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Lakewood Ranch teen raises $30,000 for homeless veterans by making flags to honor frontline heroes Local teen uses craftmen skills to make handcarved wooden flags. and last updated 2020-12-24 11:00:42-05 LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. — When Lorenzo Liberti met a Vietnam veteran while serving food to the homeless with his church, he says it changed his life. "What mattered was that he was a veteran and now he’s homeless. I’m better off than him and I haven’t ever served a day in my li...

Local 16-year-old raises $30,000 for homeless veterans by making wooden handcrafted American flags Local teen uses craftmen skills to make handcarved wooden flags. and last updated 2020-12-23 10:01:50-05 Lorenzo Liberti, a 16-year-old sophomore from Lakewood Ranch High School, just donated $30,000 for homeless veterans in the Turning Points Yellow Ribbon Veterans Program Tuesday. Lorenzo started his journey of giving back when he met a homeless Vietnam Veteran 2 years ago while serving food wit...

Turning Point: Under pressure from both their fans and their players, teams from the United States’ four major sports leagues canceled games and practices to protest racism and police brutality. “Shut up and dribble.” That’s what a news anchor suggested LeBron James do after he discussed racism, politics and the difficulties of being a Black public figure in America during an ESPN interview in 2018. LeBron, the activist, first caught my eye in 2012. He and his Miami Heat teammates post...

By MARK YOUNG | The Bradenton Herald | Published: December 19, 2020 LAKEWOOD RANCH (Tribune News Service) — It all started with a chance meeting between Lakewood Ranch High School sophomore Lorenzo Liberti and a Vietnam war veteran. Liberti and his family were volunteering at a local homeless event in January of last year when he got the chance to sit down with the veteran and hear his story. That moment launched a massive charitable effort on his part. It was also a moment that perhaps c...

Some of Manatee County’s nonprofit partners learned this week about plans for implementing the coronavirus vaccine in Manatee County. Dr. Jennifer Bencie, county health officer for the Florida Department of Health in Manatee County, and Geoffrey Cordes, planner for the COVID-19 vaccine distribution with the Florida Department of Health in Manatee County, discussed implementing coronavirus vaccines in a recorded presentation Turning Points showed at the monthly PATH meeting Thursday. The Flor...

Its morally important to have a diverse client base. Cathy Brooks-Oliver, owner of CBO Custom Travel in Scottsdale, Ariz., believes so, emphatically. "Im a citizen of this world, and specifically, I am a citizen of the United States. I want my client base to reflect the environment and world that I move in." And there is also a compelling financial argument behind diversifying your client base. In a 2018 study, Mandala Research found that Black travelers contributed $63 billion to the U.S. trav...

BRADENTON – On a typical Monday morning at Turning Points in Manatee County, minutes before 8 a.m., a line has already formed outside the nonprofit agencies’ glass doors.  Raymond Roberts, a 53-year-old Bradenton resident, was among the first to stand in line, his hand rested against his cane. Roberts’ early morning began with a bus ride from his mobile home to Turning Points where he took his spot in line. Roberts, after receiving a 3-day eviction notice from his landlord Thursday, ret...

1. Woman surfs the year’s biggest wave off the Portuguese coast The Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira rode the biggest recorded wave of 2020, becoming the first female surfer with that distinction. The wave, off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal, measured 73.5 feet. Gabeira’s ride was certified by the World Surf League and the Guinness World Records. 2. American officials slap global terrorist label on Russian white supremacist group In April the Trump administration designated the ultranationalis...

Covid-19 has demonstrated just how dependent the global fashion industry is on the exploitation of cheap labor.

Maryland. crowded pool parties in the lake of the ozarks. health officials have asked hundreds to self-quarantine for 14 days. it is a reopening that comes with risks, we all know that. and turning points as well, as we witnessed in new york city today. here again, tom llamas. >> reporter: today, for the first time in months, wall street opened to the new normal. lines for temperature checks to get on the floor of the new york stock exchange. the governor ringing the bell and reopening the floor...