The Porter County Career Center’s Video Productions and Media Studies class will once again bring their live broadcast talents to work as the class will be showing this Friday’s Valparaiso High School boys basketball game versus Crown Point.
Morgan Township High School student Matt Polito, in his first year in the Video Production program, will provide color commentary for the first time, and Joe Arredondo, Sports Director for Lakeshore News Tonight, will join him for the play-by-play.
The Indiana Extension Homemakers Association and the Porter County Extension Homemakers are offering $500 scholarships to local adult men and women who are furthering their education.
The IEHA county and state scholarships require applicants to be Porter County residents at least 25 years of age and enrolled as an undergraduate student. Each application must include two character reference letters, a college transcript or acceptance letter, a biographical statement and tax form copies.
AmeriCorps volunteer Meagan Jordan works hard to help students at Valparaiso High School (VHS) exceed expectations. The energetic 22 year old recently wowed everyone when her high schoolers contributed more than 800 volumes to the AmeriCorps Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Book Drive. "I challenged the VHS Academy students, whom I work with on a daily basis, to raise more books than the rest of the school or beat the record I set for the school, which was 200. They blew this goal out of the water days before the deadline."
The AmeriCorps members of the Porter County Partnership serving in Lake, Porter, La Porte, Plymouth and Starke Counties collected new books for school aged children in kindergarten through third grade. Since Dr. King believed that knowledge is power, this AmeriCorps service project aimed to collect hundreds of books for lower elementary students to read and take home to keep.
January is National Blood Donor Month. In honor of this important event, Harbor Buick GMC will be hosting a blood drive on Saturday, January 28th. Donations will be accepted as appointments or walk-ins alike. One donation has the potential to save three lives. With the blood banks running low, at this time, it is crucial that the community comes together and donates a few minutes to make a difference.
As an added bonus, the Red Cross is awarding one donator a $1,000 VISA gift card. All donations from December and January are eligible for the region-wide drawing. If you’d like to schedule an appointment for Saturday, contact Denise at 219-771-7760.
The Valparaiso High School boys basketball team will play host to their Duneland Athletic Conference rival Crown Point Bulldogs on Friday, and you can catch all of the action live on ValpoLife.com!
A link will be made available below close to the beginning of the game at 7:00pm CST.