Category: Community

Special to Atmore News Atmore Community Hospital Auxiliary is offering scholarships to individuals pursuing studies in a medical-related field. Students must be currently enrolled in a healthcare program and must have completed at least one year at an accredited school. Graduate students will also be considered. Previous applicants may re-apply. Students must live in the Atmore geographic area. Applications may be picked up at Atmore Community Hospital Gift Shop beginning…

Special to Atmore News Eli Gold, the voice of the Crimson Tide Radio Network, will be the keynote speaker for the Escambia County, Alabama Chapter of The University of Alabama Alumni Association announces that 2018 spring scholarship banquet that benefits students from Escambia County. “In addition to graduates/alumni of UA, we also cordially invite friends of The University to be a member of our local chapter and join us for…

Raising funds for OB facilities there Special to Atmore News Dr. Jon and Mrs. Heleen Yoder are currently serving a two-year term of service in Sierra Leone, West Africa, where Dr. Yoder is serving as a physician at the Mattru Hospital and Heleen is working with the psychosocial unit helping children at risk. Maternal and infant mortality are high in Sierra Leone, especially in the district where they are working.…

Special to Atmore News For 14 years in a row, Perdido Middle School students in Ms. Gerri McDonald’s gifted program have taken first place honors in multiple categories in Alabama’s Council on Economic Education program. This is the fourth consecutive year that her students have placed first in the state for the Alabama Economics Challenge, Alabama’s Personal Finance Challenge, America and the Free Enterprise System Essay Competition, and America and…