Plant City Fire Rescue Members Complete Paramedic Program
Three Plant City firefighter/EMTs graduated last week from the Hillsborough Community College Paramedic Program. After attending and completing a rigorous class schedule, clinical rides and many hours of studying, congratulations to: Hobie Herndon, Noe Guillen and William Sosa.
Hundreds Gather For Santa’s Sled Event
For more than 30 years the Plant City Black Heritage and Des’Aimes Social Club partnered with their local community to present Santa Sled Festival. This year’s event, held at the Sadye Gibbs Martin Community Center, was no different. Rain didn’t put a damper on the event that provided hundreds of families with turkeys, toys, bicycles, groceries and clothing items.
Plant City High Cheerleaders Win Big At Regional Competition
Several cases of the flu wasn’t enough to deter Plant City High School’s cheer team, who persevered through adversity to take first place in Small Varsity Non Tumbling Division I and Game Day Finals and at the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) Florida Regional Champs in Daytona. The team will compete in 2024 UCA National Cheerleading Championship in February.
Meals on Wheels Receives $40,000 Donation
Unity in the Community presented a $40,000 check to Meals on Wheels at Winn Dixie in Plant City Dec. 28. The funds will help support the nonprofit’s mission of providing nutritious meals to homebound seniors.
Hillsborough Education Foundation to Name Six Suncoast Credit Union Scholars in 2024
The Suncoast Credit Union is partnering with Hillsborough Education Foundation to offer six $2,000 scholarship awards to high school graduates in the Class of 2024. Applications are open under 1/31/2024 and are available at educationfoundation.com/seniorscholarships.
Plant City Republican Federation Republican Women’s Club Donates Books to Library
The Bruton Memorial Library’s book collections got a little bigger thanks to the Plant City Federated Republican Women’s Club, who donated 13 books for its shelves, including “Why America Matters” by Ben Carson and “Women Heroes of the American Revolution” by Susan Casey.
“Plant City Republican Women are so pleased to donate books for our Plant City community and library in our first annual Christmas book donation,” said club president Wendy Brown. “Good moral values, belief in Jesus as our Lord and Savior and true American patriotism are the backbone of America. We love gifting this knowledge and reading pleasure to children and adults.”
Rain Didn’t Deter Wreaths Across America Event
The weather may have been dreary on Dec. 16 but that didn’t stop community members from gathering at Veterans’ Memorial Park to participate in Wreaths Across America, an annual event honoring the city’s men and women who’ve served by placing fresh greens on their graves. Donned in rain gear, generations of family members came out to support the event and pay tribute to those who served this country.
Hillsborough County Parks and Sports Complexes
When it comes to a cardiac emergency, the difference between life and death can be measured in seconds. That’s why the American Heart Association has gifted 50 automated external defibrillators to Hillsborough County. The donation means all 46 Hillsborough County Parks & Recreation parks and sports complexes with youth or adult recreational leagues will have at least one automated eternal defibrillator, or AED, on site. AEDS are used to deliver an electrical shock, or defibrillation, to bring a person’s heart back into rhythm after a cardiac event, which can happen at any time. Timely access to an AED is particularly important at parks and sports complexes where large numbers of people routinely play high-intensity sports, often in a high-heat, high-humidity environment. Having an AED administered within three minutes of a cardiac emergency can significantly improve chances for a successful recovery.