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22 x December 15, 2016 - January 4, 2017 x www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com<br />
n Ocoee<br />
The Ocoee Fire Department is hosting<br />
its 16th annual Operation Santa<br />
event this month. For six days, Santa<br />
Claus and his helpers will visit Ocoee<br />
neighborhoods, tossing candy and<br />
spreading holiday cheer to hundreds<br />
of children and families. The jolly crew<br />
has already visited some communities<br />
aboard a special holiday float on four<br />
different days and is scheduled to visit<br />
more Dec. 15 and Dec. 20. New, unwrapped<br />
toys given to the Santa on<br />
the float are donated to Ocoee Police<br />
Department’s Holiday Toys for Kids in<br />
Need drive. For a complete list of subdivisions<br />
to be visited, visit www.ocoee.<br />
org on the web or call the Ocoee Fire<br />
Department at 407-905-3140.<br />
Ameena McKenzie of Ocoee<br />
has been busy with Brenau University,<br />
Gainesville Theatre Alliance and<br />
WonderQuest. She is majoring in musical<br />
theater at Brenau University and<br />
will graduate with the Class of 2018.<br />
Ameena worked as a carpenter on<br />
the productions of The Flick, Mermaid<br />
Song, and Beauty and the Beast. She<br />
also performed as Fannie in Flyin’<br />
West at the Ed Cabell Theatre at the<br />
University of North Georgia.<br />
n Windermere<br />
IN YOURNEIGHBORHOOD<br />
Rosie Moore of Windermere announced<br />
the nationwide release of<br />
her new children’s book, A Day in a<br />
Puppy’s Life. The story follows Tom, an<br />
adorable husky who always seems to<br />
get himself into trouble, and his exciting<br />
adventures when his owner is not<br />
at home. Published by Tate Publishing<br />
and Enterprises, the book is available<br />
through bookstores nationwide, as well<br />
as online. Rosie is a mother of three<br />
children — Christopher, Kayla and<br />
Kaleb. She also is the founder of The<br />
Gift of Live, a charitable organization<br />
that helps premature babies. Her<br />
compiled by Lauren Salinero<br />
hobbies include reading, writing, dancing<br />
and spending time with her family.<br />
In what attendees dubbed the “best<br />
Light Up Windermere ever,” 3,000<br />
people took part in the town’s fourth<br />
annual welcome to the holiday season.<br />
As promised, there was snow<br />
in Windermere, as First Baptist<br />
Church Windermere donated 10<br />
tons. It became a gathering place for<br />
people of all ages to make snowballs,<br />
slip and slide, or simply enjoy the white<br />
fluff. Leading up to the lighting, three<br />
different choirs from FBCW provided<br />
songs of the season. Hundreds of children<br />
joined Mayor Gary Bruhn as<br />
During Light Up Windermere, one of three choirs from First Baptist Church of<br />
Windermere serenades the crowd with songs of the season.
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