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How it Works: Teachers and school counselors identify students who would benefit from the Backpack Program. Then the food bank is given the number of children in need at the school. The children’s identities remain anonymous to the food bank, donors, and their peers. With the help of volunteers, the food bank prepares the bags of food, which are placed discreetly in children’s backpacks on Friday afternoons for them to take home over the weekend. Over the past 3 weeks, Club Members assisted the Program with packing bags of food in preparation for delivery.
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On May 1, 2019, the Rotary Club of Ocean Springs Scholarship Committee chairman David Hoffman and his committee introduced the six students, all graduating seniors from Ocean Springs and St. Martin High Schools, who were awarded scholarships for 2019. Shown from left to right are President Jonathan Franco; committee member Henry Furr; committee member Kimberly Boling; Amelia Prochnow (Ocean Springs High School); committee member Jacki D’Alexander Thornburg; Connie Schnarrs (St. Martin High School); Gavin Brandon (St. Martin High School); committee member Stephen Songe; Madeline Bui (St. Martin High School); Spencer Martin (St. Martin High School); Chairman David Hoffman; Sadi Grace Smith (Ocean Springs High School) and committee member Wayne Westbrook.
In January, the Rotary Club of Ocean Springs presented the Ocean Springs High School Cross Country with a check for $1,000. Cross Country Team members lead by Coach Tim Sayers provided their support and help with the Club’s annual 5-K Run for Art, Community, and Education (RACE) which supports local scholarships and charities. Shown accepting the check from left to right: Cross Country volunteer Stopher Haug, Rotary President Jonathan Franco, Coach Tim Sayers, and Cross County volunteer Ann Whyte.
On Wednesday December 5, four business and professional people were inducted as members in the Rotary Club of Ocean Springs. Pictured below from left to right are Membership Chair and new member sponsor Michelle Wilson, new member Carolyn Moore, new member Katie Hudson, new member Tom Carlton, new member Ginny Dugaw, new member sponsor Joyce M. Shaw, and President Jonathan Franco.
Rotary Club of Ocean Springs meets at the Ocean Springs Yacht Club and is a part of Rotary International, a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. www.rotary.org