Main Street Fort Pierce<\/a> to make the ghost tours happen.<\/p>\n“If you want to get involved, if you really don’t know anybody and want to get connected, you can get involved through Main Street,” Holland said.<\/p>\n
Pat DeShong dove headfirst into helping nonprofits when she moved back to the area a few years ago.<\/p>\n
At a recent WPTV Let’s Hear It event in Juno Beach, she wanted to sound a clarion call for senior community involvement.<\/p>\n
“I also see so many seniors like myself out there, and we have so much to offer. Most of us have so much emotional intelligence. We don’t get uptight about certain things or stressed out that if you’re younger, you do, or I used to when I was younger,” said DeShong.<\/p>\n
DeShong has volunteered with animal rescue groups and police organizations.<\/p>\n
She said volunteering could lead to a full-time job, and it’s a great opportunity to meet other people.<\/p>\n
“Get out and volunteer because there are so many great causes that need our help,” DeShong said.<\/p>\n
A study by the University of Maryland values volunteer time at $34.79 per hour. Simple math tells you volunteers save communities billions annually around the country, and help the annual Ghost Walk in Fort Pierce continue each fall.<\/p>\n
“We could not do this without them. This event is very volunteer-driven,” Blandford said.<\/p>\n
If you’re interested in the ghost walk, it takes place Oct. 22-23 and Oct. 25.<\/p>\n
Tickets are $15 with the proceeds benefiting the nonprofit Main Street Fort Pierce.<\/p>\n
Click here<\/a> to learn more about the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. \u2014 WPTV is always listening to you about ways to improve our local communities. This…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[3886,12399,12400,12401,171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-14156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-fort-pierce","9":"tag-fort-pierce-ghost-tours","10":"tag-lets-hear-it","11":"tag-main-street-for-pierce","12":"tag-port-st-lucie","13":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","14":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}