Seminole Rotary honors students<\/p>\n
SEMINOLE \u2014 Students from area schools were honored at the Rotary Club of Seminole\u2019s luncheon on Nov. 19 as Students of the Month for November.<\/p>\n
In coordination with school administrators, students are selected based on their community involvement and scholastic achievement. The honor is awarded to elementary students in the fifth grade, an eighth grader in middle school and a high school senior.<\/p>\n
November Students of the Month are:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bauder Elementary: Jameson Barnett<\/p>\n
\u2022 Orange Grove Elementary: Hannah Mobey<\/p>\n
\u2022 Seminole Elementary School: Ivan Lysikov<\/p>\n
\u2022 Seminole Middle School: Swara Prasad<\/p>\n
\u2022 Seminole High School: Natalie Doyel<\/p>\n
New location for Scout tree sales<\/p>\n
SEMINOLE \u2014 Scout Troop 340’s annual Christmas tree lot has moved to a new location one block away to in front of the historic Seminole Log Cabin, 5390 Seminole Blvd.<\/p>\n
Sales are Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays noon to 9 p.m. and weekdays 6-9 p.m. In addition to trees, wreaths and tree stands, there will be photo opportunities with Santa every weekend. All proceeds benefit the Scouts.<\/p>\n
Woman\u2019s Club seeks food drive donations<\/p>\n
SEMINOLE \u2014 The Seminole Junior Woman\u2019s Club is seeking donations for the 28th annual \u201cShare Our Spirit\u201d food drive. Each year, the SJWC works with guidance counselors at local Seminole Elementary schools to determine which families in the community require assistance providing meals for their children during the Christmas break. Many students receive regular meals through school programs but go hungry over school break.<\/p>\n
Nonperishable food items are needed, including canned chicken, tuna, salmon, cereal, breakfast bars, peanut butter, jelly, rice, pasta, pasta sauce, canned vegetables and fruit, fruit cups, boxed macaroni and cheese, applesauce, and similar products.<\/p>\n
\u201cShare Our Spirit\u201d donation boxes can be found at local businesses throughout Seminole, such as Seminole Recreation Center, Salon 131, Lake Seminole Square, and Oakhurst Learning Center. Collection will take place through Dec. 12.<\/p>\n
Monetary and gift cards donations for perishable items are also welcome. To arrange for donation pickup, contact GFWCSeminole@gmail.com<\/a>, visit https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seminolejuniorwomansclub<\/a>, or call 727-687-3077<\/p>\n \u2018Field of Honor\u2019 volunteers needed<\/p>\n SEMINOLE \u2014 The Kiwanis Breakfast Club of Seminole is seeking volunteers to help remove its Field of Honor display of 620 flags honoring U.S. military veterans past and present.<\/p>\n On Dec. 6 volunteers should arrive by 12:30 p.m. at Seminole City Hall. Removal of the flags begins at 1 p.m. Each flag will need to be furled, bundled in groups of three, bagged and loaded into vehicles for transport to storage. Last year\u2019s display of 600 flags was removed in less than two hours.<\/p>\n Those at the Field of Honor site on Saturday afternoon who sponsored a flag may claim their streamer(s) from 2:15-3:00 p.m. The remaining streamers will be delivered to Extreme Signage at 5050 Seminole Blvd. in Seminole for pickup beginning Tuesday, Dec. 9-Dec. 31 during regular business hours.<\/p>\n Seminole Historical Museum December Happenings<\/p>\n Enjoy the holidays with a visit to the Seminole Historical Museum located at Seminole City Park on 7464 Ridge Road. View the new 3D figures for the fossil display and check out the City of Seminole and Fire Department displays.<\/p>\n The museum is open on Thursdays and Saturdays 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and will be closed on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seminole Rotary honors students SEMINOLE \u2014 Students from area schools were honored at the Rotary Club of Seminole\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[40051,596,3883,40050,3884,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-68749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-kiwanis-breakfast-club-of-seminole","tag-pinellas-county","tag-seminole","tag-seminole-historical-museum","tag-seminole-junior-woman","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\/68749","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=68749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}