Category Archives: Youth

education, sports, fun activities

Here’s To Your Health: Local Events offer Free Screenings, Physical Exams for Students and More

Spring is here. You have either dived into your beginning-of-the-year plans to improve your health or you have yet to get started. Orlando Community News is here to help: Take advantage of these upcoming events, many of which are free, that could help improve … Continue reading

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Wayne Densch YMCA Kicks Off Annual Fundraising Campaign

There are few places a whole family can go for recreation, exercise and plain ol’ fun. The Wayne Densch YMCA (WDY) in Pine Hills is one of those places. While the WDY serves about a thousand individuals every year, the organization needs help … Continue reading

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“Pep Rally” to kick off Scholarship Campaign Thursday, March 21 Pine Hills Area YMCA

You will see more than people working out this Thursday evening at the Wayne Densch YMCA Family Center in Pine Hills. You will hear music and see some young people marching to the beat. That’s when organizers plan a Youth … Continue reading

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Black History Month Event to Feature Natalie Jackson as Guest Speaker

Mark your calendar. The Greater Orlando CARES organization is sponsoring a Black History Month event this Sunday, February 24, with Attorney Natalie Jackson as the guest speaker. The event, starting at 4 p.m., will take place at the Well of Hope … Continue reading

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OCN Selects Its First “Pine Hills Heroes”

January 24, 2013 (Orlando, FL) — Ever since Orlando Community News launched online(May 2011), people have been spotted often around town working, trying to make a difference in the Pine Hills community. Take Kelvin L. Cobaris, newly appointed senior pastor of Livingston … Continue reading

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Celebrate the Legacy of MLK at local parades, festivals

January 17, 2013 — What are you doing this weekend? Here is a list of some Orlando area events centered around the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday on Monday, January 21. Why not get out, volunteer, get to know … Continue reading

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Happy New Year: 2013

Here’s to a NEW YEAR: 2013!!! Woo Hoo! I don’t know about you: I am embracing the new year and thanking God for the opportunity to enter it !!! News of late reminds us that we did not have to make … Continue reading

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Views from the Stop the Killing, Start Living Rally Oct 9

Stop the Killing – Start Living Rally at Evans High School stadium on Saturday, October 9. People stood, sat in the stadium or lawn chairs on the track and listened to speakers at the rally, which also included prayers from area … Continue reading

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Pine Hills: Hope, yes. Action, yes.

Pastor Kelvin Cobaris at Stop the Killing, Start Living Rally. Opinion I missed some of the “Stop the Killing, Start Living” rally but what I did catch spoke volumes about people’s genuine love of the Pine Hills community. There were … Continue reading

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Stop the Killing…Start Living Rally on Saturday, Oct. 6

Now more than ever, there is a need for change in our communities concerning the latest rash of serious crimes. A group of concerned community leaders, business owners and residents will push that change this Saturday, October 6, during a “Stop the Killing, … Continue reading

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