October 29, 2019
Families Walk a Mile in Heels at USF
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. USF’s One Love Foundation and the Center for Victim Advocacy & Violence Prevention hosts the annual Walk A Mile in Her
This annual event is an international march to stop rape, sexual assault, and gender violence. The people participating in the event at the USF Tampa campus are required to walk a mile in heels to bring awareness to the cause.
According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, nearly 3 in 10 women and 1 in 10 men in the U.S. have experienced rape or physical violence.
This event will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 29,
Visit Walkamileinhershoes.org for more information.
Pedestrian Safety at St. Pete
Police officers will be watching busy intersections in St. Petersburg closely starting today.
This is a part of an initiative called the High Visibility Enforcement program (HVE), focusing on pedestrian safety. It aims to protect pedestrians and bicyclists from accidents.
Sgt. Bill Burris participates in organizing the program and says the program will be active until May.
“We will be addressing locations that have experienced high amounts of crashes involving pedestrians and bicyclists and officers will be out through that time period,” Burris said.
When asked when exactly there can be cops expected in those areas he said, “Particular days and times. All different times.”
Pasco County Breaks Donation Record
Thousands of
Several Pasco County Agencies donated over 3,000 pairs of shoes and more than 13,000 pairs of socks. This number is significantly higher than donations raised in the past four annual drives combined.
Pasco County School employee, Danica Cockrell, spoke about how grateful the county is for all the donations with a mountain of shoes behind her.
“There is so much love on the tables by people who donate, the County Commission who does this every year and they’re really competitive about each division and how many shoes they collect and the money they raise,” Danica said. “So, we are always just entirely grateful.”
Since 2016, Two Good Soles has collected more than 7,000 shoes and nearly 25,000 pairs of socks for students in the Pasco County school system.
Have a Paw-some National Cat Day!
To celebrate National Cat Day, the Humane Society of Tampa Bay is urging people to adopt.
In August 2019, there were a reported 237 cats and 99 dogs sheltered in Tampa alone.
For more information about the Human Society of Tampa and to view all the cats listed for adoption, visit Humanesocietytampa.org.
School the Day After Halloween? Boo!
After multiple online petitions failed to convince the Polk and Hillsborough County School Districts to give kids the day off, tired trick-or-treaters still have to go to school the day after Halloween.
One of the petitions reached nearly 60,000 signatures, while other petitions about the situation are still being posted on Change.Org.
Regardless, Polk County school officials responded to all their students through Facebook stating, “Our school nurses will be ready to assist you with any candy-related ailments when you return [back to school] … on Friday.”
