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Building Character and Community: Boy Scout Owen Emerson Leads Beautification Project

In an inspiring event organized by Boy Scout Eagle Troop 512, a dedicated group of young individuals joined forces to make a positive impact on the community through a hands-on clean-up initiative. Led by Owen Emerson, a passionate 17-year-old soon-to-be Eagle Scout, the project aimed to beautify an area outside of the Oakland Park Elks […]

SAGE Visitor Program Makes Making Friends Easy

Companionship can often feel like an afterthought when you get swept into the whirlpool of life. As we age, the need for endless conversation and friendly laughs grows with each year and making friends is all the more difficult. But, imagine needing a companion while being an elder person a part of a marginalized community. […]

Oakland Park, HandsOn Broward and Farm Share Partner on Food Distribution Program

Vulnerable residents may, at times, face challenges that put them in difficult and heartbreaking situations. These individuals may lack access to basic resources like nutritious food. As a result, they may experience malnutrition, health problems, and a diminished quality of life. This vulnerable population can include the elderly, children, and people with disabilities or chronic illnesses. […]

Oakland Park Resident, Chantelle Iacone, Donates Hair for Wigs for Cancer Patients

Cancer is a devastating disease, and the side effects of treatment make recovery an exceptionally challenging process for those affected. One of the most common side effects of chemotherapy, a widely-used cancer treatment, is hair loss. In fact, up to 65% of chemotherapy patients experience chemotherapy-induced hair loss. Although chemotherapy-induced hair loss is temporary and […]

Broward House: Improving Quality of Life for Individuals with HIV Since 1988

Broward County has some of the highest numbers of people living with HIV in the U.S. As of 2021, approximately 21,014 people (or 10% of residents) in Broward County had HIV. Individuals with HIV are not only heavily impacted by health issues, but also by the social stigma that is associated with HIV. People who […]

Santa Express Delivers Smiles All Over Oakland Park

This past December 18 seemed like a regular old day in Oakland Park. However, for 50 kids December 18th was anything but ordinary. That day, with the help of Oakland Park Firefighters, the Santa Express roared to life and went around delivering smile after smile to kid after kid. Getting Ready to Ride While the […]

The Santa Express Roars Back to Life

The Santa Express Delivers Christmas Magic It was 2010 when Concetta Pignataro, Lieutenant at Oakland Park Fire Rescue, had the desire to do something really different for Christmas. She wanted to do something so amazing it would put a big smile on children’s faces and gift them with a memory that would last a lifetime. […]

Oakland Park Kiwanis Delivers 80 Thanksgiving Dinners

Kiwanis is an international organization founded in 1915 by a group of Detroit businessmen as a business networking platform. In 1916, it became an international organization when the first club was founded in Canada. By 1919 the purpose of the organization had shifted to helping the most vulnerable members of the communities in which it […]

Kiwanis Club’s Pancake Breakfast Returns! 

It was a beautiful morning for a pancake breakfast! The Kiwanis Club of Oakland Park hosted their annual Pancake Breakfast fundraiser this past Saturday. On pause for the past few years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the in-person fundraiser and feast has been promoted widely throughout the city. Cars of people were parked up and […]

Sandy Melillo Brings Joy to Chronically Ill Children with Beads of Courage Bags

Data from 2020 shows that, on average, 3.9 million surgical procedures in the United States each year are performed on children, and up to 4.7% of children in the U.S. undergo surgery each year. While some kids only undergo one surgical procedure, many chronically ill children undergo more procedures than the average adult will have […]

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