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BCES students have walk-a-thon
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Students at Bryan County Elementary School participate in the recent Walk-A-Thon to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. - photo by Photo provided.
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Updated: May 8, 2015, 8:00 PM
Published: May 7, 2015, 2:14 PM

Bryan County Elementary School recently participated in its first walk-a-thon to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

The fundraiser started with an assembly orchestrated by April Case, representative from JDRF Georgia headquarters in Atlanta. She educated the kids about Type 1 diabetes (also known as juvenile diabetes) and presented a short video. Afterward, there was a question-and-answer session that focused on Luke Eynon, a third-grader at BCES who has Type 1 diabetes. He informed his fellow schoolmates about growing up with T1D.

The students then spent two weeks preparing for the walk by selling paper “sneakers” representing the “Walk for a Cure.” The students raised more than $1,800.

Jen Eynon, Luke’s mother, said one of the many things JDRF does with money from fundraisers is make bags of goodies for children newly diagnosed with T1D. The bags contain items like a teddy bear that wears an insulin pump.

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Groups hand out scholarships
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Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer shows her Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. With her are Tom Harris, Ashlee Farris, Brett Berry and Kim Diebold. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016. - photo by Photo provided.
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Updated: May 17, 2018, 8:11 PM
Published: May 17, 2018, 8:37 PM

Three reports recently presented scholarships

Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer received the Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016.

Garden Club

The Richmond Hill Garden Club recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Katherine Wood and a $500 scholarship to Carly Vargas, both seniors graduating from Richmond Hill High School.

The awards were presented May 8 during Honors Night at RHHS.

Wood plans to attend Green Mountain College in Vermont and major in environmental studies.

Vargas plans to attend Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, to pursue a degree in either environmental studies or biology.

The garden club awards a $1,000 scholarship annually to a local high school senior who plans to major in a field related to environmental concerns, plants and/or gardening.

This year, due to having two exceptional candidates, the garden club awarded an additional $500 scholarship.

Exchange Club

The Exchange Club of Richmond Hill recently named Caroline Odom as its student of the year.

The club each month during the school year names a student of the month, and the student of the year is chosen from among those winners.

Awards are based on academic performance, community involvement and leadership.

Monthly winners receive $100, with the annual winner getting a $1,000 scholarship.

The Exchange Club has been recognizing students for more than 30 years.

Odom will go on to compete in the Georgia District Exchange Club against students from across the state.

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