Ways to lend a hand (and support local news)
Trinity Laurino
Executive Director
We know there are a lot of organizations helping to fill various needs in our community. So this week, we’re sharing a couple of ways you can help out (plus a shameless plug for our fundraising event which will help ensure we can keep LkldNow free and accessible to everyone):
- Drop off old towels at the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce for use by The Polk County Bully Project.
- Take your plastic grocery bags to VISTE for reuse in delivering food to seniors.
- Sign up to be a Reading Pal at a local elementary school.
- Get tickets for LkldNow’s 10th anniversary celebration on Sept 18. Join us for a cocktail reception and enjoy an evening of inspiring stories by Barry Friedman, Ana Wood-Rogers and David Bunch, who’ve each had a lasting impact on Lakeland. This fundraiser is crucial to funding the independent, truly local news you read here every week.
Have you visited a local art exhibit or museum in the last 6 months?
Parents Have Six Weeks to Weigh in on New Polk County High School Maps
Enrollment at George Jenkins and Lake Gibson would decrease. Lakeland could get 643 more students and Tenoroc could add 1,142.
Meet ALICE: Earning Above Poverty, Falling Short on Basics
A local father shares what it’s like to live paycheck-to-paycheck, despite decades of work experience — and why he believes more people are ALICE than we realize.
Notta Gallery Opening This September in Downtown Lakeland
Not Your Typical Gallery — Notta will be a quirky, approachable art space for all.
Help Wanted: 1 in 8 Polk Classrooms Lacks a Certified Full-Time Teacher
Many Florida counties had big decreases in teacher vacancies this year, but not Polk.
Polk’s New Discovery Center Will Teach Kids Money, Jobs and Life Skills
JA BizTown and Finance Park will bring hands-on financial literacy and career prep to Lakeland.
Don Burns Has Withdrawn from the Race for Lakeland City Commission
Burns is no longer running to represent District B Northeast, leaving Terry Coney unopposed for now.
LAKELAND NEWS FROM OTHER SOURCES
More cuts coming to Citizens Insurance, as five private companies get approval to take over 88K policies | WUSF, News Service of Florida
‘Vampire Penguin’ to bring gourmet shaved snow and Gothic decor to downtown Lakeland storefront | The Ledger (paywall)
Lakeland gets $50,000 grant from USDA Forest Service to help care for trees in three local parks | City of Lakeland
Residents of Citrus Center Colony say heavy rains keep flooding their 55+ mobile community | Bay News 9
‘Broken by war?’ Group wants DeSantis to exempt veterans from the death penalty, including Bryan James Riley | The Ledger (paywall)
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