🌱 How Palmetto retirees are secretly feeding hundreds of local kids weekly

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• How Palmetto retirees are secretly feeding hundreds of local kids weekly

Also on today's calendar: A Quiet Room For The Exhausted - Sound Bath, Thu 9/17 and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 91 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Cloudy with a t-storm or two, temps: high: 90, low: 74.
• Saturday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'Quiet as Mice': How Palmetto seniors and 'The Kind Mouse' Are feeding hundreds of hungry students (mysuncoast.com) — Palmetto retirees in the Imperial Lakes community are quietly packing hundreds of weekend snack bags each week to help food-insecure students at nearby Manatee schools. Partnering with The Kind Mouse and a Bradenton distribution hub, they're delivering over 1,000 pounds of food weekly, making it easier for local families to access nutritious options right on school campuses.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Palmetto

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 17
• A Quiet Room For The Exhausted - Sound Bath, Thu 9/17 →
  ReVive Nutrition Bradenton, 5917 Manatee Ave W, Bradenton
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 19
• Lip Sync Legends →
  Esplanade at Coasterra Sales Gallery, 7817 Coral Sea Ln, Palmetto
  8:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• Coffee & Conversation →
  Esplanade at Coasterra Sales Gallery, 7817 Coral Sea Ln, Palmetto
  11:00 am
Tuesday September 29
• Ag After Dark- Plant Palooza! →
  1015 6th Street West, Palmetto
Saturday October 3
• Charlotte Independence at Sarasota Paradise →
  Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch, 5895 Post Blvd, Lakewood Ranch
  7:30 pm
Tuesday October 6
• History of Tropicana & The Man Behind the Iconic Carton →
  1015 6th Street West, Palmetto
Thursday October 8
• Sprout Lab: Textiles →
  1015 6th Street West, Palmetto
Saturday October 10
• Sarasota Paradise vs Richmond Kickers →
  Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch, 5895 Post Blvd, Lakewood Ranch
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 17
• Golden Ticket Luncheon →
  Ember and Oak Dining Room, 6406 21st Avenue West, Bradenton
  11:30 am
• Clancy's Half way to St. Paddy's Bash →
  Clancy's Sports Bar & Grill, 6218 Cortez Rd W, Bradenton
  12:00 pm
• Toddler Story Time
  Canvas & Clay Art Studio, 839 8th Ave W, Palmetto
  1:00 pm
• Euchre →
  310 44th Ave E, Bradenton
  1:00 pm
• Take a Break @ the Library (SCF Staff & Faculty) →
  5840 26th St. West, Bradenton
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I need exterior of house to painted.
  Any reliable company/ individual who can do this job. The house is 1500 $q foot single storey in crystal lake. (Nextdoor Crystal Lakes)
• Looking for a great cardiologist who is not ready to retire.
  Looking in Bradenton, Lakewood ranch, and Sarasota areas (Nextdoor Oakhurst)

• Honeywell International, Inc. posted a job opening for Welder - Level 3 (Night Shift) in Palmetto. Apply here.
• Goodwin Recruiting posted a job opening for Public Accounting Bookkeeper in Bradenton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Palmetto here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bradenton

• Bradenton Public Market returns Oct. 3 (thebradentontimes.com)
• For Sale: 1949 Ford F1 in Bradenton, Florida (classiccars.com)
• Why Cedar Run Resort Is Bradenton's Best-Kept Getaway (terristeffes.com)

Ellenton

• LWV to host Florida Constitutional Amendments and Manatee County Referendum Voter Education this week (thebradentontimes.com)

Sarasota

• Popular Downtown Sarasota Restaurant Abruptly Closes (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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