New Junior Civitan Club Is Re-Starting for Teens in North PinellasJunior Civitan is a service club helping in the community. The members of the club chose the needs to meet. Leadership, planning, and organizational skills are learned and enhanced as the teens form a Board and committees to complete service projects and fundraising of their choosing. An informational meeting is scheduled for Saturday, July 1, at 10:30 a.m. in the Safety Harbor Library, meeting room B. The library is located off Main St. at 101 2nd Street North. All teenage 12 to 18 are invited to find out more about the fun and satisfaction Junior Civitans experience. Parents are welcome. One of the teens, Kathy Rocco, was recently recognized as Most Outstanding Junior Civitan for the Florida District. Though an adult Civitan Club must sponsor and liaison with the Junior Civitan Club, the youth elect their own executive board members, plan their fundraising projects, determine where those proceeds are to be directed, and which service projects to complete in their community. While most of their volunteer work benefits only their own local community, Junior Civitans from around the world come together twice a year for the good of one common flagship cause, the Civitan International Research Center (CIRC) and have serious fun while they raise serious money, over $2.5 million dollars of serious money while having serious fun. Teens love to dance, but these teens take dancing serious. They have raised over $1 million dollars to date for the research of mental and physical disabilities. Imagine the joy some Junior Civitans have when they experience snow for the first time in their life. The annual SnoDo enables them to operate snowmobiles and add to the $1.5 million dollars they have raised to date over the years at this event. Research findings at CIRC are sent to the medical community worldwide. Frank Kelley, a former Junior Civitan from St. Petersburg High and now Governor of Florida District Civitan, will be at the Safety Harbor Library to talk about how Junior Civitan impacted his life and answer questions. Frank is a member of the sponsoring club, the Clearwater Civitan Club. Junior Civitan members not only impact their own community, they impact their state, the nation, and the world. For more information, call Frank Kelley at (727) 781-7869 or email him at Frank@civitan.zzn.com.
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