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DeSoto County Historical Society to Host Public Meeting Featuring Guest Speaker Christopher Parent
ARCADIA, FLORIDA – The DeSoto County Historical Society is gearing up for an engaging member meeting open to the public, scheduled to take place on July 15th at 12 noon. The highlight of the event will be a presentation by Christopher Parent, Community Partnership Specialist at Tidewell Hospice / Empath Health.
SunCoast Blood Centers are in urgent need of blood donors
SunCoast Blood Centers, located in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte and DeSoto counties, is asking for blood donations after two surgeries needed more donated blood than expected. SunCoast provides blood for nine different hospitals across these counties. An open heart surgery and a childbirth both required the use of platelets and blood...
Boys & Girls Club shores up funding to replace North Port club devastated by Hurricane Ian
NORTH PORT – Construction on the new Boys & Girls Club in North Port may commence as soon as late fall, after local attorneys helped the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties obtain a unique type of loan to bridge the gap between money raised by local donors and the anticipated $9 million cost.
Suncoast Blood Centers seeks donors after recent complex surgeries strain supply
200 unit spike in blood need related to a complex open heart surgery and complex childbirth that also required platelets comes at a time when number of donors drops because of summer vacation. Staff Report. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. SunCoast Blood Centers is making an urgent appeal for blood donations, because two...
SunCoast Blood Centers are in need of donations
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - SunCoast Blood Centers are in desperate need of blood donations. Summer is typically slow for the organization, but there are significant needs presenting themselves. Some of those issues include:. Holiday Impact on Blood Supply:. The Fourth of July holiday is a time of celebration, but it...
Active Assailant Command Training at Memorial Elementary School…Designed To Keep Our Students Safe
The FBI defines an active shooter as one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area. According to other research, 69.8% of active shooter incidents ended in 5 minutes or less. This week members of the Arcadia Police Department, DeSoto County Sheriff’s...
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