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Fostering Families Inc. is currently raising money to expand its 7th Mile Farm for their 2024 summer camps. The life-changing summer camps have touched the hearts of many foster care children and volunteers from across the state of Georgia. Expansion updates include two more cabins, a caretaker's lodge, and an activity center. Read on to learn more about the expansion's progress and to find out how you can help.

With food, fun activities, and live music, Winterfest will be the perfect event for the community to come together and enjoy a night of fun in downtown Statesboro.

Bulloch County remains under a Wind Chill Advisory for Saturday night into Sunday morning. First Presbyterian Church is again opening a warming shelter on Saturday and Sunday nights due to extremely cold temperatures predicted. Click on the image to read more.

Ward currently ranks fifth in NCAA Division I in scoring, averaging 23.2 points per game, and her 13 double-doubles this season rank second in the nation. The Jesup, Ga., native is a two-time All-Sun Belt honoree, the 2021 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year and the 2023 Georgia Women's College Player of the Year.

A Statesboro rural mail carrier is in serious condition after being attacked by dogs on her postal route Friday evening. Click on the image to read more.

Ogeechee Riverkeeper will host the popular race -- as well as a "fun paddle" -- along seven miles of the Canoochee River in Evans County this April.

Join the Grice Connect team in wishing our Senior Reporter Michele LeBlanc a very happy birthday. Birthdays are just a number to Michele and trust us, she is just getting started! Click on the picture to read more.

As the new structured literacy coaching coordinator, J. Nicholas Philmon will contract with the state agency to build the capacity of schools and districts to deliver proven, nationally recognized training in structured literacy and the science of reading.

Senior Grice Connect Reporter, Michele LeBlanc, recaps her solo travels to Canada as she spent the holidays with family. She learned some lessons about traveling as a senior adult and encourages others to take a 'leap of faith' in getting back on the road or up in the air!

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