{"id":8687,"date":"2012-05-24T00:26:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T05:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=8687"},"modified":"2012-05-28T17:50:19","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T22:50:19","slug":"kiwanis-club-hands-out-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/05\/kiwanis-club-hands-out-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwanis Club
Hands Out Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>At the Annual Kiwanis Club of Lehigh Acres Community and Scholarship Awards Banquet on May 22, 2012, 49 scholarships totally more than $146,000 were handed out.<\/p>\n

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Rick Anglickis, Laurie Jerriey and President of Lee County VIM Dr. Stephen Schroering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Kiwanis Club also handed out more than $5,000 in scholarship money to Florida Gulf Coast University and a $25,000 grant to Lee County Volunteers in Medicine, now looking to open a second clinic in Ft. Myers.<\/p>\n

The Kiwanis also honored four hometown heroes for their work in the community:<\/p>\n

– Virginia Packer, who has donated and dedicated more than 11,500 volunteer hours at Lehigh Regional Medical Center.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 Rae Nicely for her dedication to the community as the Executive Director of Lehigh Community Services.<\/p>\n

– Deputy Robert Margrander and Deputy James Campbell, who on Feb 29, 2012, put themselves in harm\u2019s way to try to save a human life.<\/p>\n

To see other photo’s of the event, click the more button<\/p>\n

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