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Rothbury scout receives Gold Award.

March 20, 2017

Rothbury scout receives Gold Award. #OceanaCountyNews #GirlScouts ROTHBURY — Liz Christensen of Rothbury received the Girl Scout Gold Award from the Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore Saturday, March 18. Christensen, who is a Montague High School senior, earned her Gold Award for her Take Action community service project, Container Gardening Project. Her project focused on creating a sustainable…

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Five scouts from same troop earn Eagle Scout rank.

March 15, 2017

Five scouts from same troop earn Eagle Scout rank. #OceanaCountyNews #Troop1145 #EagleScouts PENTWATER – Good-natured competition among the scouts in Troop 1145 has resulted in Eagle Scout awards for five of the troop’s 11 members. “It was positive peer pressure,” said Rick Quinn, former leader of Troop 1145. “It wasn’t competitive in a negative way, but they all kept each…

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Rotary, community foundation offer funding for youths to attend summer camp.

March 4, 2017

Application deadline is March 17. #OceanaCountyNews #ShelbyRotaryClub #OceanaCountyCommunityFoundation SHELBY — The Shelby Rotary Club and the Community Foundation for Oceana County are pleased to offer the chance for Oceana youth to attend summer camp. Both groups want to impact the youth of Oceana County who, due to financial hardship, may never have the opportunity to attend camp. Awards are capped…

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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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