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Helpers give rec centers TLC

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By KATHY STEELE

ksteele@tampatrib.com

Published: October 21, 2009

SULPHUR SPRINGS - More than 30 Moffitt Cancer Center volunteers hoisted up shovels, paint brushes and cleaning liquids to spruce up the George Bartholomew North Tampa Recreation Center.

The center is home to the Sulphur Springs Boys & Girls Club and the city's recreation programs, which serve hundreds of neighborhood children. Other volunteers gathered at nearby Sulphur Springs Resource Center and the Sulphur Springs Elementary School to work on special one-day projects, including garden cleanups and mock interviews for job-seeking clients.

It all was part of the United Way's annual Day of Caring, with more than 2,200 volunteers working on 130 projects at social service agencies in Tampa and Pinellas County. Volunteers came from more than 100 companies in the Tampa Bay area.

"A lot of people like doing an event that helps kids," said Moffitt's event coordinator, Lori Piper.
Moffitt volunteer Kimberly Suarez swabbed yellow paint on the center's library walls. She used to attend Boys & Girls Club programs. "Paint it forward," she said.

Others at the Sulphur Springs center scrubbed the kitchen and spread mulch on the playground.

Reporter Kathy Steele can be reached at (813) 259-7652.

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