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MLK Events
Step And Dance Competition
HCC President Headlines 30th Annual King Cultural Arts Festival
To Fight Childhood Obesity
Dr. Ken Atwater will be the featured speaker on Sun- day, January 17 at the 30th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Arts Festi- val. The leadership breakfast will be held at the HCC Plant
City Campus Trinkle Center. All other festival events will be held at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center, 1601 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., in Plant
City.
In keeping with First Lady Michelle Obama’s national initiative to help youth be- come healthier through movement, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. Tampa Bay Chapter will be hosting a “Fighting Childhood Obesity: Move it to Lose It” Dance and Step Competition and Health Fair.
The event will be held on Saturday, January 23, 2015, from10a.m.until2p.m.at Middleton High School, 4801 N. 22nd St. Tampa, FL 33610.
Families are invited to
support the health vendors along with the dance and step teams participating in the competition. The event is being sponsored in conjunc- tion with the HCC MLK Day of Service grant “A Day On not A Day Off:” A day focused on health and education for the entire family.
The goal of this commu-
nity service event is to edu- cate youth ages 8-17 and their families with a two-fold activ- ity which covers health and education. For the Coalition this is a MOVE IT TO LOSE IT -DANCE IT OFF move- ment that will continue annu- ally to promote their National initiative of Fighting Child- hood Obesity. This is the start of their local efforts to sup- port the foundational theory if you move it you can lose it and dancing is a simple key to remaining physically active, which promotes a healthy lifestyle for all.
National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. - Tampa Bay Chapter (NC100BW) is a non-profit advocacy and serv- ice organization committed to improving the quality of life for all people in the Tampa Bay area.
For more information or to participate, contact Be- linthia Berry, VP of Pro- grams at mylifeispr@gmail.com. (See advertisement in this issue)
Service, Health And Wellness Event Planned
The 100 Black Men of Tampa Bay and the Tampa Heights Junior Civic Associa- tion will host a Martin Luther King Day of Service Health and Wellness Event. It will take place at the Tampa Heights Center, 2005 N. Lamar Avenue, Saturday, Jan- uary 16th, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
The event will focus on four conditions that are preva- lent in the African American community and causing dev- astating morbidity and mor- tality.
The four conditions are di- abetes, high blood pressure (hypertension), breast cancer and prostate cancer.
As part of the event, the
two organizations will have a contest in which four groups of students from the civic as- sociation will develop an edu- cational presentation on each condition.
A panel will judge the qual- ity and educational value of each presentation and present awards for the best presenta- tions.
We will also have blood pressure screenings and an opportunity for attendees to ask questions of healthcare personnel at the event.
Meetings
Middleton Class Meetings Planned
Rainbow
The Middleton High School Class of 1972 and 1973 will have its monthly class meeting, Saturday, January 16th, at 2 p. m. The meeting will take place at the C. Blythe Andrews, Jr., Library, 2607 E.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
All class members are en- couraged to come to the meet- ing. Contact phone number at the library is 813-273- 3652.
Heights Group
To Hold Meeting
On Saturday, January 16th from4p.m.to5p.m.,the Rainbow Heights Neighbor- hood Association and Crime Watch, Frankye Jones, Pres- ident, will be holding their monthly meeting at the C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Library, 2606 East Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
The meeting is being held to invite all Rainbow Heights res- idents to join the group, and to share important information about what’s going on in their community.
Ms. Jones wants to thank those who participated in their Bright Lights Event on January 14th. She also wants to thank the Tampa Police Department for their help and association with the Rainbow Heights community.
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