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in a cleanup service project at Rose<br />

Place Park. They also held the annual<br />

Juvenile Diabetes Camp Bowl-<br />

A-Thon, a divisionwide event that<br />

raises money for children with juvenile<br />

diabetes so they are able to<br />

attend a summer camp with other<br />

children who have similar conditions.<br />

Also, the group’s first charity<br />

golf tournament will take place<br />

April 21 at MetroWest Golf Club.<br />

To register to play, call Merissa or<br />

Dave at 407-207-9088. The above<br />

projects are in addition to the club’s<br />

regular reading every Tuesday<br />

at Dr. Phillips and Orlo Vista<br />

elementary schools.<br />

survivors. Several Southwest residents<br />

are involved with the organization.<br />

MetroWest resident<br />

Jane Shugart has hosted two<br />

One Purse events in her home and<br />

organized another at her church<br />

since she first became involved<br />

more than three years ago. Susan<br />

Carter, a Windermere resident<br />

and One Purse team member, said,<br />

“The more I learn about the sextrafficking<br />

industry, the more I know<br />

the need to educate and inform ...<br />

I am proud to be part of One Purse<br />

for our commitment to educate on<br />

the current dangers of trafficking<br />

and using One Purse gatherings to<br />

raise the funds for survivors to realize<br />

a beautiful future.”<br />

To coincide with Human<br />

Trafficking Awareness Month,<br />

representatives of One Purse, a<br />

local charity that supports sextrafficking<br />

survivors, announced<br />

the nonprofit will donate $12,000<br />

in scholarships for trafficking<br />

Southwest resident and Orange<br />

County Sheriff Jerry Demings<br />

was honored with an Arthur “Pappy”<br />

Kennedy Lifetime Achievement<br />

Award during the YMCA’s 26th<br />

annual Arthur “Pappy” Kennedy<br />

Prayer Breakfast. Each year, more

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