CASA HONORS SIX OKLAHOMANS FOR THEIR CHILD ADVOCACY WORK

The Oklahoma Court Appointed Special Advocates Association honored six Oklahomans who have dedicated their time to helping abused and neglected children in the state. They are listed with the area of work for which they were honored: John Whittaker, Lawton, board member of the year; Michelle Gantt, staff member; Lee Ann Limber, Oklahoma City, director; Ben Bradford, Catoosa, child advocate; James R. Pratt. Eufaula, judge; Lori Blumenthal. Oklahoma City, Lela Roddy Special Recognition Award.

A CASA volunteer is appointed by a judge to represent the best interest of an abused or neglected child appearing in dependency court.

The group also is having a fundraiser June 14-23 at Penn Square Mall, where they are selling raffle tickets for playhouses and other items. The playhouses are on view from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

The organization also recently secured for its raffle two tickets to the premiere of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” in Los Angeles in October, plus airline tickets. They will be on sale in various locations in the metro area. Twenty percent of all raffle ticket sales will go to tornado relief efforts.

For more information, go to www.oklahoma casa.org.

SPARKLING FUNDRAISER SET TO BENEFIT ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL

St. Anthony Hospital’s Champagne and sparkling wine tasting fundraiser “POP!” will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at the hospital’s Rapp Foundation Conference Center, on the fourth floor, at 535 NW 9.

The evening features Champagne and sparkling wine samples from more than 20 vineyards, craft beer tastings, food and live music from Born in November. Tickets are $50 for general admission or $100 for additional access to a VIP pre-party from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

For more information, go to www.GiveToSaints. com/POP.

REGIONAL FOOD BANK RECEIVES RECORD-SETTING $936K FROM DEVON

Devon Energy Corp. recently presented the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma a gift of $936,600 in support of the monthlong Feeding Hope and Letter Carriers’ Food and Fund Drive.

This record-setting donation represents 72 percent of the total raised throughout the event and will provide more than 4.68 million meals for Oklahomans who struggle with hunger, a news release stated.

“This incredibly generous gift couldn’t have come at a better time,” Rodney Bivens, executive director of the Regional Food Bank, said in the release.

On May 21, more than 550 Devon Energy employees helped the food bank by sorting and filling pantry boxes with canned food donations during the fifth annual “Stuff the Truck” event in downtown Oklahoma City. In six hours, Devon employees sorted 319,975 pounds of food into boxes — enough to fill nine tractor-trailers with food to help Oklahomans affected by the May 19 and 20 tornadoes. Devon employees also volunteered at the Midwest City post office sites during the Letter Carriers’ Food Drive on May 11, and hundreds of Devon employees volunteer each month at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.

As a presenting sponsor of the Feeding Hope and Letter Carriers’ Food and Fund Drive, Devon and its employees have donated nearly 45,000 pounds of food and raised more than $5.4 million through this annual event in the past nine years.

For more information about the Regional Food Bank or to make a donation, call 604-7111 or go to regionalfoodbank.org.

JUNIOR LEAGUE GRANTS MARK THE GROUP’S 85TH YEAR

To celebrate 85 years of impact in the community, the Junior League of Oklahoma City is awarding $85,000 in grants to two community partners, the YWCA Economic Empowerment Program/ Hand in Hand Learning Center and the Myriad Gardens’ two-year program of “Bringing Books to Life,” a news release noted.

The league awarded the YWCA $51,000 to purchase furniture, new computers, software, books and bookshelves for its Business Technology Center.

Funds also will go to the purchase of furnishings, books and technology updates for the Hand in Hand Learning Center, which provides child care free of charge for residents of the shelter and transitional housing.

As the only certified shelter for battered women in Oklahoma County, the YWCA focuses its programs on fighting domestic violence.

Junior League of Oklahoma City also awarded a two-year grant totaling $34,000 to The Myriad Gardens Foundation for “Bringing Books to Life.” For children in pre-K through middle school, books will come alive through various art projects, hands-on demonstrations and interactive programming including plays, puppet shows and science and cooking demonstrations.

In addition, funds will be used to create “book nooks” in the Children’s Gardens for children to discover and have a quiet place to read.

For more information about the Junior League of Oklahoma City, go to www.jloc.org.

QUILT SHOW TO BE IN MANGUM

MANGUM — The Greer County Quilt Guild will have its “For Honor and Glory” Quilt Show during the annual Mangum Wild West Days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the old Allen’s Home Center Building on the north side of courthouse square on Jefferson Street.

The show will include many Quilts of Valor, which are being made for Greer County military men and women who have served in conflict, and other quilts. There will be vendors, door prizes and a raffle to win a Barn Raising Log Cabin Quilt. Admission to the quilt show is $3.

Wild West Days also will feature a chuck wagon breakfast, parade, rodeo, music, Greer County Pioneers, barbecue, farmers market, flea market and other events.

For more information about Wild West Days, call Greer County Chamber of Commerce at (580) 782-2444. For quilt show information, call Cindy at (580) 782-2124.