Food for Thought: Little Havana nonprofit brings children, healthy cooking together
It isn’t easy for most parents to convince their kids to eat nutrient-rich foods. ConnectFamilias, a Miami-Dade nonprofit, which serves mostly Hispanic families and promotes opportunities for children, came up with a clever way to help parents by pure happenstance during a pre-pandemic food distribution.
August, September 2023 Community Calendar
Our Local 10 Community Calendar is your one-stop shop for information about free or low-cost events happening in your community. From music festivals to museum displays and everything in between, check out why South Florida is the place to be every day of the week.
March-April 2023 Community Calendar
Our Local 10 Community Calendar is your one-stop shop for information about free or low-cost events happening in your community. From music festivals to museum displays and everything in between, check out why South Florida is the place to be every day of the week.
5 ways to participate in #GivingTuesday without spending a dime
Giving Tuesday is still somewhat new in the grand scheme of social media things, and even though your first thought might be donating money, there are plenty of other ways to give, so don’t feel like you can’t participate if you don’t happen to have the funds at the moment.
Supporting nonprofits becomes a celebration of generosity on Local 10′s Day of Giving
Ahead of Thanksgiving, the South Florida community celebrated Local 10′s ninth Day of Giving on Friday with over 11,000 pounds of food donations for a group of six nonprofit organizations that also each received $1,200 checks.
October 2022 Community Events Calendar
Our Local 10 Community Calendar is your one-stop shop for information about free or low-cost events happening in your community. From music festivals to museum displays and everything in between, check out why South Florida is the place to be every day of the week.
September 2022 Community Events Calendar
Our Local 10 Community Calendar is your one-stop shop for information about free or low-cost events happening in your community. From music festivals to museum displays and everything in between, check out why South Florida is the place to be every day of the week.
Food for Thought: Broward College pantry helps students dealing with food insecurity
A student can have a hunger for learning, but it will only go so far if they’re not receiving proper nutrition. That’s why Broward College has made solving food insecurity part of its catalog of services available to students.
National Pink Day: Local nonprofit provides free mammograms, heart screenings
Thursday marks National Pink Day, an effort to raise awareness about breast cancer outside of traditional awareness months and periods. One local organization, The Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative (WBHI) is commemorating the day by offering free mammogram screenings and prevention education, with appointments, on site in Hialeah.
South Florida Nonprofit to Build Home for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Glory House of Miami, a non-profit organization dedicated to reaching, rescuing and restoring survivors of human trafficking, has launched its “Glory Home” capital campaign to build a long-term residential home for adult survivors of human trafficking.
‘What should more people understand about autism?’ Your responses are so important to read
Considering this month is an important time to learn more about autism, we thought we’d ask you, our readers and viewers: If any of you have a close connection to autism spectrum disorder (perhaps you’ve been diagnosed, or you have a friend or child with autism), is there anything you wish more people understood?
Tell us: What’s something you wish more people understood about autism?
Considering this month is an important time to learn more about autism, we thought we’d ask you, our readers and viewers: If any of you have a close connection to autism spectrum disorder (perhaps you’ve been diagnosed, or you have a friend or child with autism), is there anything you wish more people understood?
Voting underway for eARTh Day Art Contest
It’s the fifth year of the Local 10 eARTh Day Art Contest, and each year we are more impressed with the works of art submitted. All South Florida schools were invited to participate and were given five weeks to produce an original work of art that incorporates recycled or natural elements.