The Red Cross has a Big Thank You to the 72 members of the Red Cross and Civil Air Patrol worked through Hurricane Erika. They maintained the shelters, delivered emergency supplies and worked at Disaster Relief Headquarters. The volunteers had the shelters open early and ready through the storm. Sheri Frost says the whole community is grateful to the volunteers for service the Red Cross mission. The Florida Caribbean Cruise Association is opening a poster contest for students in our community.
Students can win cash scholarships and their schools can win packages of art supplies.
The poster theme is My Caribbean, Your Caribbean To Protect and Preserve. The poster contest deadline is December 2nd. Now get to work. This is being sponsored by the Department of Tourism. There are two categories for ages 12 under, and for 13 to 16.