Wish Book Nov. 22, 2023
Making wishes come true on AMI
The holidays are the time to take a moment to offer someone a smile or send a greeting, to give a hug or share words of praise. And, as we approach another year, the prospect of added smiles, greetings and hugs promise to be gratifying. In The Islander Wish Book, we annually present the needs of organizations in the community. The groups that share their wishes help families and individuals, teach and mentor our children, care for sick animals and protect endangered species and more, all with the goal of making Anna Maria Island a better place to live. Your contribution to these organizations, how-
ever small or grand, is appreciated. Please, peruse The Islander Wish Book and select a gift — or more — to add to your shopping list. And to our generous sponsor advertisers, thank you for helping us to make this special section possible. We hope you receive the same return as we do each year from The Islander Wish Book — the joy of giving. Here’s wishing you the happiest holidays and peace, health and joy in 2024! — Bonner Joy and The Islander staff
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Celebrate our Anna Maria Island community with a donation to these deserving community groups
For your convenience, the newspaper is collecting donations from The Islander Wish Book lists. Please, include tags listing the organizations to receive your gifts and your name and contact information. We suggest calling ahead — 941-778-7978 — to confirm the office is open. The Islander is at 315 58th St., Suite J, Holmes Beach. There’s a slot in the door, but we’re hoping to see you — soon!
Center of Anna Maria Island
Anna Maria Island Kiwanis Club
Friends of the Island Library
Anna Maria Elementary
Roser Food Pantry
Anna Maria Island Privateers
The Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria, operates with the support of donors, the sale of memberships and program fees. The center hosts a variety of programs for To: AMICofC adults and children, including educational and after-school programs, camps, sports leagues and fitness opportunities. The center also hosts events throughout the year. And, to meet community needs, the center provides low-income families access to childcare and youth programs. Wishes this season are to boost the afterschool program and include: • Play kitchen for kids. • Board games for K-5. • Coloring books. • Dress-up clothes for kids. • Craft supplies, including glue sticks, markers, paint, water color paint. • Stuffed animals. • Magnet block-building table. For more information, contact youth program manager Erica Nielsen at 941-778-1908 or go online to centerami.org.
Anna Maria Elementary School operates with a professional staff of administrators, teachers and support personnel and a large coalition of parents and community orgaTo: AME nizers. AME wishes for: • Reams of white letter-size paper. • Reams of color letter-size paper — yellow and light green. • Sticky notes — multiple sizes and colors. • No. 2 pencils. • Pump hand-sanitizer. • Letter-size file folders in various colors. • Boxes of tissues. • Sanitizing wet wipes. For more information, call the school at 941-708-5525 or drop items at the school office, 4700 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.
Saturday mornings, members and guests of the Anna Maria Island Kiwanis Club traditionally gather for breakfast meetings. The group gathers at Bradenton Beach City Hall to share news, trade jokes, sing songs, make friends, To: AMI Kiwanis listen to speakers and plan projects. Outside the meetings, club members host and coordinate the Easter sunrise service on the beach, sponsor K-Kids at Anna Maria Elementary, the Builder’s and Key clubs at State College of Florida and the Salvation Army bell-ringing for holiday donations at the Publix Super Market in Holmes Beach. The club wishes for: • New members. • Volunteers to ring the bell for the Salvation Army at the island Publix Super Market through the holiday season. • Nonperishable food as well as diapers and other items for the Roser Food Bank. For more information about donating or joining, contact Kiwanis club president John Chappie by email at jchappie2@tampabay.rr.com or by telephone at 941-9201826.
The Roser Food Pantry, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria, is stocked largely with donations from local residents and island churches. Operators of the pantry provide groceries regularly to islandidentified people in need. The Roser Food To: Roser Pantry Pantry wishes for: • Canned fruit, vegetables, meat or meals. • Crackers, cookies, drinks, cereal and snacks. • Dry rice, potatoes and pasta. • Paper goods — toilet paper, tissues and paper towels. • Bottled water. • Laundry detergent. • Volunteers for the food pantry. For more information, contact the pantry at Roser Church 941-778-0414.
The Friends of the Island Library exists to help the Island branch of the Manatee County Public Library System achieve its mission to “nurture imagination, promote lifelong learning and enrich the community.” The nonprofit To: Friends asked Aaron Drake, the new branch supervisor, to provide its wish list. “The Island Library staff is grateful for all the support we receive from our community that allows us to do the work that we do,” Drake said. The wish list includes: • Jewelry donations for the Friends’ winter sale. • Volunteers for the library and to serve on the Friends board. • iPad or Surface Pro tablets for STEM activities and programs. • Continued support of public libraries, especially AMI’s little gem of a library. For more information, call the library at 941-778-6341, visit the library at 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, or go online to friendsoftheislandlibrary.org.
