03. Good News Report
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Submitted by jenny_hunter on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 11:47am
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Burlingame Donation to TCH
Once again, the Burlingame Country Club has broken its record for donations to T. C. Henderson School of Science & Technology. Last year, Burlingame raised $25,000 for the STEM program at TCH through their annual designer purse auction event. This year, they raised $35,000 for the school, bringing the grand total in annual donations to nearly $100,000! We are very grateful to Ms. Linda Crowther and the Burlingame fundraising committee for all their hard work, and the members of the Burlingame community for their continued generosity and support.
Summer Feeding 2018
Director Carolyn Barton reports that the Transylvania County School Nutrition Department served 24,765 meals to students during the summer of 2018. The Lunch on the Bus program served 3,282 meals in 2018. Lunch on the Bus helps to reach children who stay at home during the summer break, do not have access to day-long programming, yet still need access to summer meals. The Backpack Buddies program served 182 children this summer. There were three delivery dates that included four or more food packs as well as fresh apples and potatoes on two of the delivery dates. Backpack Buddies also provided fresh apples and potatoes during the 2017-18 school year and plans to continue this trend during the 2018-19 school year. We greatly appreciate the school nutrition staff and community volunteers who contribute so much to the success of the Backpack Buddies program.
DAR “Ladies First” Presentations for 2018
Last year, the Transylvania Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) put together skits for elementary classrooms showcasing the contributions of U.S. presidents’ wives in colonial America. Historically accurate costumes were designed and created by local DAR members. This year, in addition to First Ladies Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Dolley Madison, the DAR members have expanded their repertoire to include Revolutionary War heroines Betsy Ross (U.S. flag seamstress), Molly Pitcher (battlefield water carrier), Anna Smith Strong (female member of the famed Culpeper Spy Ring), and Nancy Hart (legendary frontier woman and namesake of Hart County, GA and Lake Hartwell). The high school JROTC will perform a flag folding ceremony and honor guard with the DAR members at the presentations. Everyone is invited to attend one of the four “Ladies First” performances this fall:
Thursday, Sept. 20, 8:00 a.m. at Brevard Elementary
Thursday, Sept. 27, 8:00 a.m. at TC Henderson
Thursday, Sept. 27, 9:45 a.m. at Rosman Elementary
Thursday, Oct. 4, 8:00 a.m. at Pisgah Forest Elementary
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