Education Appreciation Night is June 21

Tickets are now available to attend the annual Education Appreciation Night to be held in Berwick during June. The event helps raise money to fund scholarships for area students.

St. Mary Chamber of Commerce and the 16th Judicial District Attorney’s Office will host its “Top of the Class” Annual Education Appreciation Night from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, June 21 at Berwick Civic Complex.

District Attorney Bo Duhe partners with the chamber to host the event, continuing a tradition his predecessor, Phil Haney, helped organize. The event has been held for over 15 years, Chamber President Donna Meyer said.

The Education Appreciation Night is the main fundraiser to pay for scholarships awarded annually to a high student from each school in St. Mary Parish, Duhe said. Live and silent auctions will also be held during the night, and organizers accept donations of items for the auction, he said.

“All of that money is returned back to the students to help those students and families who are chosen in their post-high school endeavors and education,” Duhe said.

To purchase tickets and reserve a table for this event, call the chamber office at 985-384-3830. Tickets are $50 each and a table seats eight.

At the event, the chamber will recognize its 2018 scholarship winners from each high school in the parish, both public and parochial schools. Each of these scholarships will be $1,000.

Organizers will also present a $1,000 donation to the Young Memorial college campus in Morgan City to be used for scholarships.

The chamber will also present the educators and student of the year and a special scholarship on behalf of the St. Mary Arts and Humanities Council.