LUTHERAN WELCOMES MOBILE FOOD PANTRY
On Thursday, June 20, Hope Lutheran Church, 2001 North Park Road, will host their mobile food pantry in the church parking lot. This pantry, in association with St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Lakeland, will begin distributing food to those in need beginning at 6:00 p.m. until the supplies are distributed. Anyone in need of grocery assistance is encouraged to join the event as the church works to eliminate food insecurities in our community. Various goods are available from vegetables, to meats, to dairy, and bakery goods. The pantry, “Moving Hope,” takes place at Hope Lutheran on the third Thursday of each month. No identification is required, and the pantry is open to anyone in our Plant City community needing an extra hand of help.
For additional information, contact the church office at 813-752-4622.
DURANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SCORE PERFECT ATTENDENCE
Hillsborough County Schools announced four students in the county never missed a day of school from kindergarten through 12th grade. Two Durant High School seniors earned this high accolade. Anelise Wyatt and Nathan Bramlett attended 180 days per year for 13 years straight. That is 2,340 consecutive days of school.
To mark this astounding achievement, the four students were invited to the June 4 Hillsborough County School Board meeting where Partners in Education honored them. Each student received a new laptop from PC Connections and a $500 scholarship from Suncoast Credit Union.
PREMIERE CINEMAS HOSTS VETERANS VIP EVENT
Premiere Cinemas hosted an Orange Carpet event for 20 veterans and their families on the evening of Thursday, May 30. Vet Tix, which captures tickets to events for veterans and their families, provided the passes to The Garfield Movie. Hungry Howie’s donated a pasta bar—fitting for the comic strip cat Garfield, a lover of lasagna. Additionally, Premiere Cinemas gave goodie bags to the veterans. The event also showed a public service announcement from Rescue Pets of Florida about kitten adoptions and fostering.
NEW MURAL BLOSSOMS SOUTH OF PLANT CITY
SG Trailer Sales on Highway 60 commissioned this stunning 10-foot high and 100-foot long mural. “There wasn’t much color on this side of Plant City,” said Andre Avramovic, owner of the company. He first considered a graffiti motif, but searched Tik Tok for ideas and artists. When he found mural artist Leah Tinsley’s work, he hired her. It took Tinsley’s crew of five artists about three weeks to complete the mural.
“People come in all the time to take photos,” Avramovic said. SG Trailers has had so many visitors from people in Jeep clubs, SG now keeps rubber ducks in the store for them.
SG Trailers has a different location in Plant City where they manufacture car, utility, and dump trailers. The sales location at 301 Highway 60 West, opened in February 2022.