CLEARWATER - Calling all artists! The poster competition is on for this fall's Clearwater Jazz Holiday. The winner will receive $2,000. The poster will be printed by offset in a maximum of six colors, including varnish. Submissions should be at least 11 inches by 17 inches and maximum image size is 26 inches by 38 inches. The poster can be horizontal or vertical. Artwork can be produced digitally, photographically or by traditional artistic mediums. Entries must be submitted by 5 p.m. May 15 to Provident Advertising & Marketing, 1700 McMullen-Booth Road, Suite B-5, Clearwater. For more details call Holly at 791-3939 or send e-mail to art@providentcreative.com To see previous years' posters, go to www.clearwaterjazz.com and click on the jazz holiday poster archive.
Looking for a few good older workers
The Experience Works program is accepting nominations of older working Americans for the Prime Time Awards Program.
The event highlights the abilities of older workers and their contributions to the community. Anyone over 65 years old and working at least 20 hours a week is eligible to be nominated. Nominations must be in by Thursday. Nominations can be submitted online at www.experienceworks.org Awards event is scheduled for May 30. For information or to receive a nomination form, call 345-5975.
Palm Harbor Library hosts discussion groups
The Palm Harbor Library hosts a history discussion group and a science fiction discussion group. For information or to be a guest speaker, call Carolyn Burke at 538-2299. The Palm Harbor Library is at 2330 Nebraska Ave.
Italian-American Club offers dinner dances
CLEARWATER - The Italian-American Club of Greater Clearwater, 200 McMullen-Booth Road, has a pasta dinner and dancing every Tuesday. Dinner at the club is at 5:30 p.m., followed by dancing until 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 for members and $8 for nonmembers. The club also puts on dinner-dances from 5:30 to 11 p.m. every other Saturday. For information, call 791-8698 or go to the club's Web page at www.iacgc.freewebspace.com
Learn about volunteering for hospice at orientation
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast offers orientation classes for people interested in learning more about volunteer opportunities. The hospice also has a special program that enables high school students to make hospice volunteering a part of their educational experience. Hospice services include end-of-life medical care, emotional counseling and spiritual support. To learn more about hospice volunteering, call Kathy Roble, director of volunteer services, at 586-4432.
Pilates sessions available at wellness centers
CLEARWATER - The Wellness Centers of Morton Plant Mease Health Care offer the Pilates method of body conditioning. Beginner and advanced classes are offered Monday through Friday at the Cheek-Powell Wellness Center, Clearwater, and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at the Palm Harbor Wellness Center.
Joseph Pilates developed the program, a strengthening and stretching class based on a few repeated control and resistance movements, about 70 years ago. The classes use six basic principles - concentration, control, centering, flowing movement, precision and breathing - and have been studied by numerous ballet companies and theater groups. Beginner-level classes are good for the elderly because they are gentle, non-cardiovascular exercises that concentrate on mind-body awareness. The classes are free to Wellness Center members; $10 each class for nonmembers. In Clearwater, call 462-7656. In Palm Harbor, call 772-2222.
Support program for kids needs volunteers
LARGO - The Permanency Support Program, which matches adult volunteers with children ages 3 to 11 who are in shelter or foster care, is looking for volunteers to spend two to four hours a week with a child on such activities as reading, baking and fishing.
Volunteers must be age 30 or older and no experience is necessary.
Training and ongoing support are provided by the program, which is a service of Gulf Coast Community Care, a nonprofit, non-denominational social service agency. For information, call 538-7460, ext. 3014 or ext. 3031.
Jazz band seeking various new players
Sonny LaRosa and America's Youngest Jazz Band is accepting musicians age 12 and younger to play saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar or bass and to sing. Beginners will be considered. For information, call 725-1788.
