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www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com x April 20 — May 3, 2023 x 15<br />

Countless heads<br />

were turned as men<br />

and women in high<br />

heels took to the streets<br />

of downtown Orlando<br />

for Walk a Mile in Her<br />

Shoes. More than 450<br />

people registered for<br />

the event, joining forces<br />

to show Orlando how<br />

to walk the walk when<br />

it comes to ending domestic<br />

violence in the<br />

community and raising<br />

awareness about the<br />

free, confidential services<br />

available to survivors<br />

through Harbor House<br />

of Central Florida.<br />

While Walk a Mile in<br />

Her Shoes is primarily<br />

an awareness event,<br />

SOUTHWEST SPORTS<br />

Harbor House was able to raise<br />

$18,500 to support its lifesaving<br />

programs and services for domestic<br />

violence survivors, their children and<br />

their pets.<br />

For more information about Harbor<br />

House, visit harborhousefl.com.<br />

The prestigious WSIA 2023 Wake<br />

Park of the Year was awarded to<br />

Orlando Watersports Complex.<br />

This honor is given to the wake park<br />

that exemplifies excellence in all aspects<br />

of wakeboarding, including<br />

facilities, operations, customer<br />

service and community involvement.<br />

The complex offers a range of<br />

activities suitable for all ages and<br />

skill levels, including wakeboarding,<br />

wakeskating, kneeboarding,<br />

wakesurfing, water skiing and<br />

an aquapark.<br />

compiled by Lauren Salinero<br />

Kylie Konstand, a resident of Windermere Downs<br />

and a sixth grader at Windermere Preparatory School,<br />

steps up to the plate to help lead the varsity softball team to<br />

victory.<br />

Academy varsity Eagles. She scored<br />

four hits in the 13-2 win. A sixth<br />

grader, Konstand is the starting third<br />

baseman on the varsity team.<br />

Ocoee resident Antonio<br />

Redding was one of more than<br />

200 student-athletes who competed<br />

for the Flying Dutchmen during the<br />

winter 2022-23 season. A graduate<br />

of Central Florida Christian<br />

Academy, Redding is pursuing a<br />

Bachelor of Arts in exploratory at<br />

Lebanon Valley College. He was<br />

a member of the men’s basketball<br />

team, which finished with seven<br />

wins on the season, including five<br />

in Middle Atlantic Conference play.<br />

The team began its year by winning<br />

the Rinso Marquette Tournament.<br />

Windermere Downs resident<br />

Kylie Konstand helped lead<br />

the Windermere Preparatory<br />

School Lakers varsity softball<br />

team to victory against the Master’s<br />

Winter Garden resident,<br />

owner of Winter Garden Wheel<br />

Works, and U.S. Air Force veteran<br />

Dennis Jones ran the 2023<br />

Boston Marathon to raise funds for<br />

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