PROMOTION
SOCIAL STUDIES Boots for Babies
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MAR. 7 Brehon Family Services held its annual Boots for Babies fundraising event. Brehon’s prevention programs saved the community over $20 million last year, and donations helped over 1,500 clients receive services, information for shelter, family support, household goods, baby items, clothing and education. Brehon Family Services Inc. is a local nonprofit celebrating 41 years of serving mothers and their infants in Tallahassee and the Big Bend.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF SHIRLEY O’REAR
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1 Akin Akinyemi, Mara Rumana, Arden Fernandez, Mia Savestanan, Tameka Smith, Lamanda Thomas, Cal Melton, Justin Peel and Max Schilling 2 Chasity Francis, Elaine Thompson, Felina Martin, Monique Akanbi, Liz Murphy and Lamanda Thomas 3 Elizabeth Ricci, Neil Rambana and Akin Akinyemi
Tallahassee Community Chorus
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APR. 13 The Tallahassee Community Chorus extended a fond farewell to its artistic director of 31 years, Dr. André J. Thomas, upon his retirement from Florida State University. The baton will pass to Dr. Michael Hanawalt, who will join the FSU College of Music as director of graduate choral studies this summer.
PHOTOS BY CLAIRE TRIMM, BOB O’LARY AND JUNE TRIEB
1 Tallahassee Community Chorus 2 Dr. Michael Hanawalt 3 Dr. Andrew T. Thomas
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