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Kissimmee’s Kowtown Festival

If you love birthday parties, here’s one you don’t want to miss! On Saturday, March 18th from noon until 4pm, the City of Kissimmee is inviting the community to a birthday bash like no other. It’s the 2023 Kowtown Festival! #KissimmeeNews

St. Patrick’s Day Light Parade and Street Party

The City of St. Cloud, Florida will host the St. Patrick’s Day Light Parade and Street Party on Saturday, March 18th at 7pm - 11pm. Parade starts at Lakeshore Boulevard, comes south on Pennsylvania to 11th, over to Massachusetts and ends back at Lakeshore. At the street party, there will be live music, dance performances, and food trucks!

Sweet Charity at Osceola Arts!

Bob Fosse’s musical comedy Charity Valentine will take the main stage at Osceola Arts on March 10th! Sweet Charity will run through Sunday, March 26th. For tickets and more info, visit bit.ly/oaCharity

St. Cloud Walking Ghost Tours

Once a month through May 31st, St. Cloud Main Street will host a series of historic ghost tours featuring multiple stops where you’ll have an opportunity to learn about the ghosts they say haunt some of the old downtown buildings as well as the history behind them.

Next Historic Ghost Tour - Wednesday March 29th.

Sloth Encounters at Wild Florida

Positively Osceola’s Krissi Marie Hardy spent some time with one of Wild Florida’s educators, Desiree, to learn about an amazing animal, Chloe the Sloth! To learn more about Wild Florida, visit WildFL.com

Help Now’s 5th Annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” to Focus on Domestic Violence Awareness March 29

Walking a mile in someone else’s shoes… not an easy thing to literally do, but on Wednesday night March 29th at 6 pm, Help Now of Osceola will host the 5th Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event where a group of men will walk down New York Avenue during the St. Cloud Monthly Market event, wearing heels, and hoping to raise awareness of domestic violence in the community. The goal is to get people listening, learning, thinking, and working together to help solve this terrible reality of abuse.

The walk will begin – in heels of course – at St. Cloud City Hall and will make its way down New York Avenue, in conjunction with the St. Cloud Monthly Market. This event is not only for men, though! Women and children are welcome and encouraged to join the walk to make a collective voice to end domestic and sexual violence in our community. Here are some domestic violence statistics:

• Every two minutes another American is sexually assaulted.

• 1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (14.8% completed, 2.8% attempted).

• 11.2% of all students experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation (among all graduate and undergraduate students).

• Male college-aged students (18-24) are 78% more likely than non-students of the same age to be a victim of rape or sexual assault.

• Female college-aged students (18-24) are 20% less likely than non-students of the same age to be a victim of rape or sexual assault.

“Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” is an international men’s march where men and boys lead the way on the road to end sexual and domestic violence.

NEED IMMEDIATE HELP?

For immediate assistance, please dial 911. If you are in immediate need or wish to speak with a domestic violence counselor or advocate, please call our 24-hour crisis hotline at (407) 847-8562 or text us at (321) 306-0677.

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Osceola County names James Kenney as Employee of the Month for March 2023!

During Monday’s Osceola County commission meeting, James B. Kenney was named Osceola County’s Employee of the Month for March 2023.

Mr. Kenney has served as the Prison Rape Elimination Act Coordinator (PREA) for Osceola County Corrections for over nine years, and in that role he has been instrumental in the formulation and implementation of departmental policies and procedures designed to prevent and/or address incidents of sexual abuse and violence within the county’s correctional facility. In addition to being the County’s PREA Coordinator, James is also a PREA Auditor, and travels to jails throughout the Country to ensure PREA Standards are being followed.

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Representative Kristen Arrington Introduces Legislation for Provision of Homeowners Association Rules and Covenants

Kissimmee, FL –Representative Kristen Arrington (D- Kissimmee) filed HB 1341, which will require homeowners’ associations to distribute electronic copies of rules and covenants to all residents. The companion legislation SB 788: Homeowners’ Associations was filed by Senator Linda Stuart (D-Orlando).

“This legislation will make it easier for residents to be fully aware of current and new rules within their HOA community.” said Representative Arrington. “Any updates to the rules would require the HOA board to distribute an updated version to community members.”

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