The UCC Women of Miami Lakes Congregational Church have been holding a Spring and Fall rummage sale for the last 28 years. The profits from these sales have benefited different local and global charities as well as needy families and individuals in the community. This year’s Fall Rummage Sale is schedule from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 29, at the church, 6701 Miami Lakeway South, across from Miami Lakes K-8 ...

  Miami Lakes K-8 Center (MLK8) students and parents joined Feeding South Florida's 24-hour Sort-A-Thon on September 8. Over 26,000 pounds of food was sorted in a three hour shift for individuals and families affected by food insecurity.   Feeding South Florida is the sole Feeding America food bank that serves counties like Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe. More than 98 percent of all donations are put back into the...

  Miami Lakes announced the winners of the 2018 “Capture a Miami Lakes Moment” photo contest. First place honors went to Juan Carlos Garcia for a breathtaking photo of one of the Miami Lakes entrance features. Second place was awarded to Daniel Rodriguez who snapped a photo on his bike ride back from Miami Lakes Picnic Park West that shows a large herd of the town’s trademark cows grazing in a field. Jose...

  The Miami Lakes Garden Club adopted a community project this year at the Marian Center in Opa-Locka. The Marian Center offers services for people with intellectual disabilities, which includes a fully-accredited school for students ages six to 21, an adult day-training and work program as well as a full time residential facility for women. Each program welcomes people from all races, religions and backgrounds and provides partial...

  Dan Grech, founder of BizHack Academy and an award-winning journalist and storyteller at The Miami Herald, Washington Post and NPR, is the guest speaker for the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce membership meeting. The event is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 12 at Don Shula’s Hotel, 6842 Main Street. Grech also worked at two software startups and an energy company, and has mentored startups and established...