| Congresswoman Harris - Sarasota Bike Helmet Giveaway |
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Congresswoman Katherine Harris explains bike helmet safety to local children. |
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As part of our Kids First Program, Amscot partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and Congresswoman Katherine Harris to promote bicycle safety by distributing free bike helmets to children in the Sarasota community on September 11, 2004. As part of a heightened awareness on traffic safety, especially among our children, this effort helped ensure that Sarasota’s youngest citizens will be safe while traveling on roadways.
Press Release - September 11, 2004 |
| Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Charities - Christmas Caravan |
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office hosts a Christmas Caravan each year. Through the Christmas Caravan event, 300 needy children (123 families) were ‘adopted’ for Christmas at the Santa Maria Mission through St. Mary’s Catholic Church. The event is filled with fun-filled activities including a moon walk, face painting and balloon toys. All families are fed a delicious Christmas meal and the children are given stockings filled with goodies, healthy snacks, tooth brushes, toothpaste and dental floss. And, all families are given a gift card to purchase toys for their children for Christmas.
Amscot supports the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Christmas Caravan to help spread the joy of the Christmas season to the needy children and families in our local communities. |
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Santa arrives at the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Christmas Caravan |
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Kids and Kops Fishing Tournament -
a Program of Missing Children Awareness Foundation |
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Local child gets a chance to fish and learn about safety.
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The Kids and Kops Fishing Tournament was founded in 1984 and is a child safety program located in Pinellas County, Florida. The purpose of the program is to provide a fun environment and a learning experience by local law enforcement where children can learn to take care of themselves and those around them and to become aware of potential danger and avoid harmful situations.
At Amscot, we believe that supporting the Kids and Kops Fishing Tournament fosters positive contact between the children, parents and law enforcement officers in our community. |
| Tampa Downtown Partnership |
Tampa Downtown Partnership’s Vision Statement: “…to reinforce and expand downtown Tampa’s role as the primary business, government, cultural, entertainment, and activity center of the Tampa Bay metropolitan area. The focus is the development of a variety of residential neighborhoods throughout downtown Tampa that ease live/work/play relationships, and return people to the streets of downtown Tampa in the evenings. The Vision includes revitalization of downtown Tampa’s waterfront edge as a unique people place, while adding more parks and usable open space to downtown destinations. The vision is to make downtown Tampa truly the place people want to be—to live, work, visit, and enjoy.”
Amscot believes in the enrichment of Tampa’s Downtown district and donated bike helmets to the Annual Commuter Choices Week held at Lykes Park in downtown Tampa.
For more information on the Tampa Downtown Partnership, visit their website at:
www.tampasdowntown.com. |
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Senator Victor Crist -
USF Area Civic Association
Amscot also supports the annual “Back-to-School Health Fair” hosted by the University Area Community Development Corporation, Inc. The health fair serves more than 2,500 children and their families by providing physical exams, vaccinations, backpacks and school supplies in the at-risk University Area Community.
Pinellas County Law Enforcement
Amscot Financial contributed $1,000 toward the Pinellas County Commissioner John Morroni's Tenth Annual Appreciation Dinner for Law Enforcement, Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services personnel. The dinner, which was held at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort, was designed to honor the men and women who risk their lives to protect and serve the citizens of Pinellas County. Press Release - February 4, 2004 |
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