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Poolside Party Kicks Off JLGL Pro-Am Ben...

Poolside Party Kicks Off JLGL Pro-Am Benefit Tourney
Lakeland – On February 24 – 26, 2012, the Junior League of Greater Lakeland (JLGL) will host Lakeland’s 33rd Annual Pro-Am Tennis Tournament. Proceeds from this event will benefit the literacy programs of the JLGL and the students of Achievement Academy. The kick-off event, a Polynesian Poolside Party, will be held on Friday, February 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lakeland...

Scales and Tails Pet Festival to be held...

Scales and Tails Pet Festival to be held at DiOGi Park
The Polk County Board of County Commissioners’ Parks and Recreation will host the Scales and Tails Pet Festival on Sat., Feb. 11 from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. at Loyce E. Harpe Park in Mulberry (500 West Carter Road, next to the DiOGi Dog Park). This family event is free and open to the public. Free activities include live entertainment by Sunshine Serpents, pet contests, wiener dog...

Poly students collaborate with Florida P...

Poly students collaborate with Florida Presbyterian Homes residents to create multimedia compositions
Due to their collaborative efforts with University of South Florida Polytechnic students, some Florida Presbyterian Homes residents and their families have a memory they will treasure for years to come. Florida Presbyterian Homes residents, family, and friends gathered with USF Polytechnic students in the FPH chapel for a Nov. 30 film festival showcasing the collaborative stories that...

Komen Race Online Registration Closes; L...

Komen Race Online Registration Closes; Late Registration Details
Online Registration Needs To Close At Midnight On Wednesday The rate for registration across all events increases by $5 after this date. BUT…We will be taking “late registrations” throughout via the registration forms: Late registration opening at Tigertown, Friday, January 13, 3-7 p.m. at the Ticket Counter area.  And, also early morning Race Day, Saturday, Jan. 14...

NobleHour celebrates launch with MLK Day...

Web-based community engagement platform NobleHour will officially launch on Jan. 16, 2012. A client in the University of South Florida Polytechnic’s Blue Sky West business incubator, NobleHour helps foster community growth through volunteering and service learning, so it seems appropriate for its launch to fall on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. In honor of the launch and...

Bok Tower Gardens Hosts Bark Tower Garde...

Bok Tower Gardens Hosts Bark Tower Gardens’ Winter Dog Day
Bok Tower Gardens is going to the dogs for good cause on Saturday, January 14 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the Bark Tower Gardens’ Winter Dog Day. Leashed and friendly dogs will be invited to visit to help support the Humane Society of Polk County which will receive 50 percent of the event proceeds. Dog admission, including a doggie gift bag, is $5 per dog. Regular human admission...

Local Volunteer Mentors Earn High Honor:...

Local Volunteer Mentors Earn High Honor:  Big Brother and Big Sister of the Year
Local Volunteer Mentors Earn High Honor:  Big Brother and Big Sister of the Year Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Celebrates National Mentoring Month by Recognizing Volunteers and Encouraging Others to Become Mentors Tampa –  Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay kicks off National Mentoring Month by announcing its 2012 Big Brother and Big Sister of the Year.  Each year,...

MLK Day of Service Brings Tales to Polk ...

MLK Day of Service Brings Tales to Polk Classrooms
Polk County RSVP Mobilizes Area Residents to Serve on King Holiday Bartow – For the second year, approximately 50 Polk County residents are expected to celebrate the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday by volunteering to read to kindergarten students in six Title 1 elementary schools. Students at Eagle Lake, Horizons, Kathleen, Lewis Anna Woodbury, Snivel and Wahneta elementary...

Nana Will Be Trekking

Nana Will Be Trekking
“Trek for a Cure” will be Nana’s mantra through January 14 as I enlist as many members as possible to join our Friends of the Parks’ team in support of the Susan G. Komen Race for Breast Cancer Cure fundraising event being held at Tiger Town Stadium. A special team t-shirt was designed before I left last Friday for Indy.  It was a whirlwind four days, including travel time,...

Polk County Fire Rescue Donates Over 160...

Polk County Fire Rescue Donates Over 160 toys to Toys for Tots
BARTOW – Polk County Fire Rescue collected over 160 unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots at its annual award recognition ceremony. Attendees arrived to see seven Christmas trees wonderfully decorated by Fire Rescue staff. They voted for their favorite by placing their gift under that tree. Team Pink, who walked the Susan G. Komen three-day Race for the Cure in October, raising over...

