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Pinellas 5th graders teach younger students importance of hurricane preparations

Pinellas 5th graders teach younger students importance of hurricane preparations
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  • During National Hurricane Preparedness Week, three groups of fifth graders spent time teaching younger students about the importance of preparing for hurricanes and having a hurricane kit.
  • The Douglas L. Jamerson Elementary School students collected items for the countywide hurricane kit supply drive and explained the importance of having those items in a hurricane kit.
  • The hurricane kit items donated by Pinellas County School students will go to the St. Pete Free Clinic for residents in need.

'It's someone's loved one': Tampa approves land swap to preserve the stolen graves at Zion Cemetery

The City of Tampa said council members approved a land swap agreement to transfer privately owned land believed to be Zion, Tampa's first African American cemetery.

Zion Cemetery land swap approved by Tampa City Council