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Another side
While not all kids are eager to meet a police officer, 9-yearold Paris Smith and 8-year-old Thomas Braze were among those glad for the opportunity on July 26.
Hosted at the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex, the K.O.P.S. (Kids and Officers Promoting Solidarity) Summer Fun Night brought together cops and kids to play lacrosse and spend time together in an evening that concluded with a meal of Chick-fil-A.
Organizer Charisse Lovett said the goal of the event is to show kids who may have had a negative experience with a police officer another side of who they are.
Health in motion
If you want to age gracefully, you have to shake a leg and build connections. That was the theme of the Senior Friendship Centers Wellness in Motion Health and Services Fair held on July 28 at the nonprofit’s Sarasota campus.
More than 50 seniors visited the center during the fair for fitness, dance class and salsa instruction demonstrations and to learn from 20 vendors about the wellness offerings in the area.
Dozens of seniors took part in an aerobics class at the fair.
“We move all parts of the body from head to toe,” said Mike McManus, aerobics instructor, in between teaching classes. “We weren’t created by God to be couch potatoes.”
