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PRIZES AWARDED TO YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS AND POETS
The Eugenia Price/Joyce Blackburn Charitable Fund of the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation recently presented the Young Playwrights and Poets Showcase at the Historic Ritz Theatre. The winning poets, Amyah Mack (9th grade, Glynn Academy, Freedom from Covid), Alliyah Stallworth (10th grade Brunswick High School, Freedom, Oh Freedom), Lisbel Ayala (11th grade, Glynn Academy, Now Go Free), and Lily Seemann (12th grade, Glynn Academy, Good Girls Fight Back) shared their poems and received a cash prize of $250 each. Brunswick High Production Company performed the winning play, A Game of Witches and Rubies, under the direction of Lucy Bryson, and winning playwrights Amelia McGlaughlin and Elizabeth Temple, 7th graders at Frederica Academy, shared the $500 cash prize. The Young Playwrights and Poets Awards are coordinated by Golden Isles Arts & Humanities. Fund advisor Eileen Humphlett is pictured with the winners. For more information about the Eugenia Price/Joyce Blackburn Charitable Fund of the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation, please contact jfussell@ coastalgeorgiafoundation.org.
The winning poets
The winning playwrights
MORE COMMUNITY CITRUS ORCHARDS PLANTED
Keep Golden Isles Beautiful has secured grants and donations for a “patchwork of edible orchards” across the City of Brunswick. Citrus groves (orange and grapefruit) are planted in heavily pedestrian traveled public spaces, and when mature, the resulting fruit is available for passersby to enjoy a healthy snack. Community partner Coastal Greenery sources, secures and installs the citrus trees while the city’s public works staff waters them. The most recent orchards at Perry Park, David Griffin Park, Abe Brown Park and Goodyear Park, made possible by a Keep America Beautiful/UPS tree planting grant, were symbolically unveiled with Mayor Cornell Harvey and City Manager Regina McDuffie present at the celebration of the new Orange Square location. They join previous installations at the Howard Coffin Park walking track and Ringel Park, funded by a Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation grant and BB&T (now Truist), donation respectively.
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PADDLING WITH PURPOSE
“I’d cross the ocean for you!” It seems a hyperbolic cliche until it isn’t. Charlotte Snyder is a 17 year-old Cystic Fibrosis warrior and member of Brunswick’s St. Mark’s Episcopal Church family. Also part of that family are Fr. Alan+ Akridge, his son Harrison, and crew member Steve Crowder. On June 27, they’ll join 200 other paddlers for the Crossing for a Cure. This long-distance endurance paddle challenge and international championship takes
YAC CLASSIC AT SEA PALMS BENEFITS MORNINGSTAR
The Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia’s Young Agents Committee recently wrapped up their largest charity event of the year with a well attended Will Weston IV YAC Classic golf tournament at Sea Palms Resort. Traditionally held in Athens, the tournament’s change of venue was well received with over 130 golfers and all sponsorship levels filled. Tournament headline sponsor Risk Innovations and over 40 other industry partner sponsors provided participants 80 miles across the Gulf Stream from Bimini, Bahamas back to Lake Worth, Florida. Fr. Alan+ and Harrison paddled in the 2019 Crossing, raising over $10,000 for CF and cancer. Jason Latham (JLay SUP) of Union City Church joins the Golden Isles effort. Sponsors h2o creative group, St Mark’s Episcopal Church, Mycelx, and Lighthouse Benefit advisors joined the cause because Charlotte is a part of ALL of us. Support those under way by contributing through charity. gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/miracle2.
MEMORY MATTERS REOPENS
Following a yearlong closure due to the pandemic, Memory Matters is opening its doors again. The mission of this local non-profit agency is to support, educate and enrich the lives of people living with illness related memory loss and their caregivers. They are excited to once again offer their services and access to their resources to the community, and are working on plans to host support group meetings and other social activities. They are also unveiling a refreshed website and a new Executive Director, Julie Andrew Tharpe. You might recognize her from the EIL team! Memory Matters is funded entirely by grants and donations, and any community support is greatly appreciated. You’re also invited to join their team for the 2021 Golden Isles Alzheimer’s Walk on Saturday, September 25! Stop by 2803 Sherwood Drive or call 912.264.0777 if you need assistance or have questions, or visit memorymattersglynn.com.
entertainment, refreshments, and contributed to the event’s success. Young Agents Chairman and St. Simons Island resident Sean Stewart, of Turner & Associates in Brunswick, chose MorningStar Children & Family Services as the benefactor of the tournament. After all was said and done, the event raised over $38,000 that will go directly to Morningstar to assist them in continuing their mission to support children from Glynn Co. and the rest of the state. Well done!
