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Visit SPC campuses for InfoFest events

By TIMES STAFF
Published June 24, 2007

COUNTYWIDE

St. Petersburg College will hold an InfoFest at five of its campuses next month to welcome prospective students and let them learn about the college.

InfoFest will be on July 10 at the Clearwater, Seminole, St. Petersburg/Gibbs, Tarpon Springs campuses and SPC Downtown.

The enrollment festivities will operate from the sites' administration buildings and feature campus tours. Peak hours each day are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m.

Faculty, advisers and staff will be available to answer questions about student services, scholarships and financial aid.

InfoFest's target audience is recent Pinellas high school graduates.

For information, visit www.spcollege.edu/infofest.

COUNTYWIDE

Join the team to fill backpacks for kids

The Junior League of Clearwater-Dunedin is teaming up with Clothes To Kids to provide backpacks filled with school supplies and a week's supply of school clothes to 100 low-income Pinellas County schoolchildren.

The Junior League says donations of $15 will help a child begin the school year with confidence as he or she enters the classroom. Checks can be made out to the Junior League and mailed to Junior League of Clearwater-Dunedin, 1265 Bayshore Blvd., Dunedin, FL 34698, Attn: Community Outreach-Back To School Fair. Founded in 2002, Clothes To Kids, 1059 N Hercules Ave., provides free new and quality used clothing to low-income children in Pinellas County. Call 441-5050 or visit www.clothestokids.org.

PALM HARBOR

Club seeks help for Taste of Palm Harbor

The GFWC Palm Harbor Junior Women's Club is looking for restaurants, artisans and crafters to participate in its 11th annual Taste of Palm Harbor. Proceeds from the October event benefit the club's grants and scholarship program. This year's taste is scheduled for Oct. 7 on Florida Avenue in historic downtown Palm Harbor. Call 934-7001 or visit www.phjwx.org.

PALM HARBOR

Vendors needed for club's flea market

The Palm Harbor Community Activity Center is looking for vendors for its first-ever flea market and and 5K run on July 14. Proceeds benefit local scholarships. Call 771-6000 or visit www.phrec.org.

DUNEDIN

Join the Walking Club for exercise and fun

Exercise your legs with walking and your mouth with laughter with the Walking Club at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hale Activity Center, 330 Douglas Ave. The group meets Tuesdays and Thursdays to walk the Pinellas Trail. Call 727 298-3299.

COUNTYWIDE

Marriage workshops offered to help couples

Learning to make a marriage work can be hard, but the nonprofit group Family Resources offers workshops in June and July designed to help couples build the foundation for a successful relationship.

This workshop helps couples focus on factors they can control and offers tools to safely and effectively manage life's surprises. It is being offered:

- From 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 30 at Maximo Presbyterian Church, 3200 58th Ave. S, St. Petersburg.

- From 6 to 8 p.m. June 29, July 12 and July 19, at Family Resources, 5180 62nd Ave. N, Pinellas Park.

- From 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 28 at Family Resources in Pinellas Park.

To register or for information, call Cindy Haseman at 528-5776 or visit www.youandme-we.org. For more information on Family Resources, visit www.family-resources.org.

CLEARWATER

Support Operation Shoebox project

Support Operation Shoebox with nonperishable foods, travel-sized games and Silly String. The project, put together by Morningside Recreation summer campers, is to collect items for troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Troops use Silly String, for instance, to find nearly invisible trip wires that could set off booby-traps.) Donations can be dropped off through Aug. 3 at all Clearwater recreation centers and at the Municipal Services Building, 100 S Myrtle Ave. Call 507-4065.

COUNTYWIDE

Disaster readiness focus of seminar

Make a business plan for the worst. Pinellas County Economic Development will host a free hurricane preparedness seminar for businesses on June 29. Participants will receive an emergency resource kit and tools to develop a disaster preparedness and recovery plan, including disaster contact information. A complimentary lunch will be served. The seminar will be from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the EpiCenter, 13805 58th St. N, Clearwater. To register, e-mail businesshelp@pced.org or call (727) 453-7200.

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