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·        Palm Beach County Promotes Drowning Prevention

·        Check Out Palm Beach County’s Government Surplus Auction

·        Attention Theater Lovers: Shakespeare is Coming to Palm Beach County

·        Spay Shuttle Provides Low-cost Sterilization for Pet Owners

·        BCC Wrap-up

·        More Upcoming Events & Volunteer Opportunities

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Palm Beach County Promotes Drowning Prevention

Palm Beach County’s Drowning Prevention Coalition is urging residents to stay safe in the water this summer.

Fatal drowning is the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths among children ages 14 and under, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To combat these statistics, the coalition strives to have zero drowning accidents in Palm Beach County. The community-based organization is supported by 30 area agencies.

The coalition offers these tips to help keep your kids safe in the water:

• Teach children water safety and swimming skills as soon as possible

• Teach yourself water safety and rescue swimming skills
• Maintain constant visual contact with children in the pool or pool area

• Always brief babysitters on water safety, emphasizing the need for constant supervision

• Don’t leave a child alone in a body of water
• Don’t leave out toys that might attract a child to a pool or pool area

For more information about the Drowning Prevention Coalition, call (561) 616-7068 or click here: http://www.pbcgov.com/drowningprevention/

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Check Out Palm Beach County’s Government Surplus Auction

Looking for a good car deal? The Palm Beach County Thrift Store offers a huge selection of SUVs, vans, pickups, sudans and trucks at government surplus auctions. More than 16,000 residents have already found great deals at

the event, which showcases the County’s fleet of surplus vehicles.

The thrift store is a municipal inventory recovery joint effort involving 12 area local governments, including the Sheriff’s Office, Solid Waste Authority, the Healthcare District and several other municipalities. Everything sold supports the County’s taxpayers.

To date, the auctions have generated more than $18 million. An upcoming auction will take place on July 21^st. The thrift store is located at 3323 Belvedere Road, Building 507.

For more information about the County thrift store, click here: http://www.pbcgov.com/fin_mgt/store/DrivingIE.htm

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Attention Theater Lovers: Shakespeare is Coming

to Palm Beach County

The Adventures of Pericles, a classic Shakespeare drama, will be presented at Jupiter’s Carlin Park from July 19 -22.

The show is a high seas adventure, with shipwrecks, treachery, betrayal, fate and romance. Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation and Shakespeare by the Sea XVII teamed up to produce the event, which is free to the public. The show starts at 8 p.m., with pre-show entertainment starting at 6:30 p.m.

If you go, remember to bring your beach chair, blanket or picnic baskets. Concessions will be on sale at the park.

For more information about the event, call the Palm Beach County

Parks and Recreation hotline at (561) 963-6755 or click here: http://www.pbcgov.com/parks/specialevent/featuredspecialevent.htm

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Spay Shuttle Provides Low-cost Sterilization for Pet Owners

In Palm Beach County, more than 10,000 animals are euthanized annually. To combat this statistic, the County’s Animal Care & Control offers a state-of-the-art mobile veterinary clinic – dubbed the “Spay Shuttle” – that offers affordable surgical sterilization for pet owners. Pet surgeries are completed in the morning and animals are released to their owners the same afternoon.

Sterilization is the most humane way to reduce the surplus animal population by preventing the birth of unwanted dogs and cats. It also helps control the cost of operating public animal shelters.

The Spay Shuttle provides services to all Palm Beach County residents. It currently operates Wednesday through Saturdays, except during a holiday week. For more information about the program, call (561) 233-SPAY (7729) or click here: http://www.pbcgov.com/publicsafety/animalcare/spay_shuttle.htm.

For dates or location sites or to schedule an appointment, call (561) 233-1261. Space is limited and appointments are not always available.

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BCC Wrap-up 

For a summary of the July 10th Board of County Commissioners meeting, click here: http://www.pbcgov.com/countycommissioners/bccbriefs.htm

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More Upcoming Events & Volunteer Opportunities

·        Are you a committed recycler looking for a simple way to make a difference? Solid Waste Authority has the perfect volunteer program for you! The neighborhood recycling program is an easy way to spend time encouraging recycling in your community and sharing your vision of a healthy, waste-free environment. Solid Waste Authority will give you the training, tools and information you need to make a difference.

For more information, contact Linda Moreno at (561) 640-4000 ext. 4327

·        On Wednesday, July 25 from 6 to 8 p.m., Mounts Botanical Garden will offer a narrated tour given by Garden Director, Allen Sistrunk. The guided tour will include a past history & future vision of the garden, stories of folklore and ethnobotanical uses of South Florida plants. There is a $5 entrance donation; members and children under 10 receive free admission. For more information, call 561-233-1757. Mounts Botanical Garden is located at 599 N. Military Trail in West Palm Beach between Southern Boulevard and Belvedere Road.

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