Durant grad honored by Bolts
During the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Oct. 13 game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the team named Hanna Weber its 326th Lightning Community Hero.
Weber, who graduated from Durant High School this past spring, has completed over 500 hours of community service and served as president of the Tampa Museum of Art’s Youth Council over the past two years. She’s helped the museum create the Teen Open Studio Program, which gives teenagers free studio space on-site so they can express themselves.
The Lightning gave Weber a $50,000 donation, half of which Weber plans to give to the museum to help fund new technology, software and hardware for the Teen Open Studio. The other half will help pay for Weber’s education at the University of North Florida.
Christmas Parade coming soon
Plant City’s annual Christmas Parade is right around the corner, and the group behind the parade is working to make the Dec. 7 event as good as ever.
Stingray Chevrolet will host a barbecue chicken dinner fundraiser in its parking lot beginning at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 2. All proceeds from the fundraiser will fund the 2018 parade. Orders can be placed in advance by calling Bob Fulks at 813-365-0275, Henry Falcon at 813-754-9338 or Sharon Moody at 813-453-7134.
The parade is also looking for sponsors and has available sponsorships starting at $250. The sponsorships are tax-deductible. Interested potential sponsors can call Fulks, Moody, Marsha Passmore at 813-245-2244 or Dodie White at 813-927-0595.
Parade applications and Grand Marshal nominations are currently open and can be completed online at pcchristmasparade.homestead.com. Those interested in being a part of the parade can also apply at the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce.
P.C. Goodwill taking hurricane donations
Goodwill and Red Cross have partnered to help you help Hurricane Michael victims.
The two groups are teaming up to handle donations at Florida Goodwill locations, including Plant City’s store at 2802 James L. Redman Parkway. Anyone with something to give can have their goods earmarked for donation before they’re sent up north to be distributed to those affected by the hurricane. Almost anything is fair game, but Goodwill has identified clothing, shoes, towels, linens and other household goods as high-priority items.
Monetary donations can be made online at redcross.org.
HCC to host open house
Hillsborough Community College’s Plant City campus is getting ready to host an open house for anyone looking to learn new career-oriented skills.
Whether the goal is to learn something that can help in a current career or lead to a new one, or if an employer is curious about how it can help employees with education, HCC will have the answers from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 at the Trinkle Center, 1206 N. Park Road. The college has six new degree and certificate programs that have started this fall: medical biller, medical coder, paralegal studies, business specialist and office support.
Anyone interested in attending is asked to RSVP online at hccfl.edu.