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Young At Heart News
Submitted by Barb Wautlet
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There has been a flurry of activity in
the past few months. We provided the
snacks for the Halloween party at Florida
First Start School. (Not candy, however, the
teachers don’t approve of sugar treats for the
little ones.) We also bought treats for the
Christmas party, (applesauce, string cheese,
homemade Christmas cookies, and juice) and
Renee Ouellette acted as the photographer,
taking family pictures with Santa and giving
them to each family.
A generous donor gave us her Schwinn bicycle and we sold it on Craig’s List for
$175.00. The Memorial Heart Tree generated just under $2,200 from donations this
year. We adopted twenty children for Christmas, shopped for them, and delivered the
gift bags to Florida First Start.
We donated $2,850 to Mildred Helms Elementary School to adopt nineteen classrooms.
Each teacher is given $150 to buy a needed “extra” for the benefit of his/her
students.
Joan, Aggie, Gail and I spent an afternoon cutting cute figures and alphabet letters
from felt, foam and sponge to reinforce the storybooks for the children.
And so, we continue to be good stewards of your money, holding fast to our Mission
Statement to enrich the educational and social needs of the children in the Largo area.
Christmas Decorations
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John and Monique Benfield would like to thank those who helped take down the
Christmas decorations both inside and outside both Halls. The crew of June and
Earl Davidson, Sheila and Robert Leach, Darla and Jim MacDonald, Karolin Clipperton
and Mona and Harley Thompson took everything down and stowed it all away
in a flash. Their help was invaluable and they were a pleasure to work with!
I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life
everything he’s got. —Walter Cronkite
TEAKWOOD VILLAGE TIDINGS
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