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November Birthday Celebrants
Happy Birthday to past and present Villagers, who are celebrating this month. Torrance Lee, Sr., Lafe White, Frank DeBose, and Ted McNair, all on 11/4; Tia Bryant and Judge Favors, 11/7; Jesse Gadson, 11/10; Reginald Tolbert and Raymond Sweet, 11/11; Terrence Mitchell, Sr. and Shawn Frazier, 11/12; Juanita Cook, Rosa Dupree Wink- field, and Bruce Reid,
11/13; Thelma Sweet and Tommy Brown, 11/16; Natasha Johnson, 11/17; Bernice Johnson, Bar- bara Little and Dianne Davis, 11/20; Michael Pasco, 11/23; Angie Had- den and David Snow, III, 11/24, Sharon Sweet Grant, 11/26; and Twanda Bradley; 11/28.
Sick And Shut-Ins
Lifting up our fellow Villagers and friends in prayer: Mary Hobley, Marion Washington, Oliva Darby, Gwendola
Small, Hilrie Kemp, Jr., Clennie McCray, Elouise Griffin, Cather- ine Clark, Nina Small, Rudolph Tolbert, Hen- rietta Sanders, Willie Hill, Hewitt Smith, Bernard Washington (Bristol Rehab) and James (Fish) Miller.
Expressions Of Sympathy
We send our prayers and condolences during your time of loss to the fam- ily of Ms. Mamie Pittman, a longtime resi- dent of the community.
“Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.”
Victory A. M. E. Church Free Produce
Every Saturday, 10:30 a.m.–12noon,at5202S. 86th St.
FBCOPV Loss Support Ministry
If you have lost a loved one, come join us to talk or just listen. We are here for you if you lost a loved one, your job, your relationship, etc. Meetings are held on Thursdays from 7-8:30 p. m. Call 813-677-1948 or contact minburrows@aol.com for dial in information.
Progress Village Senior Center Virtual Events 1-888-585-9008 Conference Rm# 926774557
Monday – Friday, 9:30 Daily Devotional; Tuesday – 10:30, Silver Sneakers, 1 p. m., Active Living; Thurs- day – 10:30 a. m., Healthy Living; Friday – 11 a. m., Bingo.
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.
60th Anniversary T-Shirts On Sale Now
For your official Progress Village 60th An- niversary T-Shirts, please contact Pam Colleton, 240-543-3753, Rosalind Walker, 813-476-8547 or Marlise Tolbert, 813- 833-7404. Cost $20 w/name, $3 extra for sizes 2XL or larger.
Orders may also be emailed to: PV4LIFE044@gmail.com. Cash App, $KambraMc- Daniel.
Progress Village Civic Council News
Call your news for Progress Village and sur- rounding areas to Linda Washington, (813) 741- 3604.
Group Preparing For Its ‘Unity Garden’
The Tampa Heritage Ini- tiative, (THI), a subsidiary of the Urban Progress Alliance, Inc., is making progress on their community garden proj- ect.
On Friday, July 24, 2020,
Andre Hill, Jr., Derrian Burns, and Patrick Slovenski began the design and construction for the planting beds.
Using materials donated from Lowe’s, these young kings began building the planting beds and digging out placeholders in preparation for our groundbreaking cere- mony, where we will then begin to plant seeds and seedlings of various fruits and vegetables.
THI Community Garden needs a water supply and ir- rigation system. They have requested the City of Tampa to donate an ingoing water line and tap. With the water supply and irrigation system in place, THI will begin the next phase to cultivate and plant seeds and seedlings.
THI will also recruit local youth and community mem- bers to help maintain the gar- den, provide training in horticulture and agriculture, which in turn will provide fresh fruits and vegetables to the community.
“This brings us a step closer to becoming a self-sus-
The UPA team, (pictured above, left to right), Brenda Allen, President, Derrian Burns, Administrative Assistant; Baby Tai Burns, Andre Hill, Jr., Chief Operations Officer; Andre Hill, Sr., Board Chair; Carolyn Brown, Director of Foreign & Domestic Af- fairs; and Denise Peeks, Chief Financial Officer, is spearheading this dynamic project on a grassroots level.
Some of the Board members with the Tampa Heritage Initia- tive, Unity Garden Team.
tainable, healthy-eating com- munity, and the elimination of an otherwise “food desert’,” states Brenda Allen, President.
The community garden is located at 2307 W. Beach St., Tampa, FL 33607. The land is leased for $1 per year from Mrs. Limehouse, a local
resident of West Tampa. Watch us grow!
Tampa Heritage Initia- tive, “Unity Garden” is sup- ported by the Urban Progress Alliance, Inc., which is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization. They are breaking ground and “growing” forward with their “Unity Garden” project.
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