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BCHS students cook for Ronald McDonald House families
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Roman Czerwinski, left, Aaron Harvey, Casey Browning, Ciara Page, Viraj Patel, Zachary Anderson, Trinity Curry, Hailey Martin and Jessica Graham smile for a photo during their trip to the Ronald McDonald House Charities in Savannah, where they prepared a meal for guest families. - photo by Provided
Bryan County News
Updated: Feb 25, 2017, 1:00 PM
Published: Feb 24, 2017, 3:03 PM

Spanish honor society students at Bryan County High School recently volunteered to prepare a meal for the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire in Savannah. 

Students purchased the food, prepared it and served it all for the RMHC guests. Students learned that the facility serves the needs of families whose children are being helped at Memorial Hospital. Families usually must live about 50 miles away from the hospital to receive free services. 

The honor society is sponsored by the school's Spanish teachers Jeffery Smith and Roman Czerwinski. 

“It is important for our students to know that there are agencies helping the community and that they, too, can help with their time and money,” Czerwinski said.

Guests were treated to chicken fajitas, cheese and chicken quesadillas, Mexican rice and beans and other sides and drinks.  After their community service, students ate at the Oglethorpe Mall.

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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.
Staff Report
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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