Monthly Archives: January 2017

ReliantSouth Partners for Free Construction Training Course

Starting on Monday January 23rd at 6:30 PM at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church on Martin Luther King Blvd., Team ReliantSouth will be teaching a six week Intro to Construction course on Monday nights through February 27th.

ReliantSouth President Richard Dodd was moved to start this training program in 2015 after hearing a sermon about the life of Martin Luther King. In Dr. King’s famous letter written from a Birmingham jail, it was stressed that all mankind should be involved in making a better society. Feeling this calling coupled with the fact that the entire construction industry is starved for workers, ReliantSouth developed the program and ultimately teamed with the LEAD Coalition, Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church and Gulf Coast State College. To date this training program has graduated 46 individuals in the four previous offerings of this course.

$19k Raised for Bay District Schools’ 2016-17 Academic Fairs

ReliantSouth’s President, Richard Dodd, has served as the fundraising chairman for Bay District Schools’ Academic Fairs for the past nine (9) consecutive years. During Richard’s tenure as chairman, a total of $134,690 has been raised for these vital enrichment programs.

Suzanne Farrar, Director of Secondary & Adult Instructional Services for Bay District Schools, stated, “Thank you so much for your continued support of our academic fairs. As you well know, these programs would not exist without the support of our community. Hundreds of students will once again have the opportunity to showcase their talents and skills through the Math Counts competition, Three Rivers Science Fair and History Fair. Bay District Schools is blessed to have community members like you and many others who believe in our students.”