As humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard once said, “Save the child, and you save the nation.” It is in this vein the Clearwater Community Volunteers, a non-profit charitable organization comprised solely of volunteers,  will hold the 8th annual Fashions With Flair fundraiser.

Baseball season has returned, and so will the Humane Society of Pinellas fundraiser Bark at the Ball Park. At their first event of the season on May 2nd, owners are allowed to bring their dogs to a Clearwater Threshers game at Bright House Field, 601 Old Coachman Road, Clearwater where the Threshers will face the Daytona Cubs at 1:00 p.m.

In earlier issues I reported on my first skydiving adventures out of Vandenberg Airport, now known as Tampa Executive Airport. I felt cocky with the first of my training jumps under my belt, and wasted no time practicing for my second. That too being uneventful, I took no break and rushed to get my third and fourth jumps in before calling it a day. And what a day! There is something to skydiving, maybe the adrenaline,  that by the end of the day has you dropping from exhaustion. I set up my tent and turned in early.

On March 27th and 28th, local, national and international artists converged on Safety Harbor to turn the sidewalks of Main Street into a colorful canvas. The Second Annual Bloom N Garden N Chalk Fest provided an exciting showcase for temporary sidewalk masterpieces to be created with pastel chalk.

The Friends of Island Parks, a non-profit which supports Honeymoon Island State Park in Dunedin, will hold their annual event, Island Earth Days, on April 17th and 18th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on both days.