Plant City Garden Club offers scholarships to graduating students
The Plant City Garden Club is pleased to announce that they will be awarding two $1,000 scholarships in May to students who are looking to further their education in one of the following fields:
Horticulture
Biology
Landscape Design
Environment
Conservation and/or Forestry
Applications are not currently available online but can be found in the guidance counselor’s office at Durant High School, Plant City High School and Strawberry Crest High School. The deadline for application submissions is May 1.
The Plant City Garden Club was organized in 1948 with the purpose of bringing together a community and quests to learn and teach horticulture, conservation, flower arranging, botany, litter control, pollution and civic beautification. With this mission, the Garden Club is excited to extend these scholarships to local soon-to-be graduates.
Hope Lutheran Church welcomes mobile food pantry
Hope Lutheran Church will once again host their mobile food pantry in the church parking lot, 2001 N. Park Rd., on Thursday, April 21.
This pantry, in association with St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Lakeland, will begin distributing food to those in need beginning at 6 p.m., running until the supplies are distributed. Anyone in need of grocery assistance is encouraged to join as Hope Lutheran works to help eliminate food insecurities within their local community.
Various goods ranging from vegetables to meats to dairy and bakery goods will all be available.
The pantry, “Moving Hope,” takes place at Hope Lutheran Church on the third Thursday of each month, no identification is required to participate and the pantry is open to anyone in the Plant City community who may need an extra hand.
For additional information, contact the Hope Lutheran Church office at 813-752-4622.