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Volunteers needed for Clearwater Jazz Holiday

By Times Staff Writer
Published September 23, 2007

COUNTYWIDE

The 28th annual MarineMax Clearwater Jazz Holiday is looking for hundreds of volunteers to help with every aspect of the four-day, free music event scheduled for Oct. 18-21 at Coachman Park.

Among other things, volunteers can sell merchandise, pour beer and wine, distribute soft drinks and water and check IDs. If you have carpentry, electrical, plumbing or handyman skills, your help is needed to build and tear down the event infrastructure.

Sign up online at www.clearwaterjazz.com and click on Volunteers; or call the Jazz Holiday office at (727) 461-5200 and ask for a registration form.

LARGO

School launches effort to expand its campus

The Pinellas County Jewish Day School has launched a capital campaign to buy and renovate property and buildings immediately next to is campus on Cambridge Avenue in Largo.

The purchase will add 11 new classrooms and a new auditorium.

The school, which has 205 students, has grown at a steady 5 percent per year over the past six years and has outgrown its existing facilities.

To learn more or support the capital campaign, call Brian Siegel, head of the school, at (727) 588-0100, or Michael Seltzer, president of the board of directors, at (727) 532-1999.

COUNTYWIDE

Cancer survivor camp accepting applications

Applications to attend Camp Living Springs, a three-day camp for cancer survivors age 18 and older, will be accepted until Sept. 30.

The camp is scheduled for Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and 2 in Ellenton. Transportation, food and accommodations at the camp are free.

The annual program is staffed and funded by the volunteer organization, Morton Plant Caring Partners, for Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater.

To request an application or for more information about the camp, call (727) 461-8010.

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