The mission of the Anna Maria Island Privateers is to “develop, promote and support activities for the betterment of youth and community in Manatee County.” To: Privateers The group raises money for scholarships and hosts a series of events for children and adults, including a Christmas parade and after-parade party. The Anna Maria Island Privateers wish for: • Covered storage space for the boatfloat, the Skullywag. • Backup camera for the Skullywag. • Volunteer hours for a work party. • Gift cards for office supplies, gasoline and automotive batteries. For more information, go online to amiprivateers.org or email president@ amiprivateers.org.
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Off Stage Ladies
The Sunday before an opening night at the Island Players’ playhouse in Anna Maria is known as “Long Sunday.” This is when the actors and the stage crew gather for a lengthy rehearsal to perfect the production and the Off Stage Ladies serve a feast. The group supports the Island Players — now in its 75th season — in other ways and also meets during the fall-winter-spring season for social lunches. Off Stage Ladies wishes for: • Local restaurants to donate entrees or gift cards to support the Long Sunday feasts. • New members. • Flashlights for ushers in the theater. • Donations to help keep theater beautiful. For more information, contact vice president/membership Roe Duncan by email at roeduncana@gmail.com or To: Ladies via phone at 941-9322798.
AMI Chamber of Commerce
The Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce, representing 580-plus members and operating a visitor’s center at 5313 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, helps newcomers settle, businesses thrive and tourists navTo: AMICofC igate on the island. The AMI Chamber wishes for: • Gifts for the Toys For Tots holiday drive. For more information, call the office at 941-778-1541.
Kin-Ship Services
Kin-Ship Services, with advocates on AMI, licenses therapeutic foster homes to care for children with varying behavioral, psychiatric or developmental needs. Kin-Ship fills the wish lists of foster children at Christmas. Kin-Ship wishes for: • Donations of toys, electronics, bedding on kids’ lists. For more information, call 941-748-2697 or go to kinshipserTo: Kinship vices.com.
The Center of Anna Maria Island’s wish list includes new stuffed animals, a play kitchen, coloring books, board games and crafts supplies. Islander Courtesy Photo
AMI Concert Chorus & Orchestra
The Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra traditionally performs concerts and creates performance opportunities for professional and volunteer musicians. AMICCO also fosters the development of youth musicians To: AMICC&O through an annual competition. AMICCO wishes for: • New board members who are passionate music appreciators and would like to be involved in promoting and producing musical events in our community and creating a vision for our future. • People to act as treasurer, secretary. • Volunteers to digitize the music library. • Volunteers to move equipment from storage to performance spaces. • Suggestions “on how we can add our music to your groups as our vision is to be the voice of great music for the community and beyond!” For more, email info@amicco.org.
The Kiwanis Club of Anna Maria Island wishes for bell-ringers. Islander Courtesy Photo
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AME wishes for sticky notes and other supplies. Islander Courtesy Photo
The Anna Maria Island Privateers wish for storage space for the Skullywag and for gift cards to keep the boat-float going. Islander File Photo
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Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch
The volunteer-driven Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring protects and collects data on nesting sea turtles and shorebirds on the island. In partnership with the island comm u n i t y, t h r o u g h public education and cooperation, the nonprofit’s mission is “to assure a suitable habitat for people, sea turtles and shorebirds, To: Turtle Watch the ecosystem of the island and surrounding waters.” For 2024, Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring wishes for: • Office space for six months — AprilSeptember — for the director, with a private office and bathroom. • Color printer. • Latex or nitrile gloves. • Shell and Exxon/Mobil gift cards to fuel ATV vehicles. • Home Depot and Lowe’s gift cards to purchase equipment. • Amazon gift cards for office and field supplies. • IT services for maintaining a website and computers. • Use of flatbed trailer for ATV transport to/from beach. • New ATV. • Legal consultation for contracts and documents. • Adopt-A-Nest sponsors. • General donations. For more about AMITW, go online to islandturtlewatch.com, email info@islandturtlewatch.com or call 941-301 8434.
