{"id":3126,"date":"2009-10-20T04:34:43","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T08:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=3126"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:01:16","slug":"harvest-fling-benefits-student-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/harvest-fling-benefits-student-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvest Fling Benefits Student Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"246\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2021\/09\/image00251.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2021\/09\/image00251.jpg 246w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2021\/09\/image00251-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">uesday, October 20, 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRINCESS ANNE, MD-The Tri-County Alumni Chapter of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is holding its 10th annual scholarship event, The Harvest Fling, on Friday, October 30, at 7 p.m. in the Richard A. Henson Center Ballroom.&nbsp; The event features a dinner, dancing to music by The Exquisite Band of Washington, D.C. and a silent auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event benefits scholarships for undergraduate students enrolled at UMES from Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties. &#8220;This year the Harvest Fling theme reflects the Tri-County Chapter&#8217;s concern that students at the university don&#8217;t fall behind in their studies while worrying about finances,&#8221; said Bettie Wolfe Collins, chapter president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chapter hopes to raise $5,000 for students in an effort to match Tom Joyner scholarship funds, as a result of UMES being designated the Tom Joyner School of the Month for August. &#8220;Giving back to the alma mater benefits both the giver and the receiver. It sets a pattern for those receiving, so that when they are alumni they might become givers, and remember the help they received,&#8221; said Collins. Last year the chapter awarded four $1,000 scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Walter Woods, assistant director of Alumni Affairs and a UMES alumnus of the class of 1991, the event is well attended. &#8220;People look [forward to the] event because it&#8217;s a pinnacle of fall activities at UMES outside of Founders&#8217; Week,&#8221; said Woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Harvest Fling is open to alumni in the area as well as the general public. Tickets are $35 per person and are available by calling Bettie Wolfe Collins at 410-742-8073 or Jessie Cottman-Smith at 410- 957-3320.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Bruce Moore,&nbsp;intern, UMES Office of Public Relations, 410-651-6669.<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>uesday, October 20, 2009 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-The Tri-County Alumni Chapter of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is holding its 10th annual scholarship event, The Harvest Fling, on Friday, October 30, at 7 p.m. in the Richard A. 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