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RCS Food Bank is accepting food donations for Thanksgiving and toys for the holidays. Toys will be accepted at the RCS office at 503 S Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Clearwater, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Those interested in organizing a food drive should call director Jamia Austin at 443-4031.
The Kiwanis Club of Springtime City/Clearwater will hold a membership drive during November. The organization's major projects focus on children and include Head Start, annual children's health fairs and sponsorship of school youth service organizations. Meetings are Thursdays at 6 p.m. Call John H. Williams at 418-6601.
CLEARWATER - The Upper Suncoast Dog Training Club, a not-for-profit organization, offers beginning through advanced level classes in agility, clicker training, conformation, junior handling, obedience and puppy kindergarten.
The club also hosts trials and provides opportunities to show your dog. The air-conditioned indoor club is at 2101 Logan St. near the Long Center. Call 727 449-8738 or check www.USDTC.org
The Suncoast String Band, which has performed in Pinellas County for more than 25 years, needs musicians who can play saxophone, banjo, violin, guitar, accordion or drums. Rehearsals are from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays at Clear Bay Terrace, 1770 Betty Lane N, Clearwater. The band performs music from the 1920s to the 1990s for area groups and organizations. Call band director Tom Barry at 734-2664 or Gene Rachal at 738-4546.
The Investigators of Nature kids club meets from 4 to 5 p.m. Mondays. The club for children ages 6 to 12 explores nature through hikes and hands-on projects. Cost is $1 with Dunedin rec card, $2 without. Call (727) 298-3271.
Unused cell phones can be lifesavers for seniors. The Area Agency on Aging of Pasco-Pinellas, Inc. and its Senior Victim Advocate Program are collecting used cell phones to distribute as 9-1-1 emergency or "Safety Phones" to seniors who are at risk. The cell phones are free to seniors and can only be used to access 9-1-1 in case of an emergency.
The agency has added two more distribution and collection sites for the Senior Safety Phone Project in Pinellas County, the Mainlands on U.S. 19 and Mainlands Boulevard in Pinellas Park, 217-0967, and the Senior Resource and Referral Center at 1281 Court St. in Clearwater, 442-7772. For information about the Senior Safety Phone Project or other distribution and collection sites call (727) 570-9696, ext. 279.