St. Joseph Food Pantry
The St. Joseph Food Pantry, 2704 33rd Ave. W., Bradenton, provides food to individuals and families in need, including members of the island hospitality workforce. The pantry relies in part on donations To: St. Joseph from parishioners and churches, including St. Bernard Catholic Church in Holmes Beach. The pantry wishes for: • Nonperishable food. For more, call 941-794-2831.
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Keep Manatee Beautiful
Keep Manatee Beautiful, the local chapter of Keep America Beautiful, is fulfilling its mission to help prevent litter in our beautiful environment. KMB accomplishes this with its Adopt-AShore locations covering the entirety of Anna Maria Island. KMB also conducts To: KMB cleanups throughout Manatee County, including on streets and highways and in preserves. KMB is involved in beautification projects along the Palma Sola Causeway, the scenic highways in Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach and provides trees for National Arbor Day celebrations. KMB wishes: • Those nonprofits that do need things get their wishes fulfilled. For more information, contact KMB at 941-795-8272 or keep@manateebeautiful. com. Also, visit www.manateebeautiful. com.
Ministry of Presence
The Ministry of Presence Inc., established in 1995 in Bradenton by a Haitian-born priest and a sister, is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to providing a better life for children in Haiti. T h e R e v. R o n Joseph and the ministry’s board of directors administer programs that aid in the health, To: Ministry feeding, clothing and educating Haitian children. The Ministry of Presence wishes for: • Tents and canopies. • Sleeping mats and sleeping bags. • Linens. • Outdoor games, especially soccer balls. • Indoor games and toys for infants and young children. • Cash donations to purchase and ship medical supplies, bottled water, water purification supplies, food and other supplies. For more information about the ministry, contact The Islander newspaper at 941-7787978.
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Wildlife Inc.
Wildlife Inc., Education and Rehabilitation Center is a nonprofit in Bradenton Beach. Thousands of injured, sick and displaced birds, mammals and reptiles are rescued each year. Ed and Gail Straight, with a corps of wildlife-loving volunteers, run the operation from their home, with a mission To: Wildlife Inc. to preserve and protect native wildlife through education and rehabilitation. Wildlife Inc. wishes for: • Volunteers to rescue injured and orphaned wildlife. • Gift cards for food, supplies and cages, including cards from Petco, Lowe’s, Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon and Staples. • Gas gift cards. • Paper towels and toilet paper. • Canned dog and cat food and bags of dry puppy food. • Pecans, almonds, nuts in shells. • Mini Miracle Nipples for feeding newborn animals. • Letter-size computer paper. • Postage stamps. For more information, contact Wildlife Inc. at 941-778-6324 or go online at www. wildlifeinc.org.
Florida Maritime Museum
The Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., in the historic Cortez fishing village, offers a snapshot of old Florida through a collection of informative exhibits, educational programs, community events, and research materials. The museum wishes for: To: FMM • Volunteers — there are roles to fit every personality and schedule. • Buoys — used or new to be used for a fun, outdoor photo ops on the museum grounds. • Shells — personal collections or craft supplies to be used as decoration and in craft projects. For more, go online to floridamaritimemuseum.org or call 941-708-6120.
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All Island Denominations
All Island Denominations unites the island churches — CrossPointe Fellowship, the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Harvey Memorial Community Church, Roser Memorial Community Church and St. Bernard Catholic Church To: AID — to help those in need. Organized and funded by the island churches, AID has been serving Anna Maria Island since 1982 and expressly sent a wish that all have a “very blessed Christmas and a happy and safe holiday season.” AID wishes for: • Financial donations to AID, P.O. Box 305, Anna Maria, FL 34216, or call 941-7252433. • Financial contributions and canned or cellophane wrapped food items to the Roser Food Pantry, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. For more information, to donate or learn about assistance, call the offices of any of the island churches.
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The Island Players
The Island Players theatrical group — celebrating its 75th season — stages productions in its cozy theater at the corner of Gulf Drive and Pine Avenue in Anna Maria. The group’s mission is “to continue to bring high quality and professional entertainment to the community for the cultural enrichment of all and to provide a stage for young people to learn and enhance their experiences in the performing arts.” The Island Players wishes for: • Volunteers backstage and onstage, including as actors and for props, sound and light, stage and house management, social media promotions and dealing with technology. For more information, go online to theislandplayers.org or call 941-778-5755.
