Churches across Plant City celebrated Easter Sunday, Kerry Inc. adopts Brewer Park as environmental project and Elementary schools could to win up to $2,500
City Pointe celebrates first Easter Sunday in new building
It was a special day for City Pointe Church, which held its first major holiday service in its new building that morning. Guests new and familiar were served cookies and coffee, mingled after an egg hunt for the kids and got to check out the new additions and touches City Pointe made to the building to call it their own before the service began.
City Pointe moved into the old First Baptist Church of Plant City building, 503 N. Palmer St., in March and held its first service on March 18.
Kerry Inc. adopts Brewer Park as environmental project
Kerry, Inc. has started an environmental community project to help keep the community environmentally friendly. The company chose to adopt the Dr. Hal & Lynn Brewer Park for this journey. The 10.5-acre Brewer Park is heavily used by area walkers and bird watchers.
“The Kerry volunteers did a fantastic job at the park and we really appreciate their effort,” Recreation and Parks Director Jack Holland said in a news release. “Kerry is setting a worthy example for our community and helping keep our city a great place to work, live and play. We look forward to Kerry’s future involvement with our park system.”
On March 26, employees made their very first trip to the park and collected 54 pounds of trash in an hour and a half. The team will do their next clean-up on May 21.
“It feels great to give back to our little town as we’ve been a part of the Plant City manufacturing community for 63 years”, Susie Brown, Plant Manager of the facility, said.
Contest for Elementary schools to win up to $2,500
WoodmenLife is sponsoring the “America is…” video contest, which aims to help elementary school students become excited about their nation and show pride in their school and their local community. The students will make a 30-second to one minute-long video on the topic “What America means to me.”
The videos will be showed on WoodmenLife’s Facebook page and the public will vote for their favorite. The three videos with the most votes will win prizes. Visit facebook.com/WoodmenLife for information on other prizes awarded.
All elementary school classroom teachers, band directors, coaches, principals and school-affiliated organizations are eligible to participate in the contest.
“WoodmenLife is thrilled to offer this opportunity for schools to earn money for classroom activities, sports equipment, field trips or other items,” the company said in a news release.
The contest began April 2 and videos can be uploaded until noon on April 26. Then the public will have from April 30 through 12 p.m. May 11 to make a choice. Winners will be announced on May 14.
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