Guests Celebrate Community at Church of Scientology Block Party

This free event included pony rides, a petting zoo, a bouncy house and carnival games. The Flag Band provided live entertainment throughout the evening. Area non-profits, covering such areas as the arts, anti-human trafficking and animal rescue and rehabilitation provided information about their programs alongside food trucks and a popcorn/cotton candy stand.

Guests could also learn more about Church of Scientology sponsored humanitarian programs through a ‘passport’ that took them through each of the centers, located along North Fort Harrison Ave. These programs include United For Human Rights, the Way to Happiness, the Truth About Drugs, Criminon, Volunteer Ministers and the Citizens Commission on Human Rights. Rounding out the centers, the Clearwater Community Volunteers Center provided a space for families to cool down in.

“We have been attending your Block Party every year,” said one father from Pennsylvania. “We plan out summer vacation to attend your event and I have never seen anything like it anywhere. We can just come here and you don’t have to worry about anything, the whole family can just enjoy themselves.”

Local merchants joined in, donating gift cards and baskets for the prize drawing that was held at the end of the evening.

“We are very grateful to the downtown merchants who helped make the prize drawing a success,” said event organizer Tanya Cranton. “These shops included Downtown Pizza, the One Stoppe Shoppe, Intuition Salon and Spa, La Fondita de Leo, the Tampa Bay Escape Room, the Residence Inn by Marriott, Grindhouse Café and Kara-lynn’s Kitchen.”

To learn more about future community events sponsored by the Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, please contact Amber Skjelset at 727-467-6966 or at amber@cos.flag.org. More information about Scientology can be learned at www.scientology.org or www.scientology.tv.

About the Church of Scientology:

The Scientology religion was founded by author and philosopher L. Ron Hubbard. The first Church of Scientology was formed in Los Angeles in 1954 and the religion has expanded to more than 11,000 Churches, Missions and affiliated groups, with millions of members in 167 countries. Scientologists have been active in community service in Clearwater for more than four decades. But the impact of these activities was tremendously accelerated in 2015 with the opening of the Scientology Information Center and six humanitarian and social betterment facilities in downtown Clearwater.