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March 2022
Volume 17, Issue 3
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CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF PUBLISHING P OSITIVE COMMUNIT Y NEWS
BAYCARE EXPANDS PARTNERSHIP WITH FEEDING TAMPA BAY, OPENS HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER
Staff Report
Osprey Observer 2109 Lithia Pinecrest Rd. Valrico, FL 33596
By Lily Belcher
Nativity Catholic Church’s Men’s Club is hosting its annual fish fry to serve seafood meals to its parishioners and community throughout Lent. As part of the fasting during Lent, the community is called to fast from meat on Fridays, so the fish fry provides 500-600 fish, shrimp and pizza meals each week to encourage the fast. “It really is an event for the parishioners to come out and have Nativity’s Life Teen a good meal and sit group assist the Men’s and chat and get to Club each week, servtalk to their fellow ing different roles to parishioners,” said support the event. Don Waters with The Men’s Club is rethe Men’s Club. sponsible for cooking On Friday evethe food and collectnings from 4:30-7 ing money from guest, p.m., 40-45 volunthe Boy Scouts serve teers from three the meals in the dinNativity organiing room and provide zations serve the desserts and the Life meals in the Social Teen group assists in Hall for $9 for fish the kitchen by plator pizza and $10 for ing and preparing the shrimp. The moncooked food. ey collected helps This year’s fish fry is support the organithe first in two years zations and allows Nativity Catholic Church’s Men’s Club is after it was cancelled them to continue hosting its annual fish fry to serve seafood in 2020 and 2021 due to give back to the meals to its parishioners and community to the coronavirus. To Nativity parish. protect their guests, throughout Lent. “It really is a all servers and chefs ministry of the parish. It creates a lot of are wearing gloves and face masks while fellowship among parishioners and a lot handling the food. Condiments are also of parishioners do love it because they prepackaged to reduce sharing food get to come to the Social Hall and have items and opened bowls. a meal with their fellow parishioners and Nativity Catholic Church is located at friends,” explained Waters. 705 E. Brandon Blvd. and can be reached Each week, Nativity’s Social Hall is at 681-4608. filled with families and their children, often students at Nativity Catholic School, who can socialize with their friends. NaBEYOND VAN GOGH..............................PG 3 tivity’s congregation is given the opportunity to dine with the other members BSHS RED LETTER ............................. PG 15 PG 23 of their church community, united by the ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT fast during the season of Lent. EYE ON BUSINESS ..........................PGS 38 Boy Scouts of America Troop 89 and
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Tucked inside one’s health is sigthe massive innificantly harder, dustrial wareand no medical house home of intervention can Feeding Tampa compensate for Bay, guests, what we need staff and volunfirst: good and teers now have dependable actheir own dedcess to food.” icated BayCare BayCare began Health Educafocusing much BayCare has teamed up with Feeding Tampa Bay to open a dedicated BayCare Health Education Center in Feeding tion Center. of its communiTampa Bay’s warehouse. The first of ty benefit effort its kind, the fatoward food incility reflects security after the BayCare’s com2019 Community mitment to adHealth Needs Asdressing the sessment found c o m m u n i t y ’s great need across health holistithe four counties cally. The cenit serves: Hillster will serve as borough, Pinellas, a resource for Polk and Pasco. visitors to FeedThat focus came ing Tampa Bay into even sharper to live healthier lives, including offering relief with the onset of the COVID-19 panhealth education materials, a Higi Station demic when Feeding Tampa Bay and othfor self-monitoring general health and a ers service agencies reported significant private area for personal consultations. spikes in demand for food. BayCare also will offer health and wellness Food insecurity is now BayCare’s prievents targeted to those served in this mary focus for community outreach, from unique location. immediate investment in food for those in “We are thrilled to have BayCare’s part- need to adopting systemic changes that nership and presence here in the food should help all patients get their nutritionbank,” said Thomas Mantz, president and al needs met. Feeding Tampa Bay, with a CEO of Feeding Tampa Bay. “This new fa- footprint that matches BayCare’s service cility is an investment in our community’s area, is a natural partner in this work. long-term health, starting with nutrition, “Data has really driven our plans, and our which is essential for overall wellness. We research clearly indicates a tremendous all know food equals health, and this effort amount of food insecurity throughout our is a huge step forward for our community.” region,” said Keri Eisenbeis, BayCare’s vice BayCare CEO Tommy Inzina agrees, president of government and community noting at the ribbon-cutting event that no relations. “BayCare’s clinical background amount of medication can compensate for paired with Feeding Tampa Bay’s food exhunger or poor nutrition. pertise creates a unique opportunity to re“Any health care professional will tell ally improve the community’s health.” you that food is the first medicine,” Inzina Visit www.baycare.org and https://feedsaid. “Without good nutrition, maintaining ingtampabay.org/.
NATIVITY’S FISH FRY ORGANIZED BY MEN’S CLUB, BOY SCOUTS AND LIFE TEEN GROUPS
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Hillsborough County Public Schools recently announced Building Tampa’s Tomorrow. District leaders will continue to develop our existing career and technical education programs in other schools to ensure all programs are preparing students for high-demand careers in fields the students desire. Full article on page 9.
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$40 OFF BRAKES Includes Free Brake Inspection Not to be combined with any other offer. Only valid at Riverview, FL - Boyette location.
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