Greenwood Hero O'Neal Larkin Strikes Again with a little Help from his Friends

On Saturday, August 16th, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., O’Neal Larkin will distribute school supplies donated by the Church of Scientology from the front porch of his home at 602 Marshall Ave in Clearwater Florida to over 250 children from his Greenwood neighborhood. Larkin has been carrying out this annual back to school tradition for more than a decade.

When asked why he continues doing what he does, Larkin said, “My dad taught me that to appreciate life and living you have to give back to your community. Though I lost him at young age, I never lost the lessons he taught me –help people, protect yourself and them and you will laugh a lot.”

Larkin continued, “I surround myself with people like my friends from the Church of Scientology and others whom I can count on to help me help the children and families in my community.”

“Getting school supplies to our children is very important at this time of budget cuts to our school system which is causing several local school closures and threats of closing more,” Larkin concluded.

Pat Harney, the manager of the Scientology Information Center in downtown Clearwater said, “We at the Church of Scientology are very happy to help our friend O’Neal provide these supplies to our community’s children.

For more information on O’Neal Larkin’s Back to School event, please call 727-467-6966.

About O’Neal Larkin

O’Neal Larkin’s has been working with officials and many others in the City of Clearwater to help his community of Greenwood ever since he retired more than a decade ago. He has been providing toys, bicycles and other giveaways at Christmas time, food at Thanksgiving and school supplies at the end of every summer for hundreds of children and families in the neighborhood.