News From The Heart
May 2013 
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Dunedin Community Garden The Dunedin Community Garden is a 501(c) 3 grass roots organization that fosters community through sustainable gardening and friendship. Their journey began in 2009 when a group of residents and officials from the City of Dunedin organized and leased a little known city park to renovate into a community garden. Dunedin Community Garden offers raised plots and surface to provide the opportunity for gardeners with mobility impairments to access their beds using their mobility device. The purpose is to enable people who, without these accessibility features, would otherwise not be able to garden. Three, of an initial six disability friendly beds, are still awaiting gardeners. The initial cost to have your own garden plot is: - $25 annual membership
- $25 refundable deposit for the plot
- $40 for topsoil
- Micro-irrigation setup is up to the gardener
Gardeners typically mentor each other on gardening tips and tricks, but they also have free monthly education workshops that are open to all members and their friends. Members also receive an exclusive quarterly newsletter. You not have to be a Dunedin resident to be a member.
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4th Annual Back to the
'80s Scavenger Hunt and Pub Crawl Fundraiser 
The 4th Annual Back to the '80s Scavenger Hunt and Pub Crawl is being held on Saturday, May 18, 2013! This event is the bomb and you won't want to miss it! Join us for a totally awesome evening of fun, spend some time at the best hangouts in Downtown Dunedin, and win some sweet prizes. Sport your spiffiest '80s outfit and come on out to Pioneer Park in Downtown on Saturday, May 18, 2013.
Pencil us in and stay tuned to get the 411.
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The 10th and Final Kinsey Leonard Golf Tournament
The 10th (and final) Kinsey Leonard Golf Tournament was held on April 27, 2013, in St. John's, Florida.
If you are a frequent reader of our newsletter, you know that Kinsey was hit by a pick-up truck while crossing the street to board her school bus in January of 2004 and suffered a life threatening traumatic brain injury. Since that time, Kinsey and her family have given back to those individuals and organizations that have supported them by hosting an annual golf tournament and donating the proceeds. This year's tournament yielded $4,870, which Kinsey and her family donated to the Jan La Belle Scholarship Program at FND. Their generosity will provide another scholarship to another youth with a disability in 2014! After receiving the scholarship, Kinsey attended the Photography Program at Daytona State College. This required her to move away from home and and become an independent young adult. She is now working almost full-time at Marineland in Guest Services and as a Photographer. She is taking photographs during in-water programs, which is exactly what she had hoped to do. Thank you, Kinsey. We are so proud of you! |
