Five Things to Know Today: June 22

1) Do you know about the natural sponges you can get at Lori’s Soap and Sponge Market? Read this week’s by Jennifer Cullen for details!

2) Did you know about the Hands on the Sand going on this Saturday? Make sure to read this week’s to learn about it!

3) You can blog here on Patch! When you blog, you can get your ideas heard by anyone who happens to drop by Pinellas Beaches Patch. If you’re interested, shoot me an e-mail at leigh.armstrong@patch.com

4) Did you know you can request follow-ups to stories you like? Below every article, there's a button to request a follow-up. Do that and we'll try our best here to get you more information!

5) Here's your Wednesday forecast. It will be partly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs will be around 90 with winds of about 5 mph and becoming southwest around 10 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain is 20 percent.