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Smartphone Video Can Earn $100 Gift Card, National Fame
Almost everyone knows someone whose kindness rises above the crowd. Describe why they deserve a Family Flame Award and a $100 gift card in a 1-minute smartphone “selfie” video. Or, describe something that you and your friends did to make someone’s road a little easier.
Then just e-mail the video to ForTheFamilyTamp@gmail.co m by November 1.
It’s eligible to win a Fam- ily Flame Award and a $100 gift card at the 4th Annual Na- tional FAM Awards on Friday, November 22 in Tampa. Every video will be honored on For The Family’s YouTube Chan- nel even if it doesn’t win. You’ll also be showing that life has a lot more to offer than what’s on TV. Getting real about being kind will help peo- ple see that without everyday kindness, things would be tougher every day.
Richedean Hills-Ackbar accepts her 2018 Family Flame Award as Ward Cox of For The Family looks on.
It’s all part of “Kindness of the Heart,” a nonstop celebra- tion of the positive that For The Family started in 2016. Administrator W. Ward Cox put it this way: “We’ve all seen the crazy, mean stuff that’s been going on. We’ll all be better off when people see the power of doing the right thing in real-life videos. I haven’t heard of anyone being shot out of kindness.”
Kindness of the Heart in- cludes a National Days of Kindness celebration during the last week of every season and the first week of the next. The Winter Observance is from December 14 – 28.
Meanwhile, For The Fam- ily is also encouraging students to be kind in partnership with Hillsborough County Schools.
You can learn more at www.StrongerCommunity.com.
Top Honors Taken In 9th Monthly Shuffleboard Tournament
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Once again Ragan Park Community Center, 1200 E. Lake Avenue, was the setting for the 9th Monthly Shuffle- board Competition. The event took place on September 27th. During this competition, the first-place winner awards were presented to Ms. Gladys Foster and Ms. Quency Jef- ferson. Ms. Linda Cotney and Ms. Connie Bowen cap- tured the second-place honors. The competitors represented the Lee Davis Seniors, the Ella Seniors, and the Jazzy Seniors.
The Director and Trainer of the Shuffleboard Team is Steve Scott. Each month, Scott secures gift cards for the winners of the competition. This month, the sponsors were
Among those on hand for the 9th Monthly Shuffleboard Compe- tition shown seated from left to right are: Steve Scott, Ms. Quency Jefferson, Ms. Gladys Foster, Ms. Linda Cotney, Ms. Connie Bowen, and Micah Miller. Shown standing are: Dr. Natasha Hudson, Ms. Jacqueline Wilks, Ms. Beatrice J9olliff, Ms. Shirley Thomas, Ms. San- dra Mills, Ms. Carolyn Williams, Ms. Helen Rouse, Ms. Mary Wright, Ms. Ruby Epps, and Dr. Asia Crawford.
Micah Miller and Dr. Asia Crawford, of Health Matters Pharmacy.
In addition to the winners, participants and supporters in the Shuffleboard Competition this month included: Dr. Natasha Hudson, Ms. Jacqueline Wilks, Ms. Beatrice J9olliff, Ms. Shirley Thomas, Ms. San- dra Mills, Ms. Carolyn Williams, Ms. Helen Rouse, Ms. Mary Wright, Ms. Ruby Epps, and Dr. Asia Crawford.
The teams consist of senior citizens from throughout Hills- borough County who enjoy re- maining active. Steve Scott, invites any seniors who wish to
learn the game to contact him. Scott teaches Shuffleboard on Mondays and Fridays from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., at Ragan Park Community Center, 1200 E. Lake Avenue. He also teaches the game at Cyrus Greene Community Center on Thursday, from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., and he holds train- ing classes at Williams Park and Fair Oaks Community
Centers.
On Tuesdays from 11 a.m.
until 12 noon, Scott teaches the game at the Lee Davis Neigh- borhood Service Center.
For more information about training dates and times con- tact Ragan Park Community Center at (813) 242-5316.
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