The Youth Group from St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Dade City helped create some artwork that will be featured during the upcoming Monarch Butterfly Festival, hosted by the Dade City Garden Club and Dade City Youth Council. The festival will be held Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Polly Touchton Park, between Fifth Street and Seventh Street, and Bougainvillea Avenue and Southview Avenue, in Dade City. This art project was arranged by Lee Taylor out of Out of Our Hands Gallery, a home and garden gift store, at 14245 Seventh Ave., Dade City. For more information about the festival, visit tinyurl.com/3dmru69d.
Reasons To Smile
Committed to keeping it clean
The GFWC Wesley Chapel Woman’s Club participated in the Adopt a Road project, in an effort to keep its community looking great. The club’s environment chair Cara Alberghina contacted Pasco County and received gloves and vests, and was assigned a street just outside the community’s district park. Seventeen participants helped to clean up the area, including club member’s families and friends. Drinks were provided for everyone. The women have committed to a cleanup four times a year.
Lazy days of summer
Clearing a path for golfers
These sandhill cranes seemed to have had enough of this little gator and banded together to drive the creature back into the lake. Donald Cera snapped the photo on the Lexington Golf Course in Wesley Chapel.
Everyone deserves some downtime
Members of the GFWC Lutz-Land O’ Lakes Woman’s Club took some time off for a beach getaway at Treasure Island, after a very busy summer of projects. This summer respite was a well-deserved break for the ladies, before they dive into a new club year filled with a multitude of community service projects and volunteerism. For more information on the club, visit GFWCLutzLandOLakesWomansClub.org.
No creature sighting here
Wesley Chapel resident Angie Ng took a fun selfie after finding the Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie — a tiny stuffed animal she got while on her trip to Scotland. (See full story, A Monster Accomplishment, in Local Sports.)
Lutz scouting leaders to be honored at breakfast
Lutz residents Fifi and Mark Rose will be honored at a breakfast, open to the public, on Sept. 8 at 9 a.m., at Busch Gardens, at the Gwazi Pavilion.
The event will raise funds for Scouting programs, through the Boy Scouts of America, in the Tampa Bay area.
Mark and Fifi have been involved with Scouting for decades, and have volunteered at the unit, District, Council, Area, Region, National, and International levels.
They are being recognized for their work with disadvantaged youth and are being awarded the Whitney M. Young Award, according to a flier detailing the event.
Mark and Fifi have generously decided to match donations up to $35,000 for this event, and every dollar the event raises will support Scouting.
To RSVP, go to the Boy Scouts of America, Greater Tampa Bay Area Council’s website. For more information, call 813-872-2691.
Published August 24, 2022
Women gear up for annual arts and crafts show
The GFWC Lutz-Land O’ Lakes Woman’s Club is wasting no time in preparation of its annual December arts and crafts show. The members are busily crafting items — such as angel ornaments and recycled men’s ties — to be sold in the club’s booth. The women are savvy recyclers and extremely eco-conscious They routinely upcycle items rather than tossing them away in area landfills. The group enjoys the camaraderie and socializing on craft days, working with sister members and guests. From left: Aniko Solomonson, Debbie Cardona, Shirley Willhite and Margee Carpenter. For more information on this community service organization, visit GFWCLutzLandOLakesWomansClub.org, or its Facebook page.
Spending quality time with seniors
Little Women of Lutz members Alexis Mitchell, Alyssa Mitchell and Zoey Cropper (in blue shirts), joined the GFWC Lutz-Land O’ Lakes Woman’s club for games and crafts at the Land O’ Lakes Senior Center of Pasco County. Club members and center residents played dominos and painted door hangers. The residents also learned how to make ground sleeping mats — a specialty of the woman’s club — for the homeless.
Giving back, for the animals
Girl Scouts Troop 50156 donated numerous supplies, including much-needed food and litter, to Pasco County Animal Services in Land O’ Lakes. Troop members also helped to weed the shelter’s spree yard and took a tour of the shelter to learn more about what happens there.