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City Parks To Stay Open Until Midnight For 2nd Summer
current athletes, TDP, local businesses, Fire Department, and Parks and Recreation Staff
• Future Leaders Training which includes resume prepa- ration, interviewing skills, and educational opportunities
Stay & Play aims to provide
teens a place to be active, safe, and healthy. Food will be pro- vided for free as well as trans- portation home when available from the Parks and Recreation Department.
Others are encouraged to participate in what is sure to be
another successful year of Stay & Play. If interested in volun- teering please contact the Parks and Recreation Depart- ment or visit one of the partic- ipating Stay & Play sites for further information. (Photos by BRUNSON)
Tampa’s Mayor Bob Buckhorn was at the NFL YET Center on Thursday to announce the Stay and Play hours for the summer. He is joined by City Parks and Recreation staffers, from left: John Allen, Manager; Greg Bayor, Director; Diedra Anthony, Team Supervisor; and Jamal Jefferson, Site Supervisor.
This summer, starting June 10th, select recreational centers around the City of Tampa will hold extended hours. These extended hours will provide teens with free ac- cess to these recreation cen- ters, different programs to participate in, and a variety of educational events.
At the beginning of 2015, 21 people died in shootings, four of them were teenagers.
"We had to do something, because I didn't want to lose these kids to the streets," said Mayor Bob Buckhorn. "These are places where they can come and just be kids. ... This saves lives, this builds lives, this shapes lives."
“The impact that this pro- gram has on the community was shown when a teen partic- ipant was asked last year what he’d like for his dinner treat that night and his reply was ‘it doesn’t matter, it’s the only meal I will have today,’” said Parks & Recreation Director, Greg Bayor.
The locations participating in Stay & Play this summer that will be open until 12 A. M. are:
• Copeland Community Center (Pool remains open until 8 P. M. on select days)
• Cyrus Greene Community Center (Pool remains open until 8 P. M. on select days)
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center (Pool remains open until 8 P. M. on select days)
• Grant Park Activity Cen- ter
• Gwendolyn Miller Com- munity Center
• Jackson Heights Commu- nity Center
• Springhill Community Center
• Williams Park-Activity Center (Pool remains open until 10 P. M.)
• Spicola pool will remain open until 10 P. M.
Programs provided range from fitness classes, swimming classes, and athletic training and leagues to Girls Fun Fri- day, music production classes, computer classes, anger man- agement classes, and many more.
Valued community part- ners Most Valuable Proteges, Safe and Sound of Hillsbor- ough County, Computer Men- tors, Derrick Brooks Charities, Springfield College Mentors, Alpha Phi Alpha Men of To- morrow, and The Skills Center will assist with the program- ming offered this summer.
Other events that will be held during Stay & Play are:
• Skating Field Trip
• Teen Court
• Anti-Bullying Lectures
• Stranger/Danger Pro-
gram by TPD
• Speakers including ex and
ter
• Desoto Community Cen-
Local Residents
Encouraged To Sign
Up For Alert Tampa
The City of Tampa is en- couraging residents to sign up for Alert Tampa. The service provides timely emergency no- tifications during a hurricane 0r other severe weather events.
The service particularly benefits elderly and disabled citizens allowing them to re- ceive emergency notifications and informational alerts. Those who sign up will receive notifi- cation by their home phone, cell phone, or email giving them time to prepare for approaching severe weather and receive up- to-the-minute information re- garding flooding, street closures, or emergency prepa- rations.
The City of Tampa’s Office of Emergency Management
also offers further information and steps on how to prepare for various types of emergency sit- uations on their website http://www.tampagov.net/eme rgency-management.
The service is free and any- one interested in signing up can visit the website at www.tam- pagov.net/alerttampa and fol- low us on Twitter @AlertTampa.
Hillsborough County Health Department Shelter Evaluation Form: http://www.hillsborough- county.org/DocumentCen- ter/Home/View/77
City of Tampa Shelter Infor- mation Page: http://www.tam- pagov.net/emergency-manage ment/programs/shelters.
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