City Dishes Out Early Thanksgiving Supper
Nov 20, 2007 - Mayor's Office
Free Holiday Meal & Cheer Offered to WPB’s Less Fortunate Neighbors
SHARE-A-SUPPER THANKSGIVING FEAST
The City of West Palm Beach will present its annual Share-A-Supper Thanksgiving feast for its less fortunate neighbors. During the season of giving, the City is honored to host this special dinner that helps spread some cheer to its residents in need.
For the 16th consecutive year, the City will once again serve up over 1,000 complimentary Thanksgiving meals with a little joy and holiday cheer on the side. This festive occasion includes gospel singing and dancing along with turkey and all the trimmings prepared by the Florida Culinary Institute. Dinner will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.
Mayor Lois Frankel, City Commissioners, and Department Directors will all be on hand dishing out this free buffet dinner. This heart-warming event is made possible by the commitment of all the volunteers who generously donate their time and resources to help bring Thanksgiving to the less fortunate in our community.
WHEN:
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Pleasant City Multicultural Center Gym,
500 22nd Street, West Palm Beach – (561) 835-7050
SPONSORS:
Thanksgiving dinner is prepared by the Florida Culinary Institute.
Turkeys provided by WPEC News 12’s Project Thanksgiving and the United Way.
Additional sponsors include Cheney Brothers, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Publix, Sysco Southeast, Rachel’s, Melanie Barnum of Mac Fabrics, Gospel Explosions, “4 Ever Praise” Dance Group, Annette Brown, Blum Foundation and all the supporters of the Pleasant City Multicultural Community Center.
City of West Palm Beach Thanksgiving schedule
Nov 20, 2007 - Mayor's Office, Public Works
All City of West Palm Beach offices, including City Hall, will be closed on Thursday, November 22, and Friday, November 23, 2007 in observance of Thanksgiving.
All residential garbage, yard waste, and commercial garbage routes that would normally picked up on Thursday, November 22, 2007 will instead be collected Friday, November 23, 2007. All of Friday’s normal routes will instead be collected on Saturday, November 24, 2007. Saturday’s routes will be collected on Saturday as scheduled.
There will be no recycling pick up on Thursday, November 22, 2007. Recycling will be picked up on the following Thursday, November 29, 2007.
Florida Culinary to Fire Up the Burners for Thanksgiving
Nov 19, 2007 - Mayor's Office
Preparations Underway for 16th Annual Share-A-Supper Thanksgiving Dinner
WHO:
Students at the Florida Culinary Institute along with Chef David Pantone and Mayor Lois Frankel
WHAT:
Florida Culinary kitchens are firing up the burners and cooking up a storm as over 500 students prepare and cook over 100 turkeys for the City’s 16th annual Share-A-Supper Thanksgiving feast for the needy. Come watch all the activity as Florida Culinary students prepare the turkeys with all the trimmings for the Thanksgiving buffet to be held at the Pleasant City Multicultural Center Gym on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
WHEN:
Turkey Preparation & Cooking on Monday, November 19, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.
WHERE:
Florida Culinary Institute, 2410 Metrocentre Blvd., West Palm Beach, 33407 Phone: 561-688-2001
SPONSORS:
Turkeys are provided by WPEC News 12’s Project Thanksgiving and the United Way.
Thanksgiving dinner is prepared by the Florida Culinary Institute.
Additional sponsors include Cheney Brothers, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Publix, Sysco Southeast, Rachel’s, Melanie Barnum of Mac Fabrics, Gospel Explosions, “4 Ever Praise” Dance Group, Annette Brown, Blum Foundation and all the supporters of the Pleasant City Multicultural Community Center.
FUN FACTS:
Over 500 Florida Culinary students help prepare the Share-A-Supper meal.
The students fit this community outreach program into their regular curriculum. The entire meal for over 1000 people is prepared in two days.
The bake shop turns into a mashed potato station for an entire day.
In 16 years, over 1600 turkeys have been served to over 16,000 people.
WPB among Top Digital Cities for Third Straight Year
Nov 15, 2007 - Mayor's Office, Support Services
(Thursday, November 15, 2007) For the third consecutive year, the City of West Palm Beach has been honored as one of the top ten digital cities in the nation by the Center for Digital Government and Education. The City ranked seventh in the country for cities with a population between 75,000 and 124,999. The award recognizes the City for using technology to create a seamless environment between local government and constituents.
“From broadcasting the State of the City address live on-line to building a City-wide wireless internet system, West Palm Beach continues to be at the forefront of using technology to make our City a better place,” said Mayor Lois J. Frankel.
“This year’s winners have really raised the bar for cities,” said Cathilea Robinett, executive director for the Center for Digital Government. “Digital technology connects citizens with their government on a level never before achieved.” Criteria examined for the study included the ability to pay utility bills, parking fees and traffic citations online; the online availability of meeting minutes from city governing bodies; and the adoption or pursuit of wireless infrastructure in public spaces.
City of West Palm Beach efforts to use technology to improve service delivery to residents include: “E-Gov Plus,” a one-stop-shop for construction, code and property information; the live streaming of the City government access station, West Palm TV, on wpb.org; and, the launching of CityConnect, an electronic newsletter to keep residents informed of City programs, events and issues via email.
Popular City Park Getting Improvements
Nov 15, 2007 - Mayor's Office, Parks and Recreation
Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 1:00 P.M.
Pavilion next to the northernmost lake in Dreher Park, West Palm Beach.
The City of West Palm Beach’s Dreher Park will be getting some improvements thanks to the work of the Friends of Elders Cove, a group that will be restoring parts of the hurricane-damaged park. The group will join City leaders in announcing their plans on Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. in Elder’s Cover, which is located in the north end of Dreher Park, just south of Southern Blvd.
The newly-formed “Friends of Elders’ Cove”, a community action group, organized to restore a damaged ecoart project in Dreher Park, West Palm Beach’s largest public green space. Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful, Inc. has received a $10,000 THINK GREEN cash award to support the work.