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Yesterday, June 17, 2026, EEECHO’s CPR Team trained 50 STEMM Summer Campers, grades 1-5. Community Health Resilience!

This video was taken in the historic Forest Heights Community that EEECHO serves. These are the risks and realities confronting our climate vulnerable Gulf community. This is merely a remnant of Tropical Storm Arthur’s system, but we were under imminent threats of severe weather and flooding and had been getting alerts about every 10 minutes. The heavy rains, high winds, 2000+ lightning strikes and thunder have caused frequent, but brief power outages at our home, but thousands are completely without power. Dozens have been rescued from rising flood waters and damage from fallen trees. Local television programming has been interrupted for the entire day to exclusively broadcast coverage of the dangers of this storm. And now the Anchor Lake Dam has been compromised in the adjacent Pearl River county community. All the tributaries around us are at or above flood stage. And this is only the beginning of the storm season.😨

Register for this exciting, educational, entertaining and fun movie night! Our student storytelling interns and their advisors have worked tirelessly gathering community stories and compiling histories. Learn about the unique histories of 10 Gulfport neighborhoods! We will have lots of great food and enlightening historical information! The student winner of the Kenneth E. Taylor Scholarship Award will also be announced. If you can’t join us in person, please scan the QR code to join us virtually. To attend in person, you must register by texting you name, cell phone #, and email to 228-617-0891 or by emailing this information to [email protected]. You don’t want to miss this event!