Community

Women’s group has donated $205,000 to community….so far.

March 1, 2017

Next meeting is March 7. #OceanaCountyNews #OceanaCountyWomenWhoCare PENTWATER — Oceana’s Women Who Care (WWC) will wrap up its fifth year of helping area nonprofits when members meet Tuesday, March 7, from 5:30–6:30 p.m. at the Boathouse Bar & Grill, 5164 W. Monroe Road. At it the groups’s last quarterly meeting in December, members chose to each make $100 personal contributions…

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Book drive jumpstarts literacy program.

March 1, 2017

Next meeting is March 8. #OceanaCountyNews #ReadEarlyReadOften HART — Oceana County stepped up in an amazing way this past month and donated 568 used books for the new early literacy “Read Early, Read Often” program. “It was an overwhelming show of support,” said Program Coordinator Hannah Juhl. “The books will be a perfect fit for our program and were all…

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Optimists donate $1,000 to library.

February 9, 2017

Optimists donate $1,000 to library. #HesperiaCommunityLibrary #ShelbyOptimistClub #OceanaCounty HESPERIA — The Hesperia Community Library recently received a donation of $1,000 from the Shelby Optimist Club for the library’s summer reading programs. The Shelby Optimist Club is a civic organization that encourages members to work to improve themselves and to encourage the same in others. Summer reading is right around the…

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Library hosts mac and cheese cook-off, offers more fun activities.

February 5, 2017

Library hosts mac and cheese cook-off, offers more fun activities. #HesperiaCommunityLibrary HESPERIA — The winners of the Hesperia Community Library’s Comfort Food Cook-Off Saturday, Jan. 21, include: first prize, $30, Kristina Cechura, “Kickin’ Macaroni and Cheese”; second place, $20, Dawn Haase, Greek Macaroni and Cheese; and third place, $10, Justin Riley, Terry Crew’s “Mac & Jeezy.” Board game night: Kids…

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Meeting will jumpstart new early childhood literacy program.

February 5, 2017

Meeting will jumpstart new early childhood literacy program. #OceanaCountyNews #ReadEarlyReadOften HART — The Community Foundation for Oceana County will host the first Strategic Doing Meeting for the new Read Early, Read Often program Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 3:30-5 p.m. at the Oceana ESD building, at 844 Griswold St. Everyone is welcome to be a part of the kick-off of the…

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