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PSTA collecting items to send to the troops
By TIMES WIRES
Published August 7, 2007
COUNTYWIDE The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is collecting items from bay area residents to send to service members stationed overseas. The agency's goal is to fill several buses with items for men and women in the military and deliver them to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where base personnel will send them to the troops. Items needed include insect repellent, sunblock, lip balm, breath mints, disposable cameras, batteries, stationery, stamps, prepaid phone cards, paperback books and magazines, microwave popcorn, instant oatmeal and coffee, tea bags and powdered hot chocolate. Donations may be dropped off during business hours on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends at the Park Street customer service center, Park Street and Garden Avenue in Clearwater. To learn more, visit www.PSTA.net. Guardians ad litem needed for kids More than 1, 000 children in Pinellas County need someone to be their voice in the courtroom, and the county's guardian ad litem program hopes that could be you. Guardians receive ongoing assistance to help them make a positive difference in the lives of children. The average time needed is four to six hours a month. The next training to become certified as a guardian ad litem is scheduled to begin Sept. 4. Call (727) 464-6528 or visit www.guardianadlitem6.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. 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.
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by Paul
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08/07/07 12:05 PM
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PSTA(Pretty Slow To Anywhere) should focus on getting their buses from point A to point B on time.In the past week I have been on buses that broke down/buses where the driver took the wrong route/buses that stayed at origin point past departure time.
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