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Progress Village News
Michelle Watkins for her dedication to the Seniors at the Progress Village Senior Nutrition Center. For the past 5 years, Michelle has offered fun and frolic to our seniors with her dance and exercise routines several days a week.
Thanks Hillsborough County for recognizing a spe- cial person who “Keeps it Movin.”
Senior Day In The Park
Seniors will enjoy their day in the park on Friday, March2nd9:30a.m.–1p. m., McFarland Park, 1801 North Lincoln Avenue.
There will be games and entertainment, free food, vendors, raffles and t-shirts.
Sankofa: A Black Heritage Celebration Saturday, February 24, 2018 1 P. M. - 4 P. M. Robert W. Saunders, Sr. - Ada T. Payne Community Room A & B
Sankofa is an Akan sym- bol meaning “Go back and retrieve.” This program will feature African drumming, dance, spoken word and a va- riety of other performances and presentations. Join us for this jubilant event.
A Movement In Time: The African-American Experience Saturday, February 24, 2018 3 P. M. - 4 P. M. Riverview - Community Room
Join Storyteller Tamara Green as she walks through African-American history with story and song.
This performance will also feature student Story- telling Ambassadors from the Hillsborough County Story- telling Festival.
For more information contact (813) 348-1180 or tpagov.net/ParksandRec.
Progress Village Senior Nutrition Center Upcoming Events
March 5th–12p.m.—BayArea
Legal – Older Adults Rights 7th – 10:15 a. m. — Movie
Day
8th – 11 a. m. — Wellness
Activity - Prebiotics and Pro- biotics
For more information call (813) 671-7773.
Progress Village Panthers Fall Registration
Football and Cheer
Saturday Afternoon At The Movies: Marshall Saturday, February 24, 2018 3 P. M. - 5:30 P. M. 78th Street - Community Room
Watch the new film about a young Thurgood Mar- shall, the first African- American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career defining cases. This film is rated PG- 13. Stay after the film for a chance to win the DVD. Seats are limited. Pick up a free ticket beginning one hour be- fore the film.
Veterans And Community Education Series: 1st Time Home Buyer Wednesday, February 28, 2018
6:30 P. M. - 7:30 P. M. New Tampa - Computer Lab
Want to purchase your first home, but not sure where to start? Join Stefani Johnson of Future Home Realty as she goes over the ins and outs of 1st Time
Open Registration for football and cheer will be held: April 7th, 21st, May 5th and19th,9a.m.–12p.m., at Larry Sanders Sports Complex.
Support our Progress Vil- lage Little League Program.
My Brothers 2 Keep Ministry
To have free greeting cards and Bibles mailed to Florida inmates, send re- quest to: My Brothers 2 Keep Ministry, P. O. Box 89174, Tampa, FL 33689.
*********************** Call your news for Progress Village and sur- rounding areas to Linda Washington, (813) 741-
3604.
Home Buying. She will dis- cuss home ownership pro- grams, whether or not pre-qualification is the best option for you, and the con- tract/underwriting the loan approval process.
Free Tax Help From AARP Tax-Aide Foundation
AARP Foundation Tax- Aide is available free to tax- payers with low and moderate income, with special attention to those 60 and older. As- sistance is provided by the AARP Tax-Aide Foundation on a first-come, first-served basis in cooperation with the Free Tax Preparation Pro- gram of Hillsborough County. Coordinated through the United Way Suncoast.
Monday, February 26th, 10A.M.-2P.M.—Seffner Mango Computer Lab
Monday, February 26th, 10A.M.-2P.M.—West Tampa – Tony Garcia Jr. Community Room
Tuesday, February 27th and Saturday March 3rd, 10 A.M.-2P.M.—Blooming- dale - McLean Community Room
Thursday, March 1st, 11 A. M.–3P.M.— JimmiePKeel – Community Room A & B
For more classes and events at a library near you, call 813-273-3652 or go to website www.hcplc.org.
February Birthday Celebrants
Happy Birthday to past and present Villagers cele- brating this month: Leslie Jackson, 2/21; Barbara Phillips, 2/24; Cory Darby, 2/24; and Odessa Roberts, 2/27.
Sick And Shut-Ins
Lifting up our fellow Vil- lagers and friends in prayer: Mary Hobley, Johnnie
Mae Garner, Marion Washington, Oliva Darby, Ernestine Turner, Odessa and Charles Roberts, Gwen- dola Small, Hilrie Kemp, Jr., Harold Williams, Robert Leek, Sr., Hazel Kennedy, Flora Jones, Clennie McCray, Elouise Griffin, Thelma Sweet and Ernest Clark.
Volunteer Hero
Congratulations to
Spectrum Bay News 9 Honors Black History Month
In honor of Black His- tory Month, Spectrum Bay News 9 has been airing a special series of reports ded- icated to exploring the rich history and telling the sto- ries of African-American his- tory in the Tampa Bay Area on Mondays and Thursdays throughout the month of February.
Spectrum Bay News 9’s Black History Month series features Clara Frye, a nurse in the early 1900s who moved to Tampa and opened her home to African-Ameri- cans and started the pri- vately operated Clara Frye Hospital, where no one was turned away for the lack of money.
The series also features an in-depth look into 76-
year-old Charles Luster’s collection of African- Ameri- can artifacts that are now on display at the African Amer- ican Heritage Museum in Bartow.
The series will also highlight Cowbros, a fel- lowship of African-American cowboys who help spread goodwill as they keep a part of their history alive.
And, a story on the Lau- rel Street Bridge’s name change to the Fortune Tay- lor Bridge, in order to keep the history of African-Amer- icans alive in Tampa.
Bay News 9’s Black His- tory Month series airs on channels 9, 1009 HD and 1209. Spectrum News Bay News 9 is an exclusive chan- nel of Spectrum.
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