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Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island
The Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island, in the Island Shopping Center, 5414 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, supports local artists and promotes arts education. AGAMI provides scholarships, sponsors tours to museums, contributes funding to school programs, hosts demonstrations and operates the ArtTo: Agami ists’ Guild Gallery, where member artists display their work for sale. The artists wish for: • Art supplies to be passed on to school art departments, especially paint brushes, pastels, acrylic paints, clay, paste and all kinds of art-project papers. For more information, call AGAMI’s gallery at 941-778-6694 or go online to www. amiartistsguildgallery.com.
Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring wishes for office space for six months of the year and also legal consultation on contracts and documents. Islander Courtesy Photo
Tingley Memorial Library
Tingley Memorial Library, 111 Second St. N., Bradenton Beach, is a nonprofit institution that exists to provide books, meeting space, reading space, and other library services to people in the island cities and the surrounding population. The library’s goal is to provide patrons To: Tingley year-round with friendly and helpful assistance. Tingley Memorial Library’s ongoing wish is for: • Magazine and newspaper subscriptions. • Florida-themed books. • Gift certificates for book purchases. • Volunteers. For more information, please call the library at 941-779-1208.
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Tingley Memorial Library wishes for Floridathemed books. Islander File Photos
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The Cortez Village Historical Society is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Cortez’s past and to protecting its future. The CVHS wishes include: • Gift cards to a hardware store to offset maintenance costs at the center. • Gift cards to purchase printer paper To: CVHS and printer ink. • Gift cards to purchase stamps and envelopes. • Purchases of CVHS memberships — $15 for individuals, $20 families, $50 businesses. For more information, contact Cindy Rodgers at cvhs2016@aol.com.
Annie Silver Community Center
The Annie Silver Community Center at 23rd Street and Avenue C in Bradenton Beach was founded by entrepreneur Annie Silver to promote friendship among neighbors. The center ’s 2020-21 season was canceled due to the pandemic but the Silver enthusiasts returned for 2021-22 to host bingo games and community dinners. To: Silver Center The fun continued last season and even more activities are planned for 2023-24. Annie Silver’s wishes include: • A volunteer to install a new front door. • Shell for parking areas. • Commercial hood system above the stove. • Water filtration system. • Volunteers and members to help out with bingo sessions and community dinners. • Volunteers to help plan Annie Silver Adventures events. For more, contact Jim Hassett at 413-4416823 or bicyclejimbb@gmail.com.
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Mayors Feed the Hungry
The Mayors Feed the Hungry conducts community food drives. Since its beginnings in 1987, the program has collected and distributed more than 600 tons of food and more than $4,200,000 in food gift cards given to the To: MFH hungry in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Implemented by former Sarasota Mayor Fredd Atkins, the program is endorsed by local mayors and county commission chairs. Contributions are 100% tax deductible. The Mayors Feed the Hungry wishes for: • Cash donations to purchase food gift cards. • Grocery donations to local food pantries. For more information about Mayors Feed the Hungry, go online to mayorsfeedthehungry.org, email scott@mayorsfeedthehungry. org or call 941-350-6075.
FISH
The Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage in Cortez is “dedicated to the promotion, education and preservation of Cortez and Florida’s commercial fishing and other traditional maritime cultures including the environment upon which these communities depend.” FISH takes care of and oversees the Cortez FISH Preserve, as well as runs multiple programs, hosts the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival in February and maintains several historic properties in the fishing village. FISH’s wishes include: • An office printer. To: FISH • Volunteers to help with property maintenance, painting, plumbing and carpentry. • Volunteers to help present the festival in February. • New members. For more information, go online to www. fishcortez.org, email fishpreserve@gmail. com or call 941-301-4000.
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Rotary Club of AMI
The Rotary Club of Anna Maria Island supports many community projects, including literacy programs at Anna Maria Elementary, beach cleanups and other local causes. As people of action, globally Rotary supports clean water and sanitation, fighting disease, helping mothers and children and promoting peace. The club, in coordination with the Boys and Girls Club of Manatee County and the Bradenton YMCA, provided swim and water safety lessons to children this past summer and to more than 500 children over the past few years. Next spring break, the club will have initiated an effort to offer swim and water safety lessons to children ages 11-14 who may have missed lessons earlier. The club wishes for: • Donations to offer swim and water safety lessons for students at $80 per child. Donations can be sent to the Rotary Foundation of Anna Maria Island, noting “swim program,” P.O. Box 1344, Holmes Beach, FL 34218. For more informaTo: Rotary tion, contact club president Kathy Rylander at 941-718-5583 or kathy@kathyrylander. com. For more info on the island club, go to “Rotary Club of Anna Maria Island” on Facebook.
