THE FLORIDA LAW BLOG

Girl Power in Pinellas County, Florida

I attended the PACE Believing in Girls Lunch yesterday. Thank you to Shelli Askin at Sun Country Cleaners who invited me. I was blown away by what an awesome program PACE is. I was also inspired by the women and girls there and by the concept of "Girl Power" in general.

If you want to get involved with helping women and girls and/or networking with other women here in Pinellas County, here are ten links to awesome women and girls resources to help women and to connect with other women:

1. PINELLAS COUNTY PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS:  http://pacecenter.org/pinellas

2. CASA IN ST. PETERSBURG Community Action Stops Abuse:  http://www.casa-stpete.org

3. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN ST. PETERSBURG: http://www.bpwstpetepinellas.org/index.htm

4. PARC Turning Disabilities into Capabilities (not just for girls): http://www.parc-fl.org/

5. WOMEN ON A MISSION:  www.woamtec.com or contact Coni Notter at coni@IQPrintMedia.com for information about the Wendesday mid-Pinellas lunches.

6. LIB - LADIES IN BUSINESS: Contact Morgan Smith at morgancooksmith@yahoo.com for information on this monthly lunch meeting.

7. WIN - WOMEN IN NETWORKING:  http://www.wintampabay.com

8. Soroptimists International:  http://www.largosoroptimists.org/

9. Pinellas County Roller Girls!:  http://www.pinellascountyrollergirls.com/

10. My Hope Chest:  http://www.myhopechest.org/.

Go check out the links and find a way to connect with these organizations that are helping women and girls right here in Pinellas County, Florida.

Feeding America Tampa Bay - Thanksgiving Food Drive at the Law Office of Scott & Fenderson in St. Petersburg

Scott & Fenderson is proudly partnering with Feeding America Tampa Bay to host a Thanksgiving Food Drive! 

How is the food used: Feeding America Tampa Bay is partnered with over 600 charities and churches that distribute this food to the hungry in West Central Florida through their pantry and soup kitchen programs.  Through this network of partner agencies, the food bank dispenses the equivalent of over 250,000 meals for the hungry each week.  Since it began in 1982, the food bank has distributed over 150 million pounds of food.

Who are the people they help?  The working poor who struggle to get by, the grandparents who find themselves fulfilling the role of parents once again, the disabled no longer able to work, and those simply finding the road back from hard times.

Every 1 percent increase in unemployment in Florida equates to an additional 2.5 million pounds of food needed.  The Food Bank distributed almost 17 million pounds of food last year, but it’s an amount that must be doubled in order to fulfill the ever growing need.  Please help.
Thank you for your support.

Items  needed include: canned meats, canned vegetables, canned or dried beans, cereal, peanut butter, canned fruits, canned and boxed meals, pasta and rice, crackers, dry milk, and other nonperishable food items.

Food Donation Items may be dropped off from November 1 through November 21, 2011 from 9 am to 5 pm at the Law Office of Scott and Fenderson, 4755 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, Florida.

For more information, contact Katrina at 727-321-0099 or email at katrinaatscottandfenderson@gmail.com.