“More than 30 volunteers responded to our request for help to sew 100-plus gowns,” Jason Cox of Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, told this Icon this week.
“ Soon after the announcement a small group of people were able to cut gowns at the Ebenezer Mennonite Church, he added.
The gown pieces were assembled into kits and distributed for others to sew at their homes. MHCO has received 84 completed gowns and more are coming in each day.
The S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Service Club of Bluffton announces the winners of its “Service To Humanity” Scholarship Awards, given to graduating seniors of Bluffton High School.
Here are this year's outstanding $800 scholarship winners:
• Ana Neufeld Weaver, daughter of Paul and Laurel Neufeld Weaver. Ana will enter the field of music education at Goshen College.
• Kaitlynn Rieman, daughter of James and Jennifer Rieman. Kaitlynn intends to pursue a degree in nursing at Ohio Northern University.
Danielle Novak hopes to focus on linguistics research, perhaps specifically in neurolinguistics, exploring the relationship between language and the brain
It carries all the pomp and circumstance of any graduation ceremony, but it is one of a kind in the 139-year history of Bluffton High School commencements.
The Bluffton High School commencement tradition is the longest-standing annual event in our community. It didn’t take place this year, or did it? The answer is both yes and no.
The live, audience commencement was tabled. However, the school put together a video of what it would have looked like, had it actually taken place.
