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Category: Activism
Posted inActivism, People
Tigertown Event Yields K9 Comfort for Veterans
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Platform Premieres Short Film on Endangered Scrub Jay
Three events this weekend and next premiere an animated film commissioned by Platform Art to call attention to the endangered Florida Scrub Jay.
Posted inActivism, Health
Lakeland Community Garden Planned in Eaton Park
A conversation about healthy eating led Lakeland residents Savannah Vrana and Rosaline Cabrera to start The Backyard, a non-profit community garden where members will be able to grow their own organic food.
Posted inActivism, Downtown
Top Buttons Shoppers Support Youth Program
Top Buttons, an upscale thrift boutique that recently opened at 236 N. Kentucky Ave., supports the work of a non-profit organization that works with teen girls.
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Barnett Will Get Major Florida Child Advocacy Award
The Florida Children’s Week organization (link) presents Carol Jenkins Barnett its Chiles Advocacy Award Monday in Tallahassee. Source: Miami Herald
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Saturday’s Play It Forward Concert Benefits Music Students
As a former music student in Polk County schools, rock and blues singer Kathryne Agner is looking forward to performing Saturday in a five-band showcase at the Polk Theatre that raises money to buy instruments for students who can’t afford them. Her band, Kat & The Dawgs, has played two previous Play It Forward fund-raising concerts and joins this year’s other acts who […]
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‘Stop the Violence’ March Promotes Unity
The 6th annual “Stop the Violence” march took place March 11. Source: LkldTV