service Award will be presented to the Rev. Edwin Coffie, M. Div., pastor, Mt. Calvary Baptist Church.
Tickets are $75, for the black tie event. For more information, and to order tickets, call Chairman Donald Matthews, 646-220-9600, or NAACP at 446-7822.
