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Annual celebration to benefit Restoration House
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For Hometown News FORT PIERCE -- For the more than a decade, civic-minded volunteers have held a fundraiser for Restoration House at a celebration called FloriDay. This festive fundraiser celebrating recovering lives will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on March 17. Cost is $100 per person. "The funds raised will give people who have life controlling ...
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Nonprofit receives $10,000 donation
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For Hometown News ST. LUCIE COUNTY -- The Peter Busch Family Foundation and Southern Eagle Distributing donated $10,000 to the Chuck Hill Unit Boys & Girls Club in Port St. Lucie to help keep kids off the streets and in a safe environment. In September, the Boys & Girls Club announced that the Chuck Hill Unit was in danger of closing its doors ...
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County uses retired utility poles to create artificial reefs
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For Hometown News ST. LUCIE COUNTY -- St. Lucie County has two new artificial reefs after deploying more than 2,000 tons of concrete light poles that were donated by Florida Power & Light Company. Deployed by McCulley Marine Services and SeaRover Services in late December, the two new artificial reefs have maximum profiles of 27 and 25 feet and...
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Children's club to offer extended hours
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For Hometown News ST. LUCIE COUNTY -- Beginning March 4, the Boys & Girls Club of St. Lucie County will be extending their hours until 8 p.m. in all of their clubhouses throughout the county. Boys & Girls Clubs provide a safe place to learn and grow, as well as life enhancing programs and character developing experiences. The Boys & Girls Clubs...
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Youth invited to take flight
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For Hometown News ST. LUCIE COUNTY -- Young people ages 8-17 will have a chance to take to the skies on March 23, as Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 908 hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at St Lucie County Airport in Fort Pierce. The rally is part of the EAA Young Eagles program, created to interest young people in aviation. The rally...
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Obituaries
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Russell Forbes Russell Forbes, 95, of Fort Pierce, died Feb. 24, 2013. He was born in Philadelphia and lived in Fort Pierce since 1989. He served in the U.S. Air Force. He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Dolores; a daughter, Deborah and two grandchildren. Arrangements by All County Funeral Home & Crematory. Brian Andrew Wedebrook Brian...
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Critters to benefit from fundraiser
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For Hometown News ST. LUCIE COUNTY -- For 20 years, Creature Safe Place has been taking care of injured, abused, abandoned and neglected wildlife on the Treasure Coast. The sanctuary and rehab center also rescues and provides foster care for exotic animals. The nonprofit organization is hosting its seventh annual Chinese auction at 11 a.m. on M...
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Local kids receive jeans
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For Hometown News TREASURE COAST -- In February and March, Dosomething.org delivered 56 boxes of gently worn jeans to the Children's Home Society of Florida Treasure Coast Division. The boxes were split between the Youth Transition Center, a facility for homeless youth who have aged out of foster care, and WaveCREST, a runaway and truancy shelt...
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Organization celebrates new president
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For Hometown News TREASURE COAST -- The Friends in Pink, the Pink Tie Friends organization on the Treasure Coast has new leadership. Cheryl Norman Caldwell has been selected as the new president of the nonprofit organization dedicated to raising funds to help breast cancer patients with inadequate health insurance, in Martin, St. Lucie and Indi...
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Safe Place locations still available
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For Hometown News TREASURE COAST -- The Safe Place program is designed to assist youth that are at-risk, in crisis or have run away from home. National Safe Place provides access to immediate help and supportive resources for young people in crisis through a network of sites sustained by qualified agencies, trained volunteers, and businesses. B...
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Clubs & Classes in the Fort Pierce area
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Clubs & organizations AARP senior community service employment program: The employment program offers free training and assistance in getting a job for qualifying seniors who are 55 or older on a limited income, and living in Martin or St. Lucie counties. Call (772) 223-2653 or (772) 462-6149. American Legion Post 40: Hall rental is available for...
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Clubs & Classes in the Port St. Lucie area
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Clubs and organizations AD/HD Support Group: The meetings are at K.C. Chung Tae Kwon Do, Darwin Square, 3211 S.W. Port St. Lucie Blvd. For information, call (772) 879-1011. Air Force Sergeants Association: Treasure Coast Chapter 564 meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the DAV Hall, 1350 S.W. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie. ...
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Fort Pierce Community Notes
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Society seeking members The Singletarian Society of Martin and St. Lucie counties are looking for new members between 57 and 70. Members must be widows, widowers or divorced. Meets second Thursday of every month. Call (772) 398-2345 for more information. Classes for dads The Nurturing Father's class is offered free to all St. Lucie County men b...
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Port St. Lucie Community Notes
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Society seeking members The Singletarian Society of Martin and St. Lucie counties are looking for new members between 57 and 70. Members must be widows, widowers or divorced. Meets second Thursday of every month. Call (772) 398-2345 for more information. Library continues art program The Morningside Branch Library hosts the "Walls of Art" progr...
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