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Scholarships presented at recent BPW meeting
On May 16 the Coshocton Business and Professional Women awarded the Joan McNeely Working Woman Scholarship to two local recipients at the annual scholarship banquet .
Committee members Sheila Mayse and Julie Shroyer presented the Joan McNeely Working Woman Scholarship in the amount of $ 1,000 to both Renee Fleming and Mary Beth Crider-Slater .
Fleming is an employee at Coshocton Behavioral Health Choices and is pursuing her master ’ s degree in social work in order to further the skills she provides for the community . Throughout her career she has been employed in various social service positions including providing child and family services and
Renee Fleming Mary Beth Crider-Slater medical social work .
Crider-Slater is the founder of Slater Family Farms Outreach . Her education will be continued at the Animal Behavior Institute . The next phase of her education will provide her the opportunity to offer therapeutic animal assisted services in conjunction with a Newark-based mental health services agency .
BPW members and participants were treated to some background history by Joan McNeely , founder of the scholarship program . McNeely said in 1991 , with the help of some graphic designers
United Way kicks off its second annual raffle
United Way of Coshocton County kicked off its second annual raffle .
Tickets are available in the United Way office at 402 Main St . Tickets are $ 10 each or six tickets for $ 50 . Tickets also can be purchased from United Way board members or through the United Way ’ s Venmo account .
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You must include contact information , which prize selected when purchasing , name , phone number and email .
Prizes available include a $ 1,500 Hocking Hills gift certificate , a Big Green Egg Kit , a $ 1,000 gift certificate to Great Wolf Lodge , a 65-inch QLED TV , a Treager
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All the proceeds will assist in funding United Way ’ s 11 partner agencies and more than 30 programs . The winner will be drawn on Sunday , Sept . 8 .
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at Shaw Barton and the potters at Whitewoman Pottery , she had the ability to coordinate a ceramic mug fundraiser in support of an Ohio BPW member who was moving on to become national president . The funds raised in excess of what was needed by the Ohio president for her national reign and were then placed in a scholarship fund for local participants . The scholarship has been distributed annually from 1994 and has provided for the continuing education of more than 40 local women . Each year the BPW cake auction serves as the primary fundraiser in support of the scholarship .
In addition to the meal and scholarship awards , Mayse presented a program . Mayse encouraged the ladies in attendance to write a letter to themselves thanking their younger
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selves for surviving and thriving in spite of and because of decisions they had made in their past or choosing a woman in their lives to whom they could offer either encouragement or thanks .
BPW is open to both women and men in the local community . Meetings are held monthly with service projects , social activities , opportunities for civic participation , and opportunities for personal and professional growth .
Anyone interested in learning more about the Coshocton Business and Professional Women is encouraged to contact membership chair Wendy Bowman or any BPW member . Interested individuals also may call or text Mayse at 740-502-3047 to receive more information .
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