AMI Historical Society
The Anna Maria Island Historical Society operates a museum at 402 Pine Ave., Anna Maria, where visitors can learn about the To: AMIHS island’s history and see local antiques, collections and collectibles from the early days. AMIHS also recognizes preservation achievement and provides speakers to present the island’s history. AMIHS wishes for: • Bakers to make Settlers’ Bread. • Volunteers for society committees. • Docents to greet visitors. For more, call Kathy Primeau at 989-5606381.
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JoshProvides Epilepsy Assistance Foundation, founded in 2008, helps people diagnosed with epilepsy and other seizure disorders and their families, including on Anna Maria Island. Through the distribution of seizure alert devices, transportation assistance and medical To: Josh Provides services, JoshProvides offers a helping hand to improve the quality of their lives. JoshProvides wishes for: • Donations to provide seizure detection watches to children, which can be sent to JoshProvides Epilepsy Assistance Foundation, 5428 Sundew Drive, Sarasota, FL 34238. • Uber or Lyft gift cards so a person diagnosed with seizures and prohibited from driving for six-months can get to medical appointments. • CVS or Walgreens gift cards for antiseizure medications. • Amazon gift cards to purchase safety helmets and cooling vests for children diagnosed with seizures. For more information, go online to joshprovides.org, email info@joshprovides.org or call 800-706-2740.
The Anna Maria Island Historical Society, 402 Pine Ave., Anna Maria, wishes for volunteers to help bake and sell its Settlers’ Bread. The proceeds from bread sales are in turn put toward AMIHS college scholarships. Islander File Photo
Mayors Feed the Hungry wishes for donations to local food pantries. Islander Courtesy Photo
Many AMI groups wish for gift cards to keep operating in 2024.
The Annie Silver Community Center in Bradenton Beach wishes for volunteers to help with bingo games during the winter-spring season. Islander Courtesy Photo
At a glance: Holiday happenings on, around the island • Christmas in the Garden: A Celebration of Lights and Music, 5-9 p.m. Nov. 26-Dec. 31, Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. • Mistletoe Market, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 1-2, Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. • Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce tree-lighting, 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 1, at the chamber office, 5313 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. • Holmes Beach Holiday Market, 5-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, city center, Gulf and Marina drives. • Holly Berry Bazaar and Pancake Breakfast with St. Nick, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, 4408 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. • REAL Women of CrossPointe Christmas brunch, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, CrossPointe Fellowship, 8605 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. • Lester Family Fun Day, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, Center of Anna Maria Island, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. • Christmas on Bridge Street celebration, 3-9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, on Bridge Street in Bradenton Beach. • 5th annual Bradenton Beach Holiday Lighted Boat Parade, 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, Intracoastal Waterway, Longboat Pass to Bradenton Beach Marina. • Anna Maria Island Privateers’ Christmas at the Drift In,
6-10 p.m. Dec. 2, Drift In, 120 Bridge St., Bradenton Beach. • Bethlehem Walk, 6 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 3, Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. • Thursdays in Paradise — Christmas Edition 5 p.m. Thursdays in December at Bridge Street businesses. • Santa in the Park, 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, City Pier Park, Pine
The Anna Maria Island Privateers attend the 2022 tree-lighting celebration in Holmes Beach. This year’s Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce tree-lighting will be at 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 1, at the chamber office, 5313 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Islander File Photo: Ryan Paice
Wishing you a very merry, double scoop holiday!
Avenue and Bay Boulevard, Anna Maria. • Holiday Walk of Treasures, 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, Pine Avenue and Gulf Drive businesses, Anna Maria. • Anna Maria Island Privateers Christmas Parade, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, from Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach to City Pier Park in Anna Maria. • Anna Maria Island Privateers Christmas Party, noonish, Saturday, Dec. 9, city field, 5800 block of Marina Drive Holmes Beach. • Christmas in Cortez, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Florida Maritime Museum, 4415 119th St. W., Cortez. • Winter Night Under the Lights 6-9 p.m. Dec. 13-17, Palma Sola Botanical Gardens, 9800 17th Ave. NW, Bradenton. • Sleigh Bell Social, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, city field, 5800 block of Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. • Christmas concert, 2 p.m., Sunday Dec. 17, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 6608 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. • Christmas cantata, 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 17, Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna Maria. Note: event listings are added weekly to the island calendar. Please, check December editions.
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