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Volunteers Needed

Advocate for Foster Children

Pasco’s next volunteer training class begins June 11.  Classes will be 5 weeks long starting at 6:00pm and held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Rasmussen College, 8661 Citizen’s Drive, New Port Richey.  Classes are free to qualified volunteers.  Seating is limited, to apply for the class, contact …

Awareness

Local Girl Scouts Donate 65,000 Boxes of Cookies to Support U.S. Military Troops

  Coming off the heels of the 2013 Girl Scout Cookie Program, Girl Scouts throughout West Central Florida (Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Marion, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sumter counties) donated 65,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to U.S. military troops serving in combat zones around the world. …

School

Ways for Land O'Lakes-Area Teachers to Save in the Classroom

Why are Land O'Lakes-area teachers continuing to pay for school supplies out of their own pocket? According to a recent study, 6.4 million public school teachers in the U.S. spend over $3 billion every year. That’s about $480 of their own money.   Land O'Lakes-area teachers are not only educating …

Promotions

Tampa Bay Wine and Food Festival Artist Competition

Calling all artists! The Tampa Bay Wine and Food Festival is holding its annual artist competition!  If you're an artist, send in your design, and we might use it as this year's poster!  Check out last year's winning designs at http://tampabaywineandfood.com/artist-competition/  and send your …

Awareness

Florida Company Develops 'SmartMow' Robot Lawnmower Designed to Prevent Injuries

RoboLabs Inc. says that the safest lawn mower in the world is a robot lawn mower capable of operating completely without the use of a perimeter wire or other physical boundaries.  The SmartMow Racer has a more user-friendly navigation system than any robot lawn mower on the market.  The end-user …

Government

Intro to Crime Scene Investigation online training open for all

Investigators, would-be forensic scientists, officers of the court and fans of television police and forensic science shows, can now take Introduction to Crime Scene Investigation online,  a 16-hour online course developed by experts at the National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC). The …

HELP FIND RITA

Lost & Found

Help Needed - Greyhound Missing 10 Days in Brooksville

$200 Reward for the safe return of Rita - Greyhound Pets of America/Tampa Bay is asking for hlep capturing a greyhound lost on Gamble Drive near 98 and SR 50A in Brooksville.  She was last seen around 7:45 pm on 5/8/13 behind a home at 13000 Old Crystal River Road by the "Big Pine Tract" …

School

Local Students Place in State Essay & Poetry Contest

Land O’ Lakes Christian School (LOLCS) elementary and junior high school students participated in the 30th Annual American Association of Christian School’s Essay and Poetry Contest.  The pieces were judged primarily on content, originality and communication of the topic, with mechanics, spelling, …

School

LOLCS Students Chosen for National Legislative Conference in Washington, DC

Juniors, Kristyn Engstrom and Vickie Frazier, and sophomore Alyssa Weigt have been chosen to join other high school students in the Youth Legislative Training Conference (YLTC) in Washington, D.C.  Each summer, the American Association of Christian Schools  (AACS) hosts rising high school juniors …

Awareness

Fifth Third Bank (Tampa Bay) Helps Feed 5,300 Local Families in Need

  • By News
  • May 7, 2013

Fifth Third Bank (Tampa Bay) recently wrapped up its month-long “Fifth Third Feeding Families” campaign, reaching its goal of helping to feed more than 5,300 Tampa Bay-area families in need. More than 11,500 pounds of non-perishable food items were delivered to Metropolitan Ministries – a faith-…

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