A “Welcome to the Catch” video (here) produced by outdoors outfitter L.L. Bean features Lakeland resident Will Dunn and his non-profit, Take a Kid Fishing. The company donated to his non-profit, supplied gear and clothing and paid the two teens featured in the video, Dunn said. | Learn more Source: Bay News 9
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Alice Koehler Will Lead Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine
Alice Koehler, whose career has focused on Lakeland non-profits since she returned here after two years in the Peace Corps, has been chosen as the next president and CEO of Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine.
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Holocaust Survivor: Choices Foster Hate
When Rose Rosenkranz first visited Auschwitz, the former Nazi extermination camp where as many as 1 million Jews were murdered, she said she heard the voice of her grandmother, who was among those who died there along with her two young children. “She said, ‘Speak for me and my two babies. I no longer have […]
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New Non-Profit Will Document the Good Work Others Do
This is a story about how Kathy Wallen met Andy and Ashley McEntire six years ago and how the resulting friendship blossomed into a new organization that aims to share stories of good works to an international audience.
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Survivor Will Speak at Holocaust Remembrance Day Event
Rosa Rosenkranz, a child survivor of the Holocaust, will speak at Temple Emanuel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day observance May 1 at 7 p.m. Source: Jewish Press of Tampa
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Commissioners Pledge to Add Housing for Homeless Kids
At a rousing faith-based rally Tuesday night, four Lakeland city commissioners pledged to reach a goal of adding 500 housing units for families with homeless children by 2023. Mayor Bill Mutz and commissioners Stephanie Madden, Justin Troller and Phillip Walker drew cheers for their pledges from the approximately 1,400 participants at the 19th annual Nehemiah […]
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Give Your Opinion for Lakeland’s Future
Lakeland Vision is looking for some good people like readers of LkldNow to take a survey to help guide the city’s future. You can take the short survey online. The deadline is March 31.
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Latin-American Rights Organization Launches Polk Chapter
The League of United Latin American Citizens launched its Polk Chapter Jan. 1 and has scheduled a swearing-in ceremony for April 5 at 5:30 p.m. at Florida Polytechnic University | Facebook Source: Bay News 9
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Groups Gather to Clean Up North Lake Wire Neighborhood
The cleanup was organized by the city of Lakeland’s Gang Task Force and included volunteers from Paint Your Heart Out Lakeland and faith-based organizations | View video Source: Bay News 9
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Local Methodists Express Grief, Hope After LGBTQ Vote
“It’s been an exhausting week,” said the Rev. David McEntire, senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Lakeland, speaking to his congregation during Sunday morning worship. “We’re kind of worn out.” Like many of his fellow United Methodists, McEntire was left wondering about the future of his denomination in the wake of a strife-filled […]