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Visit SPC campuses for InfoFest events

By TIMES WIRES
Published July 8, 2007

COUNTYWIDE

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

InfoFest will be on Tuesday 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

Marriage workshops offered to help couples

Learning to make a marriage work can be hard, but the nonprofit group Family Resources offers workshops in 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 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday 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.

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

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.

SAFETY HARBOR

Paint Your Heart Out seeks homes to paint

Paint Your Heart Out, a group that provides house painting to five neighbors in need, is seeking candidates for houses to paint next spring. The group paints houses for people who are financially or physically in need. The group also does landscaping and minor repairs to houses. Call (727) 724-1555, ext. 406.

COUNTYWIDE

County workshop set on starting a business

Learn how to develop a business plan and get the necessary permits to open up shop in Pinellas County from noon to 2 p.m. every Wednesday through August at the Pinellas County Business Development Center, 13805 58th St. N, Suite 1-200. The introductory workshop is an overview of the information needed to start a business. Call 453-7200.

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