2018-2019 President's Report

College Holds First EC Cares for our Community Day

D ozens of ECCC stu dents, faculty, and staff performed community ser vice across the five-county district on the first EC Cares for our Community day March 8. The locations chosen for the inaugural day of service included Roxy Theatre in Newton, Newton County Courthouse in Decatur,

shelving books, office work, and playing games and interacting with residents, among other re quested tasks. T-shirts were provided to those who volunteered for what the college hopes will become an annual day of service. The project originated among members of the college’s Ad ministration, Faculty, and Staff Association.

EXCEL of Morton, We Care Mis sions in Morton, Northside Park in Philadelphia, Philadelphia/ Neshoba County Library, Trend Health and Rehab of Carthage, Walnut Grove Public Library, Car thage Public Library, and Hope Missions and Baptist Children’s Village, both in Louisville. Service activities included cleaning and organizing, paint ing, landscaping, carpentry,

Military Appreciation Breakfast U.S. Army Brigadier General (Ret.) and Decatur native David Oren Smith was the guest speaker at the college’s Military Appreciation Breakfast November 9. ECCC annually honors military veterans at the breakfast. At the con clusion of the event, the veterans in attendance were saluted by students, faculty, and staff as they exited through the main cafeteria dining area. Special Needs Prom Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society of two-year colleges at ECCC, hosted its third “Fairy Tale Ball” prom for special needs students in November at Pierce Castle in Newton County. This has become a very popular annual event for students who receive special services from schools in the ECCC district of Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and Winston counties. Theta Xi members raised money to stage the prom through various fundraisers and the help of area businesses that purchased sponsorships. The special needs students who attended were served a meal and received prom party favors. East Central students served as their dates.

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