Deadline dates upcoming for Florida Strawberry Festival Queen’s Scholarship Pageant
Deadlines are upcoming for any who wish to participate in the Florida Strawberry Festival Queen’s pageant.
Sponsored by the Plant City Lions Club — who will conduct the pageant through the selection of the five finalists and the coronation ceremony of the queen and her court in January — a mandatory orientation for all applicants will take place at the Milton E. Hull Building, 2202 W. Reynolds St., on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 3 p.m., Monday, Oct. 24 at 5:30 p.m. or Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 5:30 p.m.
Applications can be obtained at www.flstrawberryfestival.com or www.plantcitylionsclub.com. The completed application, along with one identification wallet-sized photo of the applicant attached, a $25 entry fee, a document that shows permanent domicile address and a printed transcript with the applicant’s most current district GPA signed by registrar must be hand delivered to the Festival office, 303 Berryfest Pl., on or before Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. Mailed applications will not be accepted. Applicants must be at least sixteen years of age and cannot be older than 21 years of age by March 1, 2023. The applicant must also be a junior or higher and must be enrolled in and attending high school, a home school program or attending a post secondary education or training with a 3.0 weighted grade point average or higher. Their permanent address must also be within the pageant’s current area boundaries.
The pageant will be limited to 35 contestants that will be accepted on a first-come basis. These will be kept on file and no contestant will be replaced if any of the 35 contestants drop out prior to, on or after Nov. 25, 2022.
For a comprehensive guide to the pageant’s rules, regulations, general information and deadlines, visit www.flstrawberryfestival.com/media-2/contests/
Generation’s Renewed brings National Wreaths Across America Day to Plant City
Generations Renewed is looking for members of the Plant City community who wish to sponsor a wreath to honor local heroes alongside Wreaths Across America.
Throughout the year, WAA works in a number of ways to show veterans and their families that their sacrifices are not forgotten. Every year the organization celebrates National Wreaths Across America Da on December 17 where they work with volunteers and sponsors to place a wreath on the graves of Veterans at Arlington National Cemetery, in addition to more than 2,500 additional locations in all 50 states, at sea and abroad.
“While we have Veterans Day in the fall and Memorial Day in the spring, our servicemen and women sacrifice their time and safety every single day of the year, to preserve our freedoms. And in many homes across the U.S., every day there is an empty seat for one who is serving, or one who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. That is why our mission to Remember, Honor and Teach lasts all year long, far beyond the single day in December when we coordinate wreath-laying ceremonies,” says the mission statement from WAA.
This year Generation’s Renewed will be bringing the ceremony to Plant City and you now have the opportunity to sponsor a wreath to be placed on a veteran’s grave this December at local cemeteries.
Visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/FL1006P to make a donation or contact local location coordinator Kimberly Kitchen at 813-562-4495 for more information.