CHAMBER EVENTS   

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FIRST FRIDAY AT KENT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY:

OLD KENT QUILTERS REPRO BEE & STUDENT ART INSPIRED BY FRIDO KAHLO

Chestertown, MD, March 31, 2014 - In April, the Chestertown Branch of Kent County Public Library will be exhibiting Vintage Revisited,which features quilt designs chosen and constructed by the Olde Kent Quilters Repro Bee, and artwork created by students from Friendship Montessori School.

The members of the Olde Kent Bee enjoy learning about quilting styles and fabrics of the 19^th century. Vintage Revisited features quilts made as a "block of the month" project.  Each month the members of the Bee learned about a famous quilt or the story of a quiltmaker, then made a block from the featured quilt.  The brown and pink color scheme of the Vintage Revisited quilts reflects the popular color choices of the 19th century when many women wore brown and their daughters wore pink. While many of the quilts feature similar blocks, each member of the group put her blocks together in a unique design. These quilts will be displayed throughout the library.

The students of Friendship Montessori School have put together an art exhibit that features paintings and clay pieces inspired by their recent studies of Frida Kahlo. The work of these talented young artists will be on display in the Children's Department.

On First Friday, April 4, 2014, a reception celebrating this month's art exhibits will be held from 5-8pm at the Chestertown Branch. All are welcome to attend this family-friendly event. Artwork showcased at the First Friday reception will remain on display during the month of April.

For more information about these events or to learn about becoming a featured artist at KCPL, please call 410.778.3636 or visit the Chestertown Branch at 408 High Street, Chestertown.

 

  

Guest Speaker  Mrs. Tracey Rodney, Principal

Millington Elementary School

2013 Winner of Maryland Center for Character Education Award

Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Decker Theatre, The Gibson Center for the Arts, Washington College

 kent.charactercounts@gmail.com

For the list of Winners go to www.cckentmd.org 

Trena Williamson, Director of Corporate Communications & Marketing              

News Release

Chester River Health Foundation to Host Women's Seminar

Helen A. Noble, MD, FACP, of Internal Medicine Associates in Chestertown, will also be a guest presenter at the Foundation's Women's Seminar on May 3 .

Women's Seminar 2014 L-R: Joanna Pierce, development specialist, UM Chester River Health Foundation with two of the speakers scheduled for the Foundation's Women's Seminar, Elizabeth Spurry, CFP, CTFA, senior vice president, Wye Financial and Trust and Diana Johnson, CEBS, CLU, ChFC, vice president, employee benefits broker/consultant, Avon-Dixon Agency, LLC; Helen A. Noble, MD, FACP.

University of Maryland Chester River Health Foundation will host a seminar for women, "From a Woman's Point of View: Nurturing Your Physical and Financial Well-Being" on Saturday, May 3 from 10 a.m. until noon in the Conference Center at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown.

Guest presenters are Diana Johnson, CEBS, CLU, ChFC, vice president, employee benefits broker/consultant, Avon-Dixon Agency, LLC; Helen A. Noble, MD, FACP, of Internal Medicine Associates in Chestertown, who is board certified in internal medicine and geriatrics; and Elizabeth Spurry, CFP, CTFA, senior vice president, Wye Financial and Trust.

Through this informational seminar, participants will gain information about how to achieve and maintain personal financial freedom, plan for retirement and adequately insure themselves, all while maintaining their physical health and well-being.

For more information or to register for the seminar, please contact Joanna Pierce, development specialist, UM Chester River Health Foundation at (410) 810-5681 or by email at jpierce@chesterriverhealth.org. This event is free and open to the public. However, seating is limited and therefore pre-registration is required. Light refreshments will be served.

The UM Chester River Health Foundation is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization serving the fundraising needs of UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown, University of Maryland Chester River Home Care & Hospice and University of Maryland Shore Nursing & Rehabilitation Center at Chestertown.  

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Chamber Challenge Voting Extended

Vote for Maryland's Most Small Business Friendly Chamber

Baltimore, Md.-There's still time to participate in the Chamber Challenge and vote for the state's most small business friendly Chamber of Commerce. Maryland Small Business Week Awards Program, Inc. has extended the voting window through April 15^th. The contest will determine the state's Top 3 Most Small Business Friendly Chambers, as voted by their members in an online poll. Winners will be revealed at the 30^th Annual Maryland Small Business Week Awards Luncheon at Martin's West in Baltimore on Thursday, May 15^th.

The Chamber Challenge is open to all chambers in the state. The public and chamber members are invited to vote for their favorite chamber, once per day, per person. Voting opened March 1^st and will now close April 15th. Votes will be tallied and winners will be honored at the Awards Luncheon on May 15^th . The event celebrates the achievements of the small business community and will also recognize the local winners of the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) National Small Business Week Awards Program.

To vote for your favorite chamber or to learn more about the 30^th Annual MD Small Business Week Awards Luncheon, visit www.mdsbwawards.org . For additional information, contact Rachel Howard at

Students from Bayside Elementary School join Sultana Education Foundation Vice President Chris Cerino on the first student outing of the 2014 season.

Schooner SULTANA Kicks Off Its

2014 Sailing Season

with Students from Bayside Elementary

Chestertown, MD--Sixty fifth grade students from Bayside Elementary School in Queen Anne's County ventured out onto the Chester River on Monday, March 31, 2014 onboard the schooner SULTANA during the schooner's first educational sail of its 2014 sailing season. The Bayside Elementary students were the first of more than 5,000 children from six Maryland counties to participate in under-sail educational programs onboard SULTANA in 2014.  

Since her launch in 2001, SULTANA's Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) certified under-sail programs have become a core component of the Chesapeake Bay Studies curriculum for Calvert, Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot counties, as well as for individual public and private schools from Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware. "Onboard SULTANA we provide an experience that simply can't be duplicated in the classroom," said SULTANA's on-board Education Director Caitlin Ramsburg. "When you combine the hands on experiences of SULTANA with the pre-trip curriculum that teachers provide in the classroom, you create a truly powerful educational experience."

The Bayside Elementary students sailing on SULTANA during the first week of April are participating in a hands-on program that explores both the history and environment of the Chesapeake. Activities include; setting SULTANA's sails and learning to steer the 50-ton schooner; trawling the Chester River to collect fish and crabs; learning about the physiology and life-cycles of the animals and plants that live in the Chesapeake; testing the water for salinity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and nutrient content; and learning about how sailors lived in the 18th century.   In addition to sailing on SULTANA, students also spend two hours exploring historic Chestertown, learning about its history as a colonial port, and playing traditional colonial children's game behind the town's iconic White Swan Tavern.