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Marriage workshops offered to help couples

By TIMES WIRES
Published July 12, 2007

COUNTYWIDE

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 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.

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.

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

County workshop 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.

Free dental exams for kids offered

Everyone needs healthy teeth, especially kids in school. To help children avoid missing school due to toothaches or similar problems, the Pinellas County Health Department will offer free dental exams and X-rays for children age 1 to 18. All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to participate, and many will be able to schedule followup appointments before school begins. The exams will be offered 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on:

- July 23 at the Pinellas Park Health Center, 6350 76th Ave. N, 547-7780.

- July 24 at the Largo Health Center, 12420 130th Ave., 588-4040, ext. 129.

- July 26 at the Clearwater Health Center, 310 N Myrtle Ave., 469-5800, ext. 121.

- July 27 at the Tarpon Springs Health Center, 301 S Disston Ave., 942-5457, ext. 111.

Print out checklist for disaster survival

Pinellas County Emergency Management has created a printable disaster survival kit that can make shopping for essential items to have on hand easier.

For information on hurricane preparedness, call 464-3800 or go to www.pinellascounty.org/emergency.

[Last modified July 11, 2007, 22:17:39]