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Winery to the Rescue, Keel and Curley Winery’s annual dog rescue awareness event, not only drew dozens of good boys and girls and their humans to the winery for a day of fun, but also served as a meet-and-greet session for those interested in adoption.
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Plant City High School teacher Fernando Guillen won Klein Tools’ National Electrician of the Year award in November. Guillen founded the school’s electrical program in 2016 and has since grown it into one of the most popular electives PCHS has to offer with more than 50 students enrolled.
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Hopewell Funeral Home’s annual Veterans Day event featured the choir from Springhead Elementary School and readings of essays from local elementary and middle school students. The event is one of the longest-running Veterans Day ceremonies in Plant City.
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The Empty Bowls Project is a major fundraiser for the United Food Bank of Plant City and draws hundreds to the train depot every year. Attendees can try soups made by local organizations, buy handmade bowls and more to help the food bank.
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Plant City’s Pig Jam was once again a big hit. The annual barbecue competition also features tasting stations where you can turn in your “pig bucks” to pig out thanks to vendors inside and outside of town.
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Dancing with the Locals returned to the Trinkle Center at Hillsborough Community College and raised more than $100,000 for the Plant City Rotary Club. The winners of this year’s event for both Judges’ Choice and People’s Choice were Stephanie Eisenbach and Casey Stidham. Sophia Hyde and Audrey Schmidt placed second and Haylee Mathis and Aaron Brown placed third.
Appropriately enough, November in Plant City was marked by giving thanks.
That included several major Veterans Day events, such as Hopewell Funeral Home’s annual gathering at Veterans Memorial Park and the Elks Lodge’s annual barbecue. Klein Tools showed its appreciation for Plant City High School teacher Fernando Guillen’s hard work by naming him its National Electrician of the Year. Downtown merchants thanked residents for their business with their big Nov. 30 Small Business Saturday event, a partnership with Plant City Main Street that featured great deals for everyone.
Other big things that happened in November include the annual Dancing with the Locals fundraiser, Keel and Curley Winery’s annual Winery to the Rescue animal rescue awareness event, Marshall Middle School becoming a candidate to launch an IB program, Walden Lake, LLC unveiling plans for the Walden Lake community, Jerilyn Rumbarger taking the helm at Plant City Main Street as its new executive director, Empty Bowls coming back to the train depot and Pig Jam filling bellies with the tastiest barbecue around.