PSC Chain of Lakes Students Raise $1,204...

PSC Chain of Lakes Students Raise $1,204 for Local Causes
WINTER HAVEN – Students at Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School recently collected $1,204.36 – in pennies – to benefit good causes in the area. Members of the school’s Leadership Cadre, a service learning club, started their campaign in November, encouraging their fellow students to donate spare change. The spare-change drive at Polk State is...

‘Thanksgiving in a bag’ helps feed Poly ...

Thanks to Patty Martinez, at least 55 students at the University of South Florida Polytechnic did not go hungry at Thanksgiving. Martinez, Student Government Activities Board director, proposed the idea of donating Thanksgiving bags to the Student Food Pantry. For “Thanksgiving in a Bag” she purchased food with funds Student Government donates each year to the food pantry, and she...

Parades Lead Off Fun-Filled Holiday Seas...

Parades Lead Off Fun-Filled Holiday Season
Holiday Happenings means Downtown Lakeland stays open late for holiday shopping and cheer tonight. Get some holiday shopping done and enjoy the yuletide spirit. Photos with Santa, holiday music and entertainment. Dec. 2, 6-9 p.m. Rock on over to the Jingle Bell Rock Party at Wabash Community Center, 1230 Southern Ave., Lakeland Dec. 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. Presented by Polk County Parks...

Clipping coupons helps Poly student stoc...

Clipping coupons helps Poly student stock food pantry
When Melissa Williams noticed the cupboard was bare, she decided to do something about it. Thanks to her efforts, the shelves of Student Food Pantry at the University of South Florida Polytechnic are now full again. “I was shocked at how bare the shelves were on the day I came in,” says Williams, a student at USF Poly. She also writes a coupon column in The Ledger, teaches coupon...

USF Poly Rath Center to hold Open House ...

The University of South Florida Polytechnic’s Rath Senior ConNEXTions and Education Center will hold an open house Dec. 1 at its new location at One Poly Place, 439 South Florida Avenue, Lakeland. The event begins at 11 a.m. with tours of the facility, followed by a tree of peace ceremony and light lunch from noon to 1 p.m. Rev. John Holloway, chaplain at Good Shepherd Hospice, will...

Leadership Bartow Sponsors Toy Drive

Leadership Bartow Sponsors Toy Drive
Leadership XIV, the current class of the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce Leadership Bartow program, is sponsoring a toy drive benefitting Heartland for Children’s foster kids. The Polk County Democrat is co-sponsoring the drive. Left, Heartland For children Chief of Community Relations Kim Daugherty is joined by her fellow Leadership XIV classmates, co-chairmen Paula Jackson (far...

Snowbells Bells Ring – Are You Lis...

Snowbells Bells Ring – Are You Listening?
“Christmas with the Family” Parade begins at 7 p.m. Nov. 28 on Main Street in Avon Park. Sponsored by the Avon Park Chamber of Commerce. Holiday Happenings means Downtown Lakeland stays open late for holiday shopping and cheer. Get some holiday shopping done and enjoy the yuletide spirit. Photos with Santa, holiday music and entertainment. Dec. 2, 6-9 p.m. Rock on over to...

Join Natural Air in Feeding the Needy

Join Natural Air in Feeding the Needy
Drop off your nonperishable items to Natural Air Energy Saving Systems (heating & cooling) now through the end of the year to support Lighthouse Ministries. Please join us to help provide food boxes for families in need. For stopping in a giving your donation, Natural Air Energy will give you a 20% off coupon. Please join us in making sure every family celebrates the holidays with...

USF Poly sells out gala to raise scholar...

For one night only, the construction site at the University of South Florida Polytechnic’s new campus location will be transformed into elegance. USF Polytechnic has sold out its first TILT Gala event Nov. 18 at 6:30 p.m.  More than 450 tickets were sold, and all proceeds from this black-tie-optional philanthropic event will provide scholarships for USF Poly’s inaugural freshmen...

USF Poly gala to raise scholarship funds

For one night only, the construction site at the University of South Florida Polytechnic’s new campus location will be transformed into elegance. USF Polytechnic will hold its first TILT Gala event Nov. 18 at 6:30 p.m.  All proceeds from this black-tie-optional philanthropic event will provide scholarships for USF Poly’s inaugural freshmen in fall 2012, hailed as the “Hot...

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