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One Church One Child Of Florida, Inc. August Child Is Sabrina
One Church One Child of Florida is reaching out to families and individuals in local communities across the state in efforts to help share the truth that children are waiting for a permanent home and/or mentor. The community is invited to pro- vide a loving, permanent home for these children or other children like them or consider becoming their mentors?
Churches are asked to partner with One Church One Child in sharing information with congregations and ex- tending Watch-Care Min- istries to children. Rev. Beverly Hills Lane, State President for One Church One Child of Florida and Vice-President for National One Church One Child, is challenging fellow Pastors to get involved and encouraging families to open their hearts and homes to children in fos- ter care.
These children are located in communities across the state; they have no family identified to adopt them. Families and individuals are challenged to open your home and family to parenting them.
August’s child highlighted in this article is Sabrina. She, too, deserves to have a family.
Sabrina, 17, says, “I want to learn to drive!”
Sabrina was born with a song in her heart. She’s ani- mated, outgoing, hilarious, and almost always smiling. She loves people, and gives herself wholeheartedly to being a great friend. Sabrina is serious about her health; about eating well (though she has a soft spot for lasagna!), and staying active.
Gymnastics and dance are
SABRINA (Photo by Lara Cerri)
her two favorite sports, and she’d really like to be either a gymnast or a dance therapist when she grows up. She has no preference of family type - she said if she had two dads she could be a “daddies’ girl,” and the more siblings there are the more love to go around - but she is very clear about one thing: she wants more than anything in the world to mean the world to someone.
Sabrina has such a bright, amazing future ahead of her. She needs and de- serves to be part of a loving, encouraging and accepting forever family.
If you are interested in knowing more about Sab- rina and other children in foster care available for adop- tion, or if you would like to become a foster parent, men- tor, partner or volunteer, please contact LaKay Fayson, Recruitment Coor- dinator for One Church One Child of Florida’s SunCoast Region, at (813) 740-0210 or lakay_fayson@ococfl.org.
The website for One Church One Child of Florida is www.ococfl.org.
Transportation Secretary To Speak At Tampa Heights Meeting
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
On Thursday, August 24th, members of the Tampa Heights Civic Association will host their monthly General Meeting. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m., at the Tampa Heights Community Center, 2005 N. Lamar Av- enue.
The guest speaker for this month’s meeting is Florida Department of Transporta- tion Secretary, David Gwynn. Gwynn was chosen to oversee District 7 in June. His district includes Hillsbor- ough, Pinellas, Pasco, Her- nando, and Citrus Counties. One of his responsibilities is to over the Tampa Bay Next.
Prior to stepping into his new role, Gwynn served as the Director of Transporta- tion Operations in District 1.
Mrs. Lena Young Green, President of the
DAVID GWYNN
... Secretary, Florida Department of Transportation
Tampa Heights Civic Associ- ation said, “This is what our work together has achieved so far. We are changing the tide relating to transportation ap- proaches, pushing to incorpo- rate better policies, equitable means of transportation and opening up the discussion.
“I am asking everyone to attend this very important meeting and learn about the directions regarding Tampa Bay Next, and share your
MRS. LENA YOUNG GREEN ... Tampa Heights Civic Association President
thoughts and comments with
Secretary Gwynn.
“We are looking for a re- ally large crowd to attend. Please invite, ask, re- quire, demand, etc. that your students, friends, children, neighbors, businesses and family attend this very impor- tant meeting. We must con- tinue to shift the tides. We are encouraged and will continue the hard fight for these com- munity benefits.”
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