New Location For Apollo Beach Manatee Festival Of The Arts
By Michelle Colesanti The 23rd annual Apollo Beach Manatee Festival of the Arts will be held this year at a new location; E.G. Simmons Park, located at 2401 19th Ave. NW in Ruskin. The festival...
View ArticleVolunteer Organization Is Best Friend To Local Shelter Animals
By Michelle Colesanti Hillsborough County Animal Services, now known as Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center (HCPRC), is the county intake for all stray and surrendered cats and dogs. While the...
View ArticleSecond Annual Color “Your Egg” Run To Help Relieve Childhood Hunge
By Michelle Colesanti Why color eggs when you can be the egg? Bring the family and enjoy a lot of fun while helping to raise money for charity. A 5K and Fun Run/Walk Family Fun EGGstravangza will...
View ArticleGroundbreaking Takes Place For New Home To Be Built For Wounded Veteran
By Michelle Colesanti Building Homes for Heroes, in conjunction with William Ryan Homes, held a groundbreaking ceremony in early March in The Enclave at South Fork. The ceremony honored U.S. Marine...
View ArticleGot Talent Competition Hopes To Make Impact On Teens
By Michelle Colesanti For teens, peer pressure, in all forms, has taken place for many generations. Impact’s crucial messages of character building, healthy-decision making, goal setting and...
View ArticleNewsome Percussion Group Rallies Through Sickness To Place Eighth In World...
By Michelle Caceres Members of Newsome’s Percussion Group won’t soon forget their trip to Dayton Ohio to compete at the Winter Guard International (WGI) Percussion World Championships. The team,...
View ArticleDestiny Church In Ruskin Supports Missionaries Around The World
By Michelle Colesanti A 17 member team from Destiny Church in Ruskin will soon embark on a mission trip to Cima del Rey, a town three miles north of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. The team,...
View ArticleTennis Tournament Helps FoHCAS With Fundraising
By Michelle Colesanti Rescue animals with special medical needs at the Hillsborough County Animal Services (Pet Resource Center) now have a better chance of being adopted. With assistance from Friends...
View ArticleDr. Handyman Takes Care Of Pressure Washing Needs
By Michelle Colesanti Although Howard Whitener II is known as Dr. Handyman and can do a lot of helpful things around the house, his main focus these days is on residential and commercial pressure...
View Article60th Anniversary Celebration Planned For Brandon Junior Woman’s Club
By Michelle Colesanti This year, the Brandon Junior Woman’s Club (BJWC) is celebrating its 60th anniversary of service and volunteering in the Brandon community. A non-profit service organization, the...
View ArticleConquer Chiari Walk To Raise Awareness, Funds
By Michelle Colesanti Since 2008, the Conquer Chiari Walk Across America has been an annual fundraising and awareness event comprised of a series of local walks held on the same day across the country....
View ArticleFreedom To Walk Foundation Announces Third Annual Gala
By Michelle Colesanti Taking one step at a time is important to Daisy Vega, who is the Founder and President of Freedom To Walk, Inc. a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization. This year, for the third year...
View ArticleSponsors Needed To Help Night Of A Thousand Stars Event To Shine
By Michelle Colesanti For the past two years, Marcia Minutello and daughter Laura-Lee have locally organized Night of a Thousand Stars, a special event benefitting those 16 and older with special...
View ArticleOmegaman To Appear At 10th Annual Back 2 School Bash
By Michelle Colesanti Omegaman will be breaking cement blocks and wood, and will do other feats demonstrating strength to help create some excitement for families as the new school year approaches....
View ArticleFishHawk Backpack Buddies Program Involves Local Teen Help
By Michelle Colesanti A friend is someone who is always there for you. Friends of Fishhawk, a non-profit organization started by Kelly Rowjohn in 2012, has become that friend to those in need in the...
View ArticleMad Hatter Tea Party Fun Will Benefit No-Kill Shelter Rescues
By Michelle Colesanti Mad Hatter: No wonder you’re late. Why, this watch is exactly two days slow. Despite the Mad Hatter’s concerns, it will soon time to head down in to the rabbit hole and you won’t...
View ArticleFirst Annual Sickle Cell Awareness Benefit Beauty Pageant And Vendor Expo
Mele’ Alivia is a winner of one of the Mini Supreme State Titles at The Florida State Pageant. According to Mele’s mom, Ashlee Denielle, “One of the benefits to winning is having the opportunity to...
View ArticleSupport Alzheimer’s Research By Joining The SouthShore Walk
By Michelle Colesanti It is estimated that 5.3 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease. About 200,000 individuals are under the age of 65, and almost two-thirds of those with Alzheimer’s are women....
View ArticleDr. Handyman Takes Care Of Pressure Washing Needs
By Michelle Colesanti Although Howard Whitener II is known as Dr. Handyman and can do a lot of helpful things around the house, his main focus these days is on residential and commercial pressure...
View Article60th Anniversary Celebration Planned For Brandon Junior Woman’s Club
By Michelle Colesanti This year, the Brandon Junior Woman’s Club (BJWC) is celebrating its 60th anniversary of service and volunteering in the Brandon community. A non-profit service organization, the...
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