On New Year’s Day, January 1, 2019, 387 brave plungers jumped into the 48 degree Chesapeake Bay at North Beach, while the air temperature reached a balmy 63 degrees, even though it looked like rain and was windy. All the plungers signed a liability waiver and those that paid the fee received a tee shirt. […]
CCSO & FOP 109 Hosting “No Shave November”
In an effort to raise money for Calvert County Hospice and the Detention Center’s Jailhouse Rockers Relay for Life team, Sheriff Mike Evans and the Calvert County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 109 are working together during “No Shave November.” Sheriff Evans has advised Sheriff’s Office and Detention Center personnel he would relax the agency […]
Jailhouse Rockers Awarded for Fundraising
Every year the staff of the Calvert County Detention Center (Jailhouse Rockers) work together to raise funds for the Calvert County Relay for Life. The dedicated staff was recently honored by the Relay for Life organization as the 2015 Top Fundraising Team. The Jailhouse Rockers have already held fundraisers for the upcoming year to assist […]
New Venue for Relay for Life 2015
On Saturday June 13, 2015, friends, family and survivors of cancer gathered at the Calvert County Fairgrounds for the 30th Annual American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Relay for Life was the idea of Dr Gordon Klatt, who in 1985 ran and walked for 24 hours on a track in Tacoma, Washington, while raising $27,000 […]
St Leonard Elementary Relay for Life
Students and parents recently gathered at St. Leonard Elementary School (SLES) to get creative in their support of the SLES Loyal Lions Relay for Life Team. Under the guidance of Art Teacher Mimi Torres-Pagan, students and parents painted beautiful sea turtles. The school raised over $400 for Relay for Life. Principal Toni Chapman said it […]