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Shelton Quarles Impact Foundation presents this grand event.
Imagine your order taken by Head Coach Raheem Morris, your drinks poured by Josh Freeman, your dinner served by Ronde Barber and your dessert brought by Shelton!
By attending this event at the Grand Ballroom of the Don CeSar Beach Resort you are supporting the mission of Shelton Quarles' IMPACT Foundation of providing resources and opportunities to at-risk single parent families throughout the Tampa Bay area.
You can purchase Tampa Bay Buccaneer footballs and get celebrity autographs, plus bid on lots of great silent auction items including unique experiences. Get your tickets now!
Join InfoMas for this free event.
Come out to Centennial Park in Ybor City for arts & crafts, entertainment, music, and flan! The event takes place from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Be sure to stop by the InfoMas/Bright House Networks booth for your free pot holder while supplies last.
Why do state and federal elections matter to working women?
Join the Business and Professional Women of St. Petersburg/Pinellas to find out. The event takes place from 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28th at the Marriott St. Petersburg/Clearwater, 12600 Roosevelt Blvd., St. Petersburg.
Panelists will represent multiple parties and multiple levels of government. The cost of the event is $15, which will include one beverage ticket. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be provided in addition to a cash bar.
Call for tickets 727-471-8248.
A free day of fun for the family!
Join Bay News 9 at the Hernando Reading Festival at Nature Coast Technical High School, 4057 California Street, Brooksville from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
There will be activities, door prizes and games. Plus the first 300 children receive a free goody bag.
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Thanks to the sponsors: Bay News 9, Bright House Networks, Hernando Times, Target, Hernando Today, Chick-fil-a, H.E.A.R.T. Literacy/Hernando County School System, Hernando County Public Library System, Brooksville Rotary Club, Friends of the Library and Early Learning Coalition of Pasco & Hernando Counties, Inc.
You are invited!
Join Bay News 9 and the Science Center at the Garden Club, 500 Sunset Drive South from 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Tickets are $60 per person or $100 per couple and the price includes dinner, an open bar and live entertainment by The Black Honkeys. Silent auction items will also be available for bidding. Tickets are available online, or call Shelly or Shawn at 727-384-0027.
This fundraiser for the Science Center of Pinellas County will support STEM education and help foster student innovation in our community.
Free fun for the whole family.
The Friends of the Johnson Branch Library present the 2nd Annual James Weldon Johnson Literacy Festival co-sponsored by the City of St. Petersburg.
Join the fun at 1059 - 18th Avenue South behind the library from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and meet keynote speaker Your Bay News 9 Morning News Anchor Erica Riggins from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Join Bay News 9 and Walk for Cystic Fibrosis.
South Straub Park, 198 Bayshore Drive N.E.
Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and the walk begins at 9:00 a.m.
Register in advance online or by calling 813-374-9041.
Great Strides is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's largest national fundraising event. Tens of thousands of co-workers, friends and family come together each year as one community for one cause . . . to help find a cure for CF.
Join Bay News 9 and Walk for Cystic Fibrosis.
Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, 600 North Ashley Drive, Tampa
Registration begins at 5:00 p.m. and the walk begins at 6:30 p.m.
Register in advance online or call 813-374-9041.
Cystic fibrosis is a life-threatening genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide). More than 10 million Americans are symptomless carriers of the defective CF gene.
Bay News 9 Project Weather is at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. You'll see our exhibit as you walk through to see Winter underwater and learn how weather affects marine life.
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