Central Maintenance and Welding Donates to local group foster home.
Central Maintenance and Welding raised $112,000 at their 2nd -annual Shrimp Boil at The Hillsborough County Fairgrounds, held Feb. 16.
The funds were raised to support and empower the community’s youth, including the local group foster home, Everyday Blessings Inc.
The annual Shrimp Boil is the signature event of Central Maintenance and Welding and has been a big success.
“Our renewed tradition of hosting a Shrimp Boil for our valued clients and partners while being able to celebrate and support such laudable local causes such as Everyday Blessings continues to be the highlight of our company calendar every year,” said Shawn MacConnell, vice president of Central Maintenance and Welding.
Everyday Blessings Inc. was selected again this year as one of the events beneficiaries, along with Pinecrest Pilots Football and Cheer. Everyday Blessings provides residential services and care to foster children and young adults in Hillsborough and Manatee counties.
April 2, Everyday Blessings announced the impact of the $73,350 donation from Central Maintenance and Welding.
For information, see www.cmw.cc or www.everydayblessingsinc.org/
Select Walgreens offering senior discounts
With the 65- to 74-year-old population the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, increasing by 31 percent by 2026, Walgreens is offering seniors extra savings.
Through June 25, selected Walgreens locations will give 10 percent off storewide each Seniors Day in-store and online. Participating stores in Plant City are at 1802 James L. Redman Pkwy. and 2102 W. Baker St.
Seniors Day is held every first Tuesday of the month for seniors and their caregivers and offers 20 percent off regular-priced merchandise. In addition, through June 25, Walgreens will offer an additional 10 percent off any item to provide convenient, connected and affordable senior care.
Local Oratorical Contest Winner advances at Southwest Region Competition
Plant City Optimist Club Oratorical Contest representative Marley Mueller won second place at the Optimist International Southwest Region Oratorical Competition.
April 13 at the Plant City Parks & Recreation Department administrative conference room, six orators from the Polk, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties competed. Olivia Bond, a sixth-grader from LCC Day School, St. Petersburg placed first, with Mueller, a 10th grader at Plant City High School, scoring a close second place. Earlier this spring, Mueller placed second in the local competition Feb. 19 behind Durant 12th grader Gabby Howell, with the top two advancing to the Zone 6 competition against Winter Haven’s and Lakeland’s top competitors. Mueller took first place and advanced to the Southwest Region competition.
The theme of the 2024 contest was “How to Change the World with Optimism.” The students presented their four to five minute orations in front of an audience of more than 40. Bond and Mueller advance to the North Florida District Finals April 27 at 1 p.m. in Bushnell where they will compete against two representatives from the Orlando region and two from the Panhandle region. Winners get college scholarships for 1st place, $2,500, 2nd place, $1,500 and 3rd place $1,000.
Community hiring event in Plant City
Workforce Development Partners (WDP), a Florida-based nonprofit focused on workforce development and local economic growth in partnership with Hillsborough County and Hillsborough County Public Schools is hosting a hiring event April 25.
The Future Fair event is one of six held across Hillsborough County throughout April and is part of the Future Career Academy program of the Workforce Development Partners Corp., presented in partnership with Hillsborough County Public Schools. Future Career Academy is an immersive program that prepares seniors for in-demand, entry-level jobs.
Each job fair also features a Best Florida Jobs Power Hour hiring event, which connects adult community members with local businesses looking to fill immediate openings which offer long-term career and educational development.
The Future Fair is open to English and Spanish-speaking community members aged 18 and over looking to advance their careers and financial opportunities with established local businesses.
The event begins at 8 a.m., non-student jobseekers will only be admitted to the 1 to 2 p.m. Power Hour portion of the event, once the student programming has concluded.
The Plant City Future Fair is 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 25, in Hillsborough Community College’s Trinkle Center, 1206 N. Park Road.
For information, see www.thefuturercareacademy.com or email info@workforcedevelopmentpartners.com
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
April 27 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and each year the Plant City Police Department gets involved.
Each take back day in April and one in October, police department officials set up collection spots.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the police department will be set up at the CVS drugstore, 2302 James L. Redman Pkwy. to collect any unused prescription drugs. Those drugs are then delivered to the Drug Enforcement Administration, who makes sure they’re properly disposed.
Call 813-757-9200 for information.
Student, driver injured in
automobile, bus wreck
A student on a Hillsborough County school bus suffered a lip abrasion after a vehicle hit the bus at the intersection of Cooper Road and Knights Road.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reported the accident occurred at 8:41 a.m. and the person driving a red Nissan Centra was life-flighted to St. Joseph’s Hospital in serious condition. The student had a minor injury and was treated at the scene.