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Denny’s Orange Blossom Classic football game is just part of the great festivities planned for Labor Day weekend this year.
The OBC is back for a second year after a 43-year gap and now reestablished to enhance Historically Black Colleges & Universities exposure in our community. The celebrations begin with Commissioners Welcome Reception and Kick Off Luncheon at the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort in Aventura with Miami Dade Commission Vice Chair Oliver Gilbert III. The luncheon celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Year of the Woman with three honorees and that is just the start.
Weekend events also include several OBC activities in Broward and Miami-Dade County from a golf tournament and reunion to the football game when Florida A&M plays Jackson State at Hard Rock Stadium on Sept. 4.
A crowd favorite event is happening right in our neighborhood at the University of Miami Wasco Center where the OBC’s Battle of the Bands will feature the two amazing college bands as well as other high school bands preforming. This will be the best show in town on Saturday, Sept. 3, 6-10 p.m. Get you tickets now online for these great events.
OBC’s executive director Kendra Bulluck was my guest July 18 on Gloria’s Gab LIVE to share all the great activities planned for this great football weekend. For the scoop on all the weekend events, watch the show at www.facebook.com/Communitynewspapers/videos/1791274084559787/ or www.orangeblossomclassic.com/.
With the start of school just weeks away, local philanthropist Lynn Bauer and UM professor Hal Wanless are looking to see how they can help teachers at ACE Academy with their Wish Lists. They are hosting a breakfast for the teachers on Aug. 12 to collect their lists and invited Coral Gables Woman’s Club president Ruth Martinez and this writer to attend. That led to the club’s decision to share proceeds from the club’s Aug. 2 Gringo Bingo at Clutch Burger in the Gables with ACE as well as Tucker Elementary, a school with whom CGWC has been working for decades. CGWC is also collecting art supplies for Crystal Academy, a school for children in the autism spectrum, located across the street from the club’s children’s dental clinic and clubhouse. Look for my interview with Lynn and Hal on the Aug. 1 Gloria’s Gab LIVE show https://fb.watch/eDD68dfpoE/ or www.youtube.com/watch?v=83TuWKG55kQ
Speaking of great events, the General Federation of Women’s Club District 11’s Woman’s Club of Hialeah is celebration its 100th anniversary with a brunch at the historic Hialeah Race Track on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 10:30 to 1:30 p.m. District 11 Director Virginia Yermoli expects most all area sister clubs to join Barbara Hassall, Hialeah Woman’s Club president, and her club members to join them as they mark this centennial milestone and the club’s century of making a positive impact on their community.
The affair will feature a Lucky Ticket Auction to raise funds for GFWC FL President’s Project, Camp Boggy Creek, a camp for children with various illnesses giving them a medically supervised camp experience with others like themselves. Guests will enjoy a lovely brunch, Hialeah and GFWC trivia games, and the installation of the club’s board of directors. All are welcomed to attend. Tickets are $30 for adults and $20 for children under 12 years. There will be a cash bar. For more information go to www.facebook.com/WomansClubOfHialeah/.
In other club happenings, GFWC FL District 11’s Coco Plum Woman’s Club is hosting their 13th annual English Tea, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 2 to 4 p.m., at 1375 Sunset Drive. Take off work for a summer break and don your favorite hat for a fun afternoon social.
Tickets are $50 and proceeds will benefit the club’s restoration funds for their beautiful historic clubhouse. For tickets, call Pat Rivas at 786 547-0429.
Farther south, seniors at The Palace Gardens Homestead FL realized the results of their fundraising efforts on July 29 when their assisted living community hosted 20 Homestead area students to a back-to-school event. Young at heart residents in their 80s and 90s had created artwork throughout the year, selling them at community events with assistance from Homestead Councilman Larry Roth, president and co-founder of This is for The Kids, Inc. the non-profit that selected the students.
Each student received a Google Chrome tablet and backpack filled with school supplies and were treated to an afternoon of fun, including lunch, live music, an ice-cream truck and bounce house. Of course, they also had an opportunity to meet their “surrogate grandparents.”
Until next time, keep making each day count and share an act of kindness every day.
