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More Than 70,000 Cast Ballots First Week Of Early Voting
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
The Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections has re- leased statistics pertaining to Early Voting. More than 70,000 residents have cast ballots ei- ther by mail or by visiting one of the Early Voting locations.
The majority of those who cast ballots elected to vote by mail. The unofficial results showed that during the first seven days, the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office has received 52,502 ball0ts by mail. An additional 22,485 voters decided to visit one of the designated Early Vot- ing locations.
The Early Voting locations will remain open until Monday, March 13th. The Early Voting lo-
cations are open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Early Voting sites in the community are:
Bloomingdale Public Li- brary, 1906 Bloomingdale Av- enue, Valrico;
C. Blythe Andrews, Jr., Public Library, 2607 E. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd.;
Fred B. Karl County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. 26th Floor;
Jan Kaminis Platt Re- gional Library, 3910 S. Man- hattan Avenue;
Jimmie B. Keel Re- gional Library, 2902 W. Bearss Avenue;
New Tampa Regional Library, 10001 Cross Creek Blvd.;
North Tampa Branch Library, 8916 North Blvd.;
Plant City, Bruton Me- morial Library, 302 W. McLendon Street, Plant City;
Riverview Branch Li- brary, 10509 Riverview Drive, Riverview;
Robert L. Gilder Elec- tions Service Center, 2514 N. Falkenburg, Rd.;
SouthShore Regional Library, 15816 Beth Shields Way, Ruskin;
Temple Terrace Public Library, 207 Bullard Parkway, Temple Terrace;
Town N’ Country Re- gional Library, 7606 Paula Drive, Tampa;
Upper Tampa Bay Re- gional Public Library, 11211 Countryway Blvd., Tampa; and
West Tampa Branch Li- brary, 2312 W. Union Street.
One Church One Child Of Florida, Inc. Spotlights Children Available For Adoption
One Church One Child of Florida is a faith-based, 501(c)3 organization, operat- ing statewide in partnership with the Department of Chil- dren and Families and local community-based lead agen- cies and their providers in re- cruitment of adoptive and foster families and local churches to partner in sup- porting children in foster care and local families through Church Watch-Care Min- istries.
Over 50% of the children who need a permanent family are minorities. The series con- tinues featuring children all over Florida who are waiting in foster care for a family to call their own.
March’s child is high- lighted in this article. Con- tinue to pray for her and consider making her a part of your family through adoption or a part of your church through Project Watch-Care, for support and mentoring.
“I enjoy drawing!”
Tikenya is one of those salt-of-the-earth personali- ties, who will do anything for the people she loves. She is a little reserved, but opens up with time.
Tikenya is loyal and her friends play an important role in her life. She has a beautiful,
TIKENYA
(Photo Credit: Children’s Board Heart Gallery Tampa Bay, Photo by Brittany Anderson)
rich inner life, filled with her curiosity and imagination, and she’s a very talented artist, especially in music and drawing. Tikenya’s very funny, and thrives in situa- tions where her artistic side can run free. She is driven by her goals and works hard to that end.
Tikenya would like to go to college and either join the military or study to become an FBI agent. Tikenya is very involved in church, and so a religious family or one who is supportive of her religious ac- tivities will be best.
One Church One Child of Florida is hosting an Educa- tion Forum on Thursday, March 24, 2016 from 6 p. m. – 7:00pm at Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, 5920 Robert Tolle Drive, Riverview, where Rev. Bryant A. Fayson, Sr. is the Pastor. Information will be available on adopting, fos- tering, mentoring, partnering and volunteering. Refresh- ments will be served. Please RSVP to LaKay at (813) 740- 0210.
If you are interested in knowing more about Tikenya and other children in foster care available for adoption, or if you would like to become a foster parent, mentor, partner or volunteer, please contact LaKay Fayson, Recruitment Coordi- nator for One Church One Child of Florida, at (813) 740- 0210 or lakay_fayson@- ococfl.org. The website for One Church One Child of Florida is www.ococfl.org.
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