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2013 Winequest Charity Food and Wine Event at the Grande Lakes Resort on June 7th and 8th
2013 Downtown Concert Series in Orlando Featuring Bret Michaels on May 18th
Best Cinco de Mayo Orlando Events 2013 including Disney World, International Drive, Downtown Orlando, and Winter Park
2013 Kentucky Derby Parties in Orlando featuring Winter Park and Downtown Orlando
2013 Orlando Water Park Passes to Beat the Summer Heat including Typhoon Lagoon, Blizzard Beach, Aquatica, and Wet n Wild
2013 SeaWorld Bands Brew and BBQ Event Brings Great Food and Music to Orlando in February and March
Best Places to View Manatees in Orlando featuring SeaWorld and Blue Spring State Park
2013 Orlando Spring Break at Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure, and Citywalk
2013 Memorial Day Weekend in Orlando Featuring the Memorial Day Parade and Remembrance Ceremony in Sanford and Epcot in Disney World on May 27th
$1 Movie Deals in Orlando at Regal Cinemas June 4th - August 7th, 2013
2013 Ye Olde Spring Country Faire on March 23rd with the Bunny Characters from Give Kids the World Village around Easter
2013 Winter Park Village Easter Egg Hunt Event with an Easter Bunny Brunch on Saturday, March 23rd
Free Mother's Day Activities in Orlando 2013 for Mom where Moms Eat for Free at Restaurants and Admission is Free for Medieval Times
2013 Easter Brunch Buffets on International Drive in Orlando featuring the Rosen Hotels, the Peabody, the Hilton, the Castle, and the Westin
2013 St Patrick’s Day in Winter Garden at Hagan O’Reillys Irish Pub & Restaurant with Live Music, Dancing, and Free Babysitting in Orlando
2013 St Patrick’s Day Events at Raglan Road in Downtown Disney at Disney World and Pat O’Briens at Universal Studios Citywalk in Orlando
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Spotlight on Drinking Water Quality in the City of Orlando and the Florida Aquifer
Aging water systems can threaten water quality Age is rarely kind to community infrastructure such as roads, bridges and sewer systems. Even relatively new water treatment facilities are struggling to keep up with population growth, tighter pollution restrictions and increased … Continue reading
Christmas Lights Displays in Orlando Neighborhoods and Homes
Christmas Lights can be found all around Orlando in the city’s communities and neighborhoods. Some of the best displays can be found in some of the city’s oldest neighborhoods of Delaney Park, Conway, and Belle Isle (See scenic drive in … Continue reading
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Volunteer with your Family and Friends with Group Community Service Projects in Orlando
The internet has proven to be a very powerful medium in society that can bring together communities or pull them apart. You only need to look at the latest news headlines or read a comments section on a political blog … Continue reading
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Tagged charity event, community service, november, october, orlando, september, volunteer
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Downtown Orlando Christmas Star Celebrates the Past and the Future
Jack Kazanzas graduated from Orlando High School (now Howard Middle School) in 1949 and lived his entire life in the city of Orlando when a Christmas star was erected between the two big department stores of the time in Downtown … Continue reading
An Open Letter to Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic
I’ve been reading all of the twitter updates and it seems that the Twitter universe and the Orlando Sentinel are trying to run you out of town like they did someone else. I can tell you that a majority of … Continue reading
Homegrown Co-op Offers Locally Grown Organic Food Delivered to Your Door
Homegrown Co-op has launced a weekly online farmers market, featuring fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, breads, eggs and cheeses. Most items are grown in Central Florida utilizing organic practices. Each Sunday at 10 AM the market opens online at: http://homegrown.locallygrown.net …and … Continue reading
Skip the Large Grocers and Take Advantage of Affordability at Local Produce Stands Around Orlando
It seems that living in the sunshine state, good produce would abound at local grocery stores, but choices at the major food chains are slim and expensive. Travel distances from farms to consumers account for a large part of the … Continue reading
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Tagged conway, delaney park, farmers markets, orlando, thanksgiving, winter park
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Meeting UCF Football Coach George O’Leary at The Downtown Orlando UKnight Tour
As part of UCF‘s fan-base campaign that came to 310 Lakeside in downtown Orlando called UKnight, my wife and I were lucky enough to meet George O’Leary at the event and share a small table that he was sitting at … Continue reading
Jobs Partnership of Florida Changing Lives and Getting People Back to Work in Orlando
Many of the students who come to Jobs Partnership of Florida are living in a state of poverty, poverty of the soul. Jobs Partnership believes that the answer to employment issues starts with a spiritual transformation. Jobs Partnership of Florida … Continue reading
William Andrews Restoring Mercy Drive Through Jobs Partnership of Florida
What do drugs, prisons and changing a community have in common? In the case of William Andrews, Senior Pastor of The Heart of Mercy Community Church of the Nazarene on Mercy Drive in Orlando Florida, they are all part of … Continue reading
Orlando Local Guide 2011 Fundraiser to Raise Money for Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies
Here at Orlando Local Guide, we have been inspired from some of the recent charity givings happening around the city. The First Baptist Church of Orlando recently raised $5.6 million dollars for the homeless living in the city of Orlando. … Continue reading
Zora Neale Hurston Life and Literary Works around the Historic Town of Eatonville
Zora Neale Hurston grew up in the historic town of Eatonville, Florida, a small town just six miles north of Downtown Orlando along Interstate 4, that was one of the first all-black towns to be formed after the Emancipation Proclamation … Continue reading
IDignity Assist Homeless with Getting Necessary Identification, Driver Licenses, and Social Security Cards
IDignity is a non-profit group formed by several downtown Orlando churches to help the homeless obtain Florida ID Cards, Birth Certificates and Social Security Cards with assistance from legal counsel. Having a driver license and social security card is something … Continue reading
Arnold Palmer’s Orlando Legacy of Bay Hill, Arnold Palmer Hospital, and Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies
In the early 1960′s, Bay Hill Club & Lodge opened in Orlando and held a golf exhibition played by future golf legends Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. Palmer was so impressed with the course at the time that he bought … Continue reading
