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🌱 Patch AM: How one Brandon woman turned a single Angel Tree tag viral
Also check out Winter Splendor - Date Night! on the Brandon Patch calendar
Greetings Brandon! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How one Brandon woman turned a single Angel Tree tag viral
- What a Brandon couple’s Nokomis sale says about Gulf Coast prices
Also on today's calendar: Holiday Truck and 3 more events.
Find out what's happening in Brandonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Brandonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Friday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 74 and low of 52 degrees.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 80, low: 58.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 81 and low of 48 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Tampa Bay community steps up as Angel Tree post goes viral (baynews9.com) — A Brandon resident’s simple decision to grab an Angel Tree tag at the TGH Iceplex turned into a viral effort that fulfilled Christmas wishes for 17 foster children nearby. After she shared one teen’s request for a Bucs T-shirt, donations poured in from across Tampa Bay, inspiring anonymous givers to make the gift drive a yearly tradition. 
• Top residential real estate sales for Nov. 24-28 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis (yourobserver.com) — High-end home sales in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, and Nokomis include one Nokomis property sold by a couple from Brandon. The roundup details prices, locations, and features of recent top residential deals, offering Brandon homeowners a snapshot of nearby Gulf Coast market trends.
📸 Around Brandon
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brandon
★ Featured events ★
- Winter Splendor - Date Night!
Painting with a Twist, 1993 W Lumsden Rd, Brandon
7:00 pm
Friday December 12
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Other local events
- Holiday Truck
Painting with a Twist , 1993 W Lumsden Rd , Brandon
12:00 pm - An Afternoon with Brittany Ranew
Books-A-Million , 839 Brandon Town Center Dr Mall , Brandon
12:00 pm - Mystical Tree
Painting with a Twist , 1993 W Lumsden Rd , Brandon
7:00 pm - Minecraft: A Blocky Winter Wonderland
Tampa Bay HEAT Homeschool Resource Center , 307 S Parsons Ave , Brandon
9:00 am - Oh So Christmas Brandon Sunday Market
Brandon Sunday Market , 788 W Lumsden Rd , Brandon
10:00 am
Saturday December 13
Monday December 15
Sunday December 21
📣 Brandon Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Hillsborough Co. Fire Rescue Christmas Party 2025
Sheriffs Lodge 108 , 9001 Taylor Rd , Seffner
4:00 pm - Sourdough Focaccia in the Garden at Kerby’s Nursery
Kerby's Nursery & Landscaping , 2311 S Parsons Ave , Seffner
9:30 am - STEAM Time: Snow Globes
Seffner-Mango Branch Library , 410 N Kingsway Rd , Seffner
11:00 am - International Saturdays at Sal y Pimienta
Sal y Pimienta Latin Cuisine Tampa , 6110 Causeway Blvd , Tampa
9:00 pm - The Exotic Brunch
Bullfrog Creek Brewing Co. , 3632 Lithia Pinecrest Rd , Valrico
11:00 am - OCB Captain's Cup Posing Clinic- December 2025
Team Advancefit Gym Tampa - Personal Trainer & Fitness Center , 7432 Palm River Rd , Tampa
1:00 pm
Friday December 12
Saturday December 13
Sunday December 14
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Brandon PatchAM possible:
- Athena’s Painting — (813) 424-6644
$50. Off special on car garage doors painting
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- All clear after police activity in Plant City, Florida.
5:03PM on Dec 10: The situation has been resolved peacefully, per official Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office sources. No further updates will be… (Nextdoor ) - Does anybody have any information on what's going on at aldermans Ford Park in lithia?
SWAT team helicopters crisis teams all heading that way (Nextdoor The Pines)
- Lowe's posted a job opening for Retail Sales - Part Time in Brandon. Apply here.
- Goodwill Industries-Suncoast, Inc. posted a job opening for Processing Associate (Brandon) in Brandon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brandon here.
🗞 Nearby News
South Tampa
- VIDEO: Yacht catches fire, sends plume of smoke into air at South Tampa marina (wfla.com)
- The Revolution Ice Cream closes in Brandon, Seminole Heights (cltampa.com)
- Tour celebrating Brandy & Monica's 1998 hit comes to Tampa on Friday (cltampa.com)
Valrico
- Guns and drugs seized from Valrico home (mysuncoast.com)
- Mary Irene Falanga (dailygazette.com)
Tampa
Ok Brandon! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
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