Churches unite to clean up
“The Sunday before last I said to the congregation, ‘You always have the first responders that come and help out in the initial storm. But you never have anyone who is a last responder.’ And that’s what we are,” Wiseman said. “That’s what the church is, we pick up what they don’t do and the spirit directed me to do that.”
The congregation at Bethel Baptist Church paid to hire help for Wiseman and Wilkerson took a day off work to join in the cleanup. Wiseman had been making a deposit at Centennial Bank when he noticed a house across the street had a tree fallen on it and another tree down in the backyard.
“I had no idea who lived here but I came over and knocked on the door,” Wiseman said. “He told me he was going to call FEMA, but we know how slow they are so we decided to come and help him. I often say, ‘We pay our money, but sometimes we need to put some legs to our money.’ So that’s what we’re doing.”
Wilkerson agreed and said, together, churches can make a difference in the community.
Plant City Optimist Club donation to the United Food Bank of Plant City
The Plant City Optimist Club donated $2,000 to the United Food Bank of Plant City on Sept. 23 following the golf classic. After hearing the food bank had provided 700 kids bags during the summer and that it was having trouble restocking shelves following Hurricane Irma, the Optimist Club decided to recognize the efforts of the food bank with a donation.
“Our complete focus is on the youth of the Plant City area and what better way to impact a large number of children who are truly in need of nutritional meals,” club president Jack Holland said in a news release.
GFWC Woman’s Club Chicken Barbecue
The GFWC Woman’s Club of Plant City is sponsoring a barbecue chicken dinner catered by Johnson’s Barbeque at the train depot, 102 N. Palmer St., from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 19. The dinners are $12 and the proceeds go toward scholarships for three high school students and a woman returning to the workforce. Tickets are advance sale only. To purchase call Patricia at 813-390-7331.