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A Party At The Florida Aquarium Greets The New Year

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 24, 2008

CHANNEL DISTRICT - The Florida Aquarium will host Aqua Eve, a New Year's celebration with entertainment; food, beer, wine and a champagne toast.

The fundraiser for the aquarium will be from 9 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1.The site also provides a view for a fireworks display over the channel at midnight.

Tickets are $100 per person; for tickets call (813) 273-4568. This event is for persons 21 and older.

Women Turn Out For Ladies Night
EGYPT LAKE - It was a night of wine and fishing rods recently when Tightlines Tackles held its annual ladies night.

The women shoppers ate shrimp, sandwiches and desserts while drinking wine and selecting fishing rods, reels, lures, caps, shirts and other items for gifts.

Vance Tice and Danny Fillion, owners of the store at 6924 N. Armenia Ave., hosted the event, which also featured Capt. Bill Miller signing copies of his book.

Firefighters Bring Toys For Children

PALMA CEIA - It was Tampa firefighters to the rescue of the Child Abuse Council's holiday store.

The Tampa Firefighters Union made a delivery of $1,000 worth of gifts - pacifiers, rattles, teething rings and soft toys - for infants.

Larry Parker, president of the Firefighters Union, said union members heard the holiday program was short items for the youngest children and decided to help. They used union funds to pay for the gifts.

"We felt it was time to take some action. It is extremely rewarding to help the younger kids," Parker said.
Child Abuse Council workers accepted the gifts Dec. 15 and promptly sorted and organized them for the store's opening the next day. The store allows families served by the council to shop for free for their children, and volunteers wrap the items.

Paul D'Agostino, the council's executive director, said parents or guardians may say the gifts are from them, relatives, Santa Claus or whatever tradition they observe.

Outback Officer Appointed To Board

TAMPA - Paul Avery of Tampa has been appointed to the first board of directors for MDA Venture Philanthropy (MVP), a new initiative of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which will launch in January.

MVP is wholly owned by MDA and will focus exclusively on the discovery and commercialization of treatments for neuromuscular diseases. Avery was appointed to the MVP Board of Directors, and the organization held its first board meeting Dec. 4 in New York City. He has been an MDA national vice president, a volunteer position, since 2005.

Avery is chief operating officer of OSI Restaurant Partners, which operates Outback Steakhouse.

Send news of social activities, landmark anniversaries, birthdays and other items of community interest to Lenora Lake at 15310 Amberly Drive, Suite 102, Tampa FL 33647; fax to (813) 975-9488; e-mail to llake@ tampatrib.com; or call her at (813) 865-4851.

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