This year’s annual 5K run sponsored by the Voice of Love and Training Development, Inc. will be held December 5 at Amelia Earhart Park, 401 E. 65 Street in Hialeah. It also has been renamed the Jingle Bell 5K Walk/Run/Roll Family Fun Event. The move is part of an effort by Voice of Love to bring more families together and increase participation in the event. Sponsorship opportunities are available including $5,000...

  The Miami Lakes Lion Club has been a long-time sponsor of the Big T Trophy game, an annual award given to the winner of high school football rivals Hialeah Miami Lakes and Hialeah high schools. In the organization’s fifth decade of sponsoring the game, the Lions Club presented a new trophy to the teams on September 11 at Milander Stadium in Hialeah. The Trojans won in a shutout, 24-0.  Named for the Trojans and...

  Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee is offering free field trips to Miami Marlins games once a month on Thursdays for residents 55 years and above. The bus departs from Town Hall, 6601 Main Street and guests should arrive two hours before game time. ID is required to show proof of age. Space is limited. Reserve seating on the bus one week in advance of each of the field trip dates by contacting Special Events and Committees...

  St. Thomas University is set to kick off the 2015 Fall sports season with volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country and men’s golf, starting  new quests for college championships. The Bobcats volleyball team looks to defend its Sun Conference regular season championship and earn a trip to the NAIA National Championships for the first time since 2003. The Bobcats return...

  Miami Lakes’ popular Start Smart Sports Development program opened Wednesday, September 2 for the first of two six-week sessions at Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. The program helps prepare children, ages 3-5, for organized youth sports by using safe and fun equipment to teach them basic motor skills needed to compete. Classes are held for six consecutive Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Session 1 runs to October 2, and...