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One Church One Child:
May Is National Foster Care Month
110th Birthday Celebration
For Mother’s Day
Mother Voncile Dry turned 110-years old on April 24. A birthday was held for her at Mt. Sinai AME Zion Church, 2009 N. Nebraska Ave. (Photos by Lomax McIntyre, Jr.)
Top from left: Dorothy McCaskill, Danielle Rutherford, Gary McCaskill, Hattie, Melvin Young, Gloria McKenzie, David Young, Laurie Dubois, Mintoria Young, Vernita McCaskill, and Bonita Dry. In front, Kella McCaskill, Rosby McCaskill, Voncile Dry, Kiresten McCaskill, and Fred Young.
Shown with Mother Dry are: Portia Caldwell, Jimmy Caldwell, Jr., Velvet Caldwell, and Rev. Jimmy Caldwell, Sr.
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 there are chil- dren waiting for a permanent home and/or mentor.
Daily, over 700 children are in need of a family to call their own; many of them are minorities. Can you provide a loving, permanent home for these children or consider be- coming their mentors?
May is National Foster Care Month and churches are
asked to partner with One Church One Child in sharing information with congrega- tions and extending Watch- Care Ministries to children. Rev. Beverly Hills Lane, State President for One Church One Child of Florida and Vice-President for Na- tional One Church One Child, is challenging fellow Pastors to get involved and encourag- ing families to open their hearts and homes to children in foster care.
These series of articles fea- ture children located in com-
munities across the state; they have no family identified to adopt them. Will you take the challenge of opening your home and family to parenting them?
May’s child is highlighted in this article; he too deserves to have a family. Do pray sin- cerely for him and consider making him a part of your family through adoption or a part of your church through Project Watch-Care, for sup- port and mentoring.
From the Children’s Board Heart Gallery Tampa Bay is Tommie.
TOMMIE By Pezz Photo
Tommie is an active, inquisitive kid who loves family and having fun. He’s a diligent student who strives for good grades, and he especially enjoys reading. Tommie likes sports of all kinds, but he’s particularly good at football and dodgeball.
He’s a natural leader and would make a great coach or men- tor one day. As it is, Tommie looks forward to being a dad and having a family of “all boys plus a girl.” Family is incred- ibly important to him, and he’s eager to become part of one.
If you are interested in knowing more about Tommie and other children in foster care available for adoption, or if you would like to become a foster parent, mentor, partner or vol- unteer, please contact LaKay Fayson, Recruitment Coordi- nator for One Church One Child of Florida’s SunCoast Region, at (813) 740-0210 or lakay_fayson@ococfl.org. The web- site for One Church One Child of Florida is www.ococfl.org.
St. Petersburg Native Assigned Aboard Ship In Black Sea
BLACK SEA --- Quarter- master 2nd Class Lak- endra Brown, of St. Petersburg, uses a high block to deflect a blow from Mas- ter-at-Arms 1st Class Damon Rudd during a secu- rity reaction force basic quali- fication course aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided- missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79). The Oscar Austin is on a routine deploy- ment supporting U. S. national security interests in Europe, and increasing theater security cooperation and forward naval presence in the U. S. 6th Fleet area of operations. (U. S. Navy photo by Mass Com- munication Specialist 1st Class Sean Spratt / Re- leased)
Two Enlistees Complete Basic Military Training
AIRMAN 1ST CLASS JESSICA L. KING
Two graduates of Hillsbor- ough County Public Schools recently completed basic mil- itary training as members of the U. S. Air Force. Air- man Wilson F. Quinonez Baron and Airman 1st Class Jessica L. King par- ticipated in their respective graduation ceremonies at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lack- land, in San Antonio, Texas.
Airman Quinonez Baron and Airman 1st Class King completed an in- tensive, eight-week program that included training in mil- itary discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physi- cal fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
They also earned four cred- its toward an Associate in Ap-
AIRMAN WILSON F. QUINONEZ BARON
plied Science Degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Airman Quinonez Baron is the son of Gloria Patricia and Wilson Quinonez, of Tampa. He graduated from Tampa Bay Technical High School in 2014.
Airman 1st Class King is the daughter of Robin L. Potts, of Honea Path, SC, and Matthew B. King, of Oldsmar. She is the sister of Jennifer L. Cherry, of Lutz, Matthew J. King, of Joint Base McGuire-Dix- Lakehurst, NJ, and Jonathon L. King, of Robins Air Force Base, GA.
She graduated from Alonso High School in 2014.
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