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Digest

Benefit to raise money to fight ovarian cancer

By Times Staff Writer
Published October 7, 2007


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ST. PETERSBURG

"Beneath the Stars, an Evening with Neiman Marcus," benefits the Celma Mastry Ovarian Cancer Foundation on Wednesday at the St. Petersburg home of Fazal Fazlin. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $200. Information: 894-6088.

ST. PETERSBURG

Free clinic benefit to help the hungry

The St. Petersburg Free Clinic will sponsor "Soup's On," a benefit for the hungry, at 11:45 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church, 701 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg. Donations accepted. Information: www.stpetersburgfreeclinic.org; 821-1200, ext. 114.

PINELLAS COUNTY

Saturday is full of nonprofit events

Saturday's a big day for Pinellas nonprofits. Events include an appearance by actor Lou Gossett Jr. at the Boys & Girls of the Suncoast Alumni Awards Gala. The address: Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park, 950 Lake Carillon Drive. Tickets: $150. Information: 546-1032, ext. 13.

There's also a big benefit for the Mirror Lake Complex from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Mirror Lake Lyceum, 727 Third Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Tickets: $35. Information: 827-1432.

"The Night the Stars Came Out" raises money for the Gulfcoast Oncology Foundation beginning at 7 p.m. at the Largo Cultural Center, 105 Central Park Drive. Tickets: $75. Information: 821-0017.

[Last modified October 7, 2007, 01:35:53]


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