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Applications are being accepted for before and after school programs, pre-school childcare and pre-kindergarten at area YMCA branches.
During the school year, the YMCA of Coastal Georgia serves more than 6,000 children each day in Chatham, Liberty, Bryan and Effingham counties through its Pryme Tyme and Fun Club programs.
Pryme Tyme is a licensed before and after school program offered at every elementary school in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty counties.
Fun Club is a licensed after school program that picks up students at participating elementary schools and buses them to the nearby YMCA branch, where they are offered an afternoon snack, homework help, structured activities and seasonal sports, such as soccer and swimming.
All instructors who work with the YMCA of Coastal Georgia are certified in CPR and first aid.
The YMCA pre-k program, offered at the Habersham, Effingham and West Chatham branches, offers weekly Spanish classes in their curriculum plan, and each classroom has a state certified lead teacher, in addition to a certified para-professional.
The new Welcoming Hispanic Families Initiative with Hispanic Outreach Director Audrey Rodriguez-Moscosa provides access to low-income families by offering affordable tuition rates for Hispanic/Latino families in the coastal empire. Audrey can be reached at 912-354-5480.
For detailed information on all the YMCA Back to School programs, call the YMCA branch near you or visit www.YMCAofCoastalGa.org.
The YMCA of Coastal Georgia has 9 area branches: Habersham YMCA, 912-354-6223; Effingham YMCA,  912-826-2199; Islands YMCA, 912-897-1192; Pryme Tyme YMCA, 912-351-3622; Richmond Hill YMCA, 912-756-5856; Southside YMCA, 912-961-9622; Tybee Island YMCA, 912-786-9622; West Chatham YMCA, 912-748-9622; and Liberty County/Armed Services Family YMCA, 912-368-9622.
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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.

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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