Dad-daughter date night registration open
The ninth annual dad-daughter date night is now open for registration. The event is from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Trinkle Center. The date night is for girls age 3 and up and their father or father figure.
Doors open at 3:15 p.m. for pictures and pre-events. The cost is $35 per couple and $10 for each additional child. Register by Feb. 2. Forms can be found at PlantCityGov.com and turned in to the Planteen Recreation Center. For more information, contact Maggie Morona at mmorona@plantcitygov.com or 813-659-4256.
Polar Bear Plunge comes to Plant City
The Plant City Family YMCA is hosting a Pledge, Plunge challenge Jan. 28, to raise money to serve the community. There will be a belly flop contest, a watermelon race, a parent and child relay, lap swimming and a Hungry Hungry Hippos-themed game.
Swimmers can pick up their pledge cards at the Y, 1507 YMCA Place, and begin raising funds for the contest. The top four fundraisers will win prizes.
Those interested can donate a flat amount or a pledge for the amount of laps that are swum, or they can sponsor an activity.
Royal Wise honored with auditorium dedication
1914 Plant City High School dedicated its community center auditorium to Royal Wise on Jan. 21. Wise was the caretaker at the Eastern Hillsborough Historical Society, a member of Youman’s Praise and Worship Center and a Veteran of The U.S. Army.
He served as the keeper of 1914 Plant City High for over 20 years and would often be found seated at the piano found in the auditorium he held so dear. The community gathered at the renamed concert hall to listen to Wise’s friends play some of his favorite songs. Jonathan Davis sat at his beloved piano and played melodies ranging from “Desperado” to “What a Wonderful World.”
Attendees shared words of remembrance and ended the event singing one of Wise’s all-time favorites, “How Great Thou Art.”
Free the Girls Bra Drive drop off locations
The Woman’s Club of Plant City is hosting a bra drive to donate gently used or new bras to help support sex trafficking survivors in Mozambique, Uganda and El Salvador. The bras allow the women to start their own business after being rescued from human trafficking.
Bras can be donated at Dairy Queen, 1902 W Reynolds St., and at On Site Accounting Inc., 104 N Evers St. Bins will remain at the locations through Feb. 5. Contact Patricia Wolff at 941-725-1135.