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Volunteers needed as kids; mentors

By TIMES WIRES
Published December 7, 2006

Gulf Coast Community Care needs volunteers age 30 and older for its mentoring program. Each volunteer is matched with a child who needs a positive adult role model. Many of the children are in foster care or live with a single parent who is going to school and working. No experience is necessary, and there is no cost. Volunteers spend a few hours a week in simple activities such as reading, fishing, baking, teaching a craft or visiting a park with a child. Gulf Coast Community Care has children throughout Pinellas waiting for mentors. To learn how you can make a lasting difference in the life of a child, call 479-1813, 479-1841 or 479-1831

Student artwork in two exhibitions

Artwork by students in Pinellas County elementary schools is on display at two sites in the county. "A Creative START" at the Student Exhibitions Gallery of the Gulf Coast Museum of Art, 12211 Walsingham Road in Largo, runs through Jan. 7. Also, the "Just Like Me: Word and Image Elementary Exhibition" is on display in the Risser Children's Gallery at the Arts Center, 719 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Student contributors created a self-portrait, then wrote about what makes them unique, based on the theme. The exhibit closes Dec. 31. For more information, call Sue Castleman at 588- 6057.

Resume writing workshop offered

Do you need help writing a resume or sprucing up your current one? Betty Hardy of Pinellas Technical Education Centers will present a free class on resume writing from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Clearwater Main Library, 100 N Osceola Ave. Class size is limited to the first 20 people who arrive. Call (727) 562-4970, ext. 5045.

Annual holiday parade on Friday

Clearwater's annual holiday parade will kick off at Crest Lake Park at 7 p.m. Friday. More than 100 units in this year's parade will proceed down Cleveland Street and turn on Myrtle Avenue, the end of the route this year.

Festival follows holiday parade

Dunedin's family fest and parade is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Edgewater Park and includes entertainment, a craft show and holiday activities. The parade, with more than units and Santa, begins at 11 a.m. on Alt. U.S. 19 south of Wilson Street and passes Edgewater Park.

Annual Christmas parade a maybe

A proposal by City Council member Jim Ronecker to hold an annual Christmas parade was quashed by other council members Tuesday night. Well, more like ignored. No one really said anything, they were just kind of silent when Ronecker suggested a parade. He said he got the idea from attending Safety Harbor's annual parade and said he thought it brought a real sense of community. Finally, Mayor Jerry Beverland told Ronecker he could have the parade if he agreed to organize it for the next several years. Ronecker said he'd look into it.

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