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County spotlights youth projects, teen grants and bus drivers; proclaims Public Health and Telecommunicators weeks
Summary
Commissioners recognized Character Counts volunteers and two teen grant recipients, heard student Sam Callahan describe a canine cancer charity, and issued proclamations marking National Public Health Week and National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, honoring dispatchers for their role in emergency response.
At the April meeting, Queen Anne's County commissioners received updates from the Character Counts program, presented teen community-grant awards and issued two proclamations recognizing public health and telecommunicators.
Melinda Ray, the county's Character Counts coordinator, updated commissioners on program activities, saying volunteers reached students across the county this school year, including K–5 classrooms, four middle schools and Ryde River Upper School, and that the program had expanded to a homeschool co-op. "We're reaching students all throughout the county whether they go to our public schools or not," Ray said.
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