After having very successful events in the past, the Kiwanis Club of Greater Miami Lakes is pleased to announce that it will hold its third-annual square dance to benefit ELIMINATE on Saturday, October 6 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Roberto Alonso Community Center in Royal Oaks Park located at 16500 N.W. 87 Avenue.  There will be a professional square dance caller who will be teaching beginners how to square dance. Food and drinks...

  The Miami Lakes Toastmasters Club will host Anita Fain Taylor delivering her third place World Championship of Public Speaking speech, “it is what it is, and it ain’t what it ain’t,” at Miami Lakes Educational Center on Tuesday, October 16 at 7 p.m.  Each year, the Toastmasters International Convention culminates in the final round of the International Speech Contest, where the world champion of public...

  On Saturday, October 20, Miami Lakes Optimist and MPS (Mucopolysaccharidosis) SuperHero Foundation are co-hosting the MPS SuperHero second-annual ‘Kickin’ for a Cure’ kickball tournament. The event will be hosted at Miami Lakes Optimist Park located at 6411 N.W. 162 Street, and will last from 9 a.m. until 2 a.m. There will be fun, raffles, food and a free kids corner with lots of entertainment hosted by a child life...

  The non-profit organization Giving Gators hosted a school supply drive on August 31. They visited local schools and delivered everything from backpacks to the most needed tools for students to succeed. “This simple act is an easy way to create a profound impact on students and their learning experience,” said Giving Gators founder Daylin Garcia. Giving Gators hopes that with the collaboration of local sponsors like Nu...

  From singing at Miami Lakes community events, at her church and countless events at Mater Lakes Academy (MLA), Miami Lakes resident Mercedes Ferreira-Dias made it to Team Blake on NBC’s The Voice.  On September 24, the first episode of the blind auditions aired, and all viewers, especially her MLA family and friends in Miami Lakes, were ecstatic to see her sing “She Used To Be Mine” by Sara Bareilles.  With...