Seventh Edition: February 29, 2020
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Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast make life brighter
Story by Andy Kanengiser
Transforming lives of young people is what defines Boys and Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Recently, leaders of the non-profit trumpeted a new initiative to help teens succeed as future professionals. Organization officials are delighted to showcase their first Makerspace Studio at the club’s revamped Teen Center in D’Iberville. Teens are seeing benefits from a $20,000 makeover so they can hang out, have fun and learn at the same time. Teens in the Keystone Club in D’Iberville worked with BGCA staff and retailers at a local Aaron’s store to design the layout of the new center.
Making its debut February 12, 2020, the facility isn’t just equipped with big screen televisions and challenging gaming systems. It comes with an innovative Makerspace Studio to feature an area entirely devoted to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics). It’s not just one and done for the Teen Center at D’Iberville.
James Anglin shines on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Story and photography by Andy Kanengiser
A music teacher, church organist, philanthropist and jeweler, James Anglin masters many talents as a Gulf Coast Renaissance Man.
The son of an Ingalls Shipbuilding welder and librarian, the 54-year-old Ocean Springs resident is a busy parent, too.
The owner of the James Anglin Studios in Pass Christian, he utilizes piano recitals to raise money for good causes as far away as Africa.
His interest in helping others drives the organist for the past 22 years at St. Peter’s By the Sea Episcopal Church in Gulfport.
“I’ve seen so many people who are in real need, I felt that I needed to do something. What was I really good at? My music. And I realized early on that I could help others through my music,’’ Anglin says.
“We as musicians have been given a gift. This gift is our music. Music has a wonderful way of bringing people together. And I want my students to realize that they can make a difference with the gifts they have been given.’’
He and his music students raised $600 to help buy school supplies for an elementary school in Uganda, Africa. James works as a splendid team with Fr. Patrick Sanders, the priest at the Episcopal church, on philanthropic projects.