Trax Credit Union announces 2021 scholarship winners
Multiple Plant City area high school students received scholarships from Trax Credit Union as the winners were announced this week.
Trax provides several yearly youth scholarships to members in the All Aboard Youth Program. After submitting an application and essay explaining what it means to be an All Aboard Youth Member at Trax, applicants were evaluated on a number of categories that include community involvement, educational accolades, overall grade point average and Credit Union knowledge.
Each of the selected recipients earned a $500 scholarship.
“Trax Credit Union understands that young members are critical to the future success of the Credit Union and its respective communities,” President/CEO of Trax Credit Union Peter Giorgianni said. “We are proud each of these future leaders chose to bank with us. Congratulations to those selected for this scholarship.”
Here are Plant City’s local scholarship recipients:
Callie Smith:Callie is a Senior at Plant City High School. She has a cumulative GPA of 4.7090 and hopes to attend the University of Florida in 2022. Callie is a Varsity Cheer Captain, American Sign Language Honors Society President and a member of the National Honors Society.
Madison Hodge:Madison graduated from Durant High School with a cumulative GPA of 4.3 where she received the Biliteracy Seal for American Sign Language. She was a part of the National Junior Honor Society and the American Sign Language Honors Society. She hopes to study electrical engineering at South Florida State College.
Plant City Parks & Rec to host Halloween Trunk or Treat and Movie Night
The Plant City Parks & Recreation Department will host Halloween Trunk or Treat & Movie Night at the Sadye Gibbs Martin Community Center on Friday, Oct. 29.
Those in attendance that are 18 years old and under are encourage to wear costumes and the whole family is invited to this free and fun event.
In addition to the movie screening, a costume and trunk decorating contest will be held during the event. Bring your own chair and/or blanket for the movie and concessions will be available for purchase.
If you would like to have a trunk at the event, call 813-659-4255 or email recinfo@plantcitygov.com.
Sadye Gibbs Martin Community Center to host taekwondo
tournament
The Sadye Gibbs Martin Community Center in Plant City, 1601 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., will host the Brenda J. Sell Class on Saturday, a regional taekwondo tournament organized by the United States Chung Do Kwan Association.
The event will take place on Oct. 23 at 8 a.m., live or virtual, and you can register online for just $65 at www.uscdka.com.
The event was created by USCDKA president and CEO Brenda J. Sell to honor the impact that women have made in TaeKwonDo. Sell, a Lakeland native, was the first female to be awarded the World Taekwondo Federation certification for international level referee credentials and the only non-Asian female to be recognized by the World Teakwondo Headquarters as a 9th Dan Black Belt in the Chung Do Kwan style of taekwondo, making her the highest-ranked non-Asian female taekwondo practitioner in the world.
A breast cancer survivor herself, Sell is encouraging those in attendance to wear pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.