Church\u2019s Giveaway Day aids hundreds<\/p>\n
PALM HARBOR \u2014 More than 250 people recently walked into the fellowship hall of Lutheran Church of the Palms and walked out stuff they really needed \u2014 clothes, food, furniture, cleaning supplies, and more \u2014 and all of it was free.<\/p>\n
The church\u2019s \u201cGiveaway Day\u201d is an annual event in which they give away basic items to help stretch already overstretched budgets. Everything given away at the church was donated by church members and others during a campaign that began in January.<\/p>\n
Over 25 volunteers were there to assist. Organizations that also benefited include Bay Pines V.A., the Sheriff\u2019s Youth Ranch, Suncoast Services, Clothes to Kids, Suncoast Animal League, Red Tent, and the Hope Foundation.<\/p>\n
Lutheran Church of the Palms is a member congregation of the ELCA serving Pinellas and Pasco counties.<\/p>\n
Commission marks women\u2019s history, government pros<\/p>\n
LARGO \u2014 City Commissioners here celebrated two ceremonial proclamations during their March 3 meeting, recognizing Women\u2019s History Month and Government Finance Professionals Week.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s History Month, observed in March, celebrates the women who strengthen and inspire the community every day. With women representing more than half of Largo\u2019s population, the proclamation highlighted their leadership, creativity, and commitment to communities. The Largo Public Library, founded by the Largo Woman\u2019s Club and officially opened in 1916, stands as an important part of women\u2019s history in Largo. The library\u2019s first committee included Mrs. D.F. Judkins, Mrs. W.F. Belcher, Mrs. J.T. Jackson, Mrs. W.M. Ulmer, and Mrs. Ann McMullen.<\/p>\n
At the commission meeting, Community Engagement Specialist Aileen Carey shared ongoing efforts to inspire Largo\u2019s future women leaders such as the Pinellas County Schools Great American Teach-in and mentorship program. She also highlighted the Largo Public Library\u2019s resources including books and other materials by women authors that share their stories and experiences as well as the Women\u2019s History Month display.<\/p>\n
The commission proclaimed March 16-20 as Government Finance Professionals Week to recognize the essential work of finance professionals who support responsible stewardship of public resources and the programs that serve the community and across Florida. In the proclamation, the city expressed appreciation to the Finance Department and Office of Performance and Budget for their role in maintaining the city\u2019s financial integrity. Finance Director Rebecca Spuhler and Performance and Budget Director Kristina Messenger spoke briefly to recognize the teams who support the city\u2019s annual budget and key financial operations including audits, financial reporting, payroll, contracts, and grants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Church\u2019s Giveaway Day aids hundreds PALM HARBOR \u2014 More than 250 people recently walked into the fellowship hall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-186516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186516","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=186516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}