Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School (OLL) participated in its first Give Miami Day fundraising campaign, with hopes to raise some much needed funds for playground improvements. Thanks to the school community as well as church parishioners, the school raised $15,756 with 174 gifts in less than 24 hours. “Through the generosity of our school family and parishioners, we will be able to remodel our children’s playground and...

  Students and teachers from Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s Mission Club helped change lives this Thanksgiving season by volunteering at the Feeding South Florida food bank on November 17. Ten Pace students and Pace religion teachers Dr. David Masters and Nelson Bonet sorted 7,498 pounds of food at Feeding South Florida’s food bank in Pembroke Park. The nearly four tons of food will be used to create 6,248 meals to feed...

  Harry and Susana Elden of northwest Miami announced the engagement of their daughter, Dominique M. Elden, to Andrew J. “A.J.” Atchison, son of Irv and Sarah Atchison, formerly of Oakwood, Ohio, and now residing in North Port, Florida. The bride-elect is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received her B.A. She then attained her J.D. from the Florida State University College of Law and is current employed as a...

  Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS), in partnership with Healthy Schools, LLC and the Department of Health in Miami-Dade, will be administering flu immunizations or flu mist, a nasal spray vaccine, free of charge to students with parental consent at every participating school. The immunizations will be offered until Monday, December 18 from 7:20 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For school specific times contact your child’s school. 

  Town of Miami Lakes is inviting the community to join officials and staff for the grand opening of the new Youth Center at Park East, also known as “The Spot, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 21. The grand opening event will be complete with an afternoon of amusements, music, food, giveaways and fun for the whole family. The Youth Center, located at 6075 Miami Lakes Drive, is a 4,000 square-foot facility with...