MINORITY DONOR AWARENESS MONTH/PALM BEACH EDUCATOR/LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVES AND REPRESENTATION

AUGUST IS NATIONAL MINORITY DONOR AWARENESS MONTH/PALM BEACH EDUCATOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM/CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE STAR 94.5 will partner with Our Legacy and Advent Health for the 2nd Free Kidney Screening & Wellness Expo Luncheon Saturday, August 2nd 10:00 am - 2:00pm @ the Boys & Girls Club 5211 Hernandes Drive in Orlando. Please register @ www.star945.com and join us for Screenings, Healthy Cooking Class, Healthy Living Activities and more. Dr. Rhonda Turner is a school guidance counselor in Delray Beach Fl. which is in Palm Beach County. Her nonprofit, 4 Knowledge is Power has encouraged teenagers for more than 25 years through college tours, career fairs, dance and other activities. Her belief is exposing a teen enhances a family. Her next event is a Marriage Retreat in Kissimmee Sunday August 1st-2nd. Connect with Dr. Turner @ www.4knowledgeispower.org State Representative Lavon Bracy-Davis and her aide Rashon Young shared their backgrounds and what led them to become the voice for the people. Young especially talked from a Gen-Z perspective of the importance of "thinking ahead" to where you want to grow. Bracy-Davis shared her community legacy through family and politics. Both reminded us of their important Special Election September 2nd for State Legislature seats in the Senate for District 15 and the House for Seat 40. Theirs is a succession plan that began with a conversation almost a year ago with the late Senator Geraldine Thompson. Dates to remember: Deadline to Register for the Election is August 4th, Deadline to Request a Vote-by-Mail Ballot August 21st by 5pm, Early Voting is August 23 - 31st