Town Foundation awards $18,605 in grants for education, community

Featured By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, November 13, 2024

    The Miami Lakes Town Foundation has awarded $18,605 in 12 grants to local schools and a non-profit to support education and foster community.       The money comes from the annual Miami Lakes Food & Wine...
  Mother of our Redeemer (MOR) Catholic Church and School are celebrating their annual festival this weekend. The festival runs Thursday, February 6 through Sunday, February 9. Festival hours for Thursday and Friday are from 6 to 11 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. This is the church's primary fundraiser which helps MOR service the Catholic community across Northwest Miami-Dade County. Pastor Fr. Jimmy Acevedo said,...

Immaculate cheer squad faces first competition

Education Thursday, February 6, 2014

 

Immaculate Conception Catholic School’s cheerleading squad will be participating in their first competition of the year on February 22 at Monsignor Edward Pace High School against other Catholic schools in the All Catholic Conference.

  Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) staff, students, and families walked together along with over 20,000 members of the South Florida community on Saturday, January 25, to help raise autism awareness and enjoy a fun-filled day at the Dan Marino Foundation sponsored event, WalkAbout Autism 2014. BGEC's team "Team Help" raised over $1,000 for the cause and 25 percent of the funds will return to the Special Education department (SPED) at...
  Miami Dade College is continuing its 20-year tradition of offering free tax preparation services to low-income individuals, the elderly and non-English speaking residents. Federal income tax returns must be in the mail and postmarked no later than April 15. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistant Program (VITA) is administered and staffed by faculty and MDC business students who volunteer their time to help the public in preparing their...
  The theme for this year’s 3rd annual New Testament Baptist Church’s Father Son campout was “Frozen.” Not to be confused with the Disney movie, 130 fathers and sons gathered for the annual Everglades getaway and the lowest temperatures ever recorded about 90 minutes northwest of Miami Lakes at 31 degrees. The oldest father and son tandem was Cliff Konchak (reserving to remain ageless) who attended with his sons...
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