Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
Florida Elite Swimming hosts its annual Golden Kickboards Awards Banquet on Monday, Aug. 17 at the Land O' Lakes Recreation Complex, honoring a season that produced multiple state champions and the program's first college-bound male swimmer.
Community
Lutz resident Tom Rahill, 69, captured 96 invasive Burmese pythons to win the $10,000 grand prize in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, setting a new all-time individual record despite competing after two hip replacements.
Community
The Lead Exchange, a Greater Pasco Chamber networking group, has consolidated its Lutz and Carrollwood chapters into a single meeting at 4 & Co Coworking Spaces on the SR-54 corridor in Land O' Lakes, shifting from a lunchtime slot to 8 a.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
Community
Pasco Fire Rescue's annual Boot Drive for the Muscular Dystrophy Association is collecting donations at all five Pasco County Tax Collector offices through Aug. 31, including locations in Land O' Lakes and Lutz.
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Marine veteran Thomas DeLuca's Pasco's Retired K-9 Foundation provides full medical coverage for 14 retired law enforcement dogs from Pasco County and surrounding agencies, with its ninth annual golf tournament fundraiser set for Sept. 26 at Seven Springs Golf and Country Club in New Port Richey.
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One in six Pasco County seniors is food insecure, and Feeding Pasco's Elderly, a volunteer-led nonprofit with roots in Land O' Lakes, raises funds to deliver meals to homebound seniors through Pasco County Senior Services.
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AdventHealth volunteers and Life Church distributed 450 pairs of new shoes, backpacks and school supplies to nearly 1,000 children at the Wesley Chapel church's annual Back-to-School Outreach on Aug. 1, offering financial relief to Pasco County families facing rising school costs.
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The Greater Pasco Chamber of Commerce hosts a monthly Veterans Roundtable at 4 & Co Coworking Spaces in Land O' Lakes, with the next session set for Wednesday, Aug. 12, from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
Community
The Cars at the Corner Car Show returns to Capriotti's Sandwich Shop in Lutz on Friday, Aug. 7, followed by the Friday Moonlight Market at The Hub at Bexley in Land O' Lakes on Aug. 14, giving area residents consecutive Friday evening outings.
Community
Shannon Ruetz, a breast cancer patient, became the first person to finish a full course of proton therapy at the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Proton Center on Moffitt's Speros campus in Land O' Lakes on July 31.
Community
The Team Asher Family Fun Day, a free community fundraiser listed by the Greater Pasco Chamber of Commerce, took place Saturday, Aug. 1 in Land O' Lakes to support 10-year-old Asher Thomson as he recovers from a July 12 bicycle crash that left him with life-threatening injuries.
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Pasco County launched its free Work Local Small Business Support Program on July 30, offering a one-on-one concierge service to help locally owned businesses with up to 25 employees navigate county permitting and development.
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