Registration for the Miami Lakes Optimist Club's Flag Football Program will take place on Saturdays, January 24, 31, and February 7. Kids aged 5 to 15 may register. Parents can sign up their kids in-person at Miami Lakes Middle School (6425 Miami Lakeway North) from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Payment can be made with cash or by check. The fee is $120 for new players and $100 for returning players from last season. Registration is also...

  Miami Lakes’ Youth Activities Task Force announced the Just Run® Miami Lakes Program will begin Monday, January 26. The program will be held every Monday and Wednesday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue, and will run through May. The Just Run® Miami Lakes Program, now in its 5th year, is a free, fun program that promotes fitness, healthy eating, good citizenship, and pride in...

  U.S. Paralympics, a division of the Olympic Committee, is partnering with Miami-Dade County Public Schools to implement a school-based Paralympic sports program. This program, made possible through a grant from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, will provide a pathway for students with disabilities to participate in extracurricular athletics, specifically track and field in the 2015 spring semester. The team from U.S. Paralympics coming...

  Miami Lakes kids can start the new year off by getting in shape with the Town’s Just Run Program that promotes fitness for elementary and middle school students for four months. The five-year-old program, offered by the Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force for kids between the ages of 5 and 14, kicks off in January and will be held every Monday and Wednesday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W....

  Founded in 2013, the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Hope for Autism United Soccer Foundation, also known as Autism Soccer, has a new home in Miami Lakes thanks in large part to a growing list of sponsors and donors. Autism Soccer’s leader, the energetic former 2nd Division Soccer professional Oscar Amuz, says his dream of helping children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and intellectual disabilities through soccer has come...