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Services are planned to honor homeless

By Times Staff Writer
Published December 19, 2007

COUNTYWIDE

The Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless will coordinate a series of interfaith memorial services Thursday and Friday to remember those who have died while homeless. The 30-minute services will include music, eulogies and sacred readings. Free hot meals will be served after each service so homeless people, advocates, service providers, community leaders and others can share a meal together in the memory of those who died. The service times are:

- 4:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 812 E Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs.

- 11 a.m. Friday at St. Cecelia Catholic Church, 820 Jasmine Way, Clearwater.

- 6 p.m. Friday at the Pinellas Hope tent city, 5726 126th Ave. N, in unincorporated Pinellas south of Ulmerton Road.

- 6 p.m. Friday at St. Vincent de Paul, 401 15th Street N, St. Petersburg.

For more information, call the coalition at (727) 528-5832.

DUNEDIN

Evening of art to benefit fire victims

An evening of music, refreshments and an auction from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at the Dunedin Fine Art Center will benefit the artists of the Imago Art Group who recently lost their work in a studio fire. The auction will feature donated art works and all proceeds will benefit the artists' group. A $20 admission is suggested. Those unable to attend who want to give a donation should make checks payable to PAVA, P.O. Box 2665, Dunedin, FL 34697. Call (727) 298-3322 or visit www.dfac.org.

Take a walk with a ranger in the park

See plants and wildlife in their natural habitat on guided walks with Florida Park Service rangers at Honeymoon Island State Park at 11 a.m. on Saturdays. The walks are free, however, there is a park entrance fee of $5 for two to eight people in a vehicle, $3 for one person in a vehicle and $1 for walkers or bicyclists. Meet the ranger at the beginning of the Nature Trail. The park is at 1 Causeway Blvd., Dunedin. Call (727) 469-5942 or visit www.floridastateparks.org.

PALM HARBOR

Need help with holiday wrapping?

Members of Daughters of Italy Lodge 2825 are wrapping holiday gifts for charity at Books-a-Million, 33550 U.S. 19 N, Palm Harbor, now through Christmas Eve. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. except Christmas Eve when the hours will be 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Donations will be accepted and all proceeds will benefit the organization's efforts to provide scholarships and raise money to fight Alzheimer's disease, cancer and Cooley's anemia and a scholarship program. For information about the lodge, call Vincenza DiLiberti at (727) 447-6890 or visit www.daughtersofitaly.com.

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