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BUS TO BE STUFFED WITH FOOD FOR THOSE IN NEED

10/27/2015

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Lake County Public Transportation Division staff and volunteers will be collecting nonperishable food to be stuffed inside a Lake County Connection bus. The food gathered during the campaign will be donated to The Salvation Army in Leesburg and the Lake Cares Food Pantry in Mount Dora, directly helping those in need in the local community.

The 10th Annual Stuff the Bus drive, benefitting local food pantries, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Walmart located at 17030 U.S. Highway 
441 in Mount Dora.​

Nonperishable food items accepted for donation include canned meats, vegetables, fruits, stews and chili, canned or dry soups, canned or packaged pasta, peanut butter, tea bags and ground coffee, hot and cold cereals, rice, cake and pancake mixes, syrup, powdered milk, juice boxes, granulated sugar, baby food and formula, granola and cereal bars and dry or canned pet food.

For residents who can’t make it to the event on Nov. 7, nonperishable food may be dropped off at the Lake County Public Transportation Division’s office, located at 2440 U.S. Highway 441/27 in Fruitland Park, Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
           
Volunteers are also needed to work shifts of two hours or more beginning at 8:45 a.m. and ending at 5:15 p.m. to help encourage people to donate items and pack food into the buses. For more information about the Stuff the Bus campaign, or to sign up as a volunteer, contact Amy Bradford at 352-323-5723 or [email protected].
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COMMUNITY TURNS A HATEFUL ACT INTO A POSITIVE

10/25/2015

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It wasn't the first time.  Or the second.  

In the few short months since Joe Gertis purchased Irene's Lounge, a landmark roadside tavern in Tavares, his business has been vandalized multiple times with gay epithets.  He also received a hate letter.  

Last Thursday vandals struck again.  In  the early morning hours, the exterior of the business and its patio furniture was boldly slapped with yellow paint although security cameras are affixed to the building.   Misspelled slurs were painted on the walls so there wouldn't be any mistake of the hate crime.  

A cross-section of residents went into action encouraging the community to come together to help clean up the mess and provide support.   While Gertis was away, local residents collected donations for paint and supplies and a compassionate crew arrived to paint the building.  By the time the owner returned, the epithets had been covered.  Gertis was clearly overwhelmed and grateful.

In addition to the paint and supplies, donations also came in the form of money, free advertising and a mural.  Norm Rinne, artist and owner of Norm's Pallete wine bar in downtown Mount Dora, will paint a mural to cover the vandalized walkway in November.   Some neighboring Mount Dora candidates also made donations to show their community support for diversity.

Irene's wlll be closed for the next several days for pre-scheduled improvements. Residents wishing to send a message to the vandals can stop in for a beer upon the lounge's reopening.   Irene's Lounge is located at 14942 Old US Highway 441 in Tavares.

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COMPASSIONATE MOUNT DORANS AID S.C. FLOOD VICTIMS

10/11/2015

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The action was swift, much like the rising waters in South Carolina caused by the 1000-year rain.

Mount Dora resident and Columbia, South Carolina native, Lauren Graham Cunningham, felt compelled to help.  The hardest hit area in Columbia is the place of Cunningham's childhood memories.  The victims are her old classmates.  Although she moved away years ago, the established local artist still converses in a Southern accent that indicates where her heart is firmly rooted. 

Cunningham had a Jeep for sale at the time of the floods and watched as many of the victims had absolutely nothing while she remained fortunate.    At that point, Cunningham quickly decided to donate the vehicle to a South Carolina flood victim she's known since childhood.  The artist credits, Mount Dora friends, Jonni Vermulen and Patti Thompson with the idea of filling the Jeep with donated goods and supplies before its departure.   The three women quickly spread the word and the response was overwhelming.    When the Jeep left for South Carolina last Friday, it was stuffed to the roof with donations.  

"I've bawled like a baby all week. First out of shear sadness for people I love and then out of the joy of those giving so generously that I also love," said Cunningham.

It's compassion, generosity and swift action like this that makes Mount Dora such a wonderful place.

Residents that missed this effort, but would like to know how to help the victims of the South Carolina floods can click here.

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MOUNT DORA TEENS & COPS THINK PINK

10/11/2015

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The community's embrace of Breast Cancer Awareness Month was not lost on two special groups of Mount Dora residents this week.  On Wednesday, Mount Dora High School art students happily joined forces with Mount Dora Police Department and spray-painted large pink ribbons on the driveways of the police station's driveways on Donnelly and Lincoln streets.  The young artists used a stencil bigger than themselves to create the ribbons the demonstrate support of the cause.  Mount Dora's finest and  Mount Dora High School students have a history of working together on community service projects.  Well done!

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HELP KEEP LAKE WARM

10/1/2015

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The Fall season has many locals looking forward to the cooler weather and everything it brings.  For less fortunate local families, the change in temperatures can also create a hardship when trying to keep their families bundled up during cold snaps.

"Keep Lake Warm" is a hoodie and jacket drive currently underway to benefit Lake Cares Food Pantry clients and organized by Mount Dora Buzz.   Residents wishing to help are encouraged to donate their gently used adult and children sized hoodies and jackets.    Please bring clean items in good condition to the following drop-off locations through October 31.

Drop-off locations:  
Lakes Cares Food Pantry, 2001 W. Old Highway 441, Mount Dora 
Monday -Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 12 noon 
(Donation door has a drop-off sign and is on the Morningside Drive side of the building. To drop off items during regular office hours, just press the doorbell and someone will respond to take your items).

Barrel of Books & Games, 128  W. 4th Ave., Mount Dora

Schools, scouts, churches and other group  participation is greatly encouraged.  If your group is interested in helping, please click here.

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