Community Events & Local Happenings 14 Free Isha Upa Yoga Session When: Saturday, January 28th, 2017, 11am - 1pm Where: Friendship Hall, 460 46th Ave N, 33703 Come join us in a Free Isha Beginner Upa Yoga session followed by a Veg Potluck. Through a synthesis of guided yoga and meditation practices, the session will present easyto practice yet potent tools to enhance health, joy, peace, love, success and inner exploration, helping one to cope with the hectic pace of modern lifestyles and realize their full potential in all spheres of life. Sessions can be attended by anyone over the ages of 7. No physical agility or prior yoga experience is needed. Please bring a Veg dish to share and a yoga mat. Cost: Free RSVP to Noelle Morris 727-458-3405 call/text/email nmorriskw@gmail.com. The 4th Annual Localtopia When: Saturday, February 4th, 10am - 5pm Where: Williams Park, 350 2nd Ave N, 33701 Keep Saint Petersburg Local’s “Community Celebration of All Things Local” showcasing over 200 of your favorite independent businesses and community organizations. (KSPL’s 5-Year Anniversary event). See KSPL’s story on pg. 5; and their ad on the back cover. While you’re there, satisfy your hunger with a bite to eat from our friends at The PB & Jelly Deli Food Truck. They will donate a sandwich to those in need each time a sandwich is bought. By the way - this is no ordinary PB&J. Look for flavors like pumpkin spice cashew butter, chocolate chunk almond butter and salted caramel peanut butter! Then mosey over to see GBM’s very own photographer, Kelly Nash, in the Family Village. Her booth is offering to have your kids paint their own frames and take a Polaroid family photo to fill it! Cost: Free, but please consider a (minimum) $5 donation upon arrival to spread the local love. Donation points can be found at all entrances. For more information, visit the official website: keepsaintpetersburglocal.org/ localtopia ������������������������������������������ ���������������������������������������������� Show & Charity When: Tuesday, February 7th, 11am - 1:30pm Where: St. Pete Yacht Club, 11 Central Ave, 33701 This exciting and fun event will offer guests an opening ceremony, elegant luncheon, live entertainment, Mardi Gras mask contest, silent auction, cash opportunity prizes, and much more! Beautiful fashions by Chico’s will be modeled by leading ladies from the St. Petersburg community. This year’s event Co-Chairs are Jackie O’Brien, Connie Smith and Rebecca Malowany. Cost: Tickets are $50 per person. Group ticket packages are available as well as sponsorship opportunities. Infinity also welcomes donated items and services to include in the silent auction. To purchase tickets or make a donation to this important event, please email Info@InfinityStPete.org or call Kay Brown at (727) 343-3850. For over 36 years, Infinity, the League to Aid Abused Children & Adults, Inc. (a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization) has served abused and neglected individuals in the St. Petersburg community. For more information on Infinity, please visit www.InfinityStPete.org. �������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� Antiques When: Saturday, February 18th, 6pm - 9pm Where: Patty’s and Friends Antiques, 1241 MLK Dr, 33701 The SPIRITS of St. Petersburg/St. Petersburg Paranormal Investigation are hosting a free ghost tour at Patty’s and Friends Antiques. Prior to each tour is a new investigation just to get in touch with our REALLY old friends, or in case we find someone new. This is free and open to the public. The SPIRITS will also have booklets on hand for the Suntan Art Center haunting called “Spectral Musings”. Booklets cost $3 each and support funding for SPIRITS/ SPPI. There will be three tours through the night, and each tour should last about 25 - 30 minutes. Tour times are 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30. The last tour closes the event. Cost: Free To learn more about SPIRITS of St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg Paranormal Investigation, please go to our website at www. spiritsofstpetersburg.com or www.sppipinellas.net For more events, visit, greenbenchmonthly.com If you would like to submit event information, please email editor@ greenbenchmonthly.com Anita Westmoreland (left) & Charlene Cobb (right) �������������������������������������� Honors City of St. Petersburg Employee Florida Suncoast Safe Kids Coalition named Anita Westmoreland as the 2016 Member of the Year. She was honored for her efforts in increasing water safety with area children. As recreations supervisor for the City of St. Petersburg’s parks & recreation department, Westmoreland is heavily involved in raising awareness for water safety programs. She also developed new water safety programs, including handing out donated life jackets at various beaches and boat ramps around the Tampa Bay area and raising money to supplement free swimming lessons for every child in St. Petersburg who doesn’t know how to swim, or can’t afford the classes. “Anita works tirelessly to improve water safety for children,” said Charlene Cobb, Suncoast Safe Kids chairperson and Sunstar Paramedics community outreach coordinator. “She is making extraordinary progress toward the Safe Kids’ mission.” The Florida Suncoast Safe Kids Coalition is led by Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, which provides dedicated and caring staff, operation support and other resources to assist in achieving our common goal: keeping your kids safe.
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