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Police Join Effort To Raise Breast Cancer Awareness
City Announces Solid Waste Schedule
The City of Tampa Solid Waste and Environmental Program Management is ag- gressively working to collect and disposal of debris result- ing from Hurricane Irma. The following debris collection and drop-off serv- ices will be offered to City res- idents:
Residential and Com- mercial regular garbage collection resumed Tues- day, September 12, 2017. Customers normally serviced on Monday were collected Tuesday; Tuesday collection took place on Wednesday; Wednesday collection will occur on Thursday; Thursday collection will occur on Fri- day.
Storm specific related debris collection will begin on Thursday, September 14,
2017 and continue through Friday, October 13, 2017. De- bris should be separated by material type (i.e. white goods, construction material, vegetative debris) placed at the curb.
McKay Bay Disposal Facility re-opened Tuesday at 7 a.m. and began accepting storm debris. As residents and business disposal of added debris, wait times are expected to be longer than usual.
SWEEP service is cur- rently suspended until fur- ther notice.
For additional questions or concerns, please call the City of Tampa Utilities Con- solidated Call Center at (813) 274-8811, or visit our website at www.tampagov.net/solid- waste.
Residents are encouraged to take the challenge and get involved for Breast Cancer Awareness.
BRIAN DUGAN Interim Tampa Police Chief
nity can also purchase a lim- ited edition #TPDPink chal- lenge coin for $20 or donate directly to Interim Chief Dugan’s “Real Men Wear Pink” fundraising page at risetampa.org/chal- lengecoin.
All proceeds will be do- nated to the American Can- cer Society’s “Real Men Wear Pink” challenge.
This year, Interim Chief Dugan will be one of 16 men representing the police de- partment at the “Real Men Wear Pink” challenge. The men will partner with the American Cancer Society to raise funds for breast cancer initiatives.
The pink graphics on the cars is being sponsored by Rise Tampa, the Tampa Po- lice Foundation.
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
The month of October has been designated as Na- tional Breast Cancer Aware- ness Month. However, this year, Interim Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan has joined forces early with the American Cancer Society.
Last month, he unveiled the Tampa Police Depart- ment’s “pink’ patrol cars. And, he is encouraging resi- dents to participate in spreading the word about breast cancer.
Throughout the month of October, two police vehicles with pink graphics will travel
throughout the city as part of this year’s “Real Men Wear Pink” challenge.
Residents are encouraged to post selfies and photo- graphs with the pink patrol cars on social media using the hashtag #TPDPink. In addition to raising awareness about breast cancer, the res- idents will also have an op- portunity to win a prize. The winner of the prize will be announced when the #TPDPink promotion ends on October 31, 2017.
The cars will be visible in the neighborhoods and loca- tions will be posted on the of- ficial social media accounts.
Members of the commu-
AT&T Pledges $1.4 Million To Hurricane Relief
AT&T is donating another $1.4 million to hurricane re- lief, which includes a $1 mil- lion matching donation to Team Rubicon, $150,000 to Telecoms Sans Frontieres, a group that is working to reestablish connectivity for emergency responders and communities in the Caribbean, and $250,000 to local charities in states im- pacted by Hurricane Irma. The company will work with state officials to direct the $250,000 dona- tions where they can be most beneficial.
AT&T will match each dollar donated to Team Ru- bicon through the text-to-do- nate program, no matter which wireless carrier is used, up to $1 million.
By texting RUBICON to 80077, $10 will be donated by the customer to Team Ru- bicon (TR), a veteran-led dis- aster response organization, and then matched by AT&T.
These contributions will
fund immediate and ongoing support in communities im- pacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and other cities to be announced in the future. TR’s crisis units consist of skilled volunteers, many of whom are veterans, ready to deploy when disas- ter strikes and in the ongoing recovery of communities.
In response to Hurri- cane Harvey, AT&T previ- ously contributed $100,000 to the Greater Houston Com- munity Fund, $100,000 to the American Red Cross Hurricane Harvey Fund and $50,000 to the Coastal Bend Community Foundation in South Texas.
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