Walton County Snowbirds Wrapping Up a Successful Winter Season
The Walton County Snowbirds held their annual business meeting on February 23 at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Destin. The highlight of the meeting was the presentation of two $1,000 scholarships as part of our Vivik Likite Scholarship Fund to South Walton High School Seniors Cayll Craig and Mary Margaret Cline. Mrs. Barbara Stratton from the high school accompanied Cayll and Mary to our meeting. Both students were very appreciative of the scholarships. Cayll is involved with both basketball and track at the high school. He plans to attend the University of West Florida majoring in cybersecurity. Mary Margaret does weigh-lifting at South Walton. She is going to attend NW Florida State College and pursue her degree in education so she can be a teacher. The scholarship money comes from a 50/50 raffle from each of our meetings. In addition, our Singles group donated $265 to the scholarship fund by taking up a collection from our very generous singles. The club also presented a check for $2,100 to Ken Hair, CEO of Children in Crisis from the proceeds of selling 210 FundRays coupon books. Pat Whitledge, our club secretary, diligently sells the coupon books at many of our events. Our annual blood drive through OneBlood generate 32 pints of blood from the snowbirds. Board members who serve on our Board for at least 4 years were presented with recognition pins by past President, Donna Reed. This year, Mike Quinn and his wife Catherine Campbell and Pat and Jim Whitledge...
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