🌱 How one local nonprofit feeds 900 Okeechobee neighbors every Saturday

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In today's newsletter:

• How one local nonprofit feeds 900 Okeechobee neighbors every Saturday
• Could your family qualify for free phones and internet this month?
• Why a national Trump-Pulitzer fight is playing out in Okeechobee court

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Nice with periods of sun, with a high of 76 and low of 54 degrees.
• Wednesday: Sun and areas of low clouds, temps: high: 80, low: 57.
• Thursday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 83 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Our Community Table combats hunger crisis in rural Okeechobee County (lakeonews.com) — Families in rural Okeechobee County facing food insecurity can receive hot Saturday meals and pantry staples from Our Community Table’s mobile pantry and meal program. The all-volunteer nonprofit now serves over 900 meals weekly across five local communities and is urgently seeking donations and volunteers to keep up with rising need among seniors, children, and people with disabilities.
   

• Figgers Foundation offers free mobile devices and internet in Okeechobee County (wpbf.com) — Free smartphones and internet service are being offered to eligible Okeechobee County residents through the Figgers Foundation’s Florida Connect program, but supplies are limited and first-come, first-served. The nonprofit hopes these devices will help local families with school, job searches, and staying connected during the holidays, so residents are encouraged to check their eligibility and apply quickly.
   

• Pulitzer Prize Board members seek discovery of Trump finances, psych records, prescription meds (lawandcrime.com) — A high-profile defamation lawsuit involving Donald Trump is unfolding in Okeechobee County court, where Pulitzer Prize Board members have filed sweeping discovery requests for his financial and medical records. While the case centers on national politics and media coverage of the Russia investigation, it’s being litigated in the local 19th Judicial Circuit, tying a major First Amendment and defamation battle directly to Okeechobee’s courthouse.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Town Coffee with Commissioner Field
  Jupiter Island, FL Calendar
  9:00 am
• Pickleball Open Gym
  North Palm Beach Community Center , 1200 Prosperity Farms Road , North Palm Beach
  9:00 am
• Together Storytime (ages 15 mos.-5 yrs.)
  Thelma Obert Room , 303 Anchorage Drive , North Palm Beach
  9:30 am
• Senior Tap Dance Troupe: The Coquettes
  Osborne Park , 715 Prosperity Farms Road , North Palm Beach
  9:30 am
• Wings of the World: Photography by Mitch Clark
  Cultural Council of Indian River County Gallery 14
  10:00 am
• Festival of Giving
  Children's Museum of the Treasure Coast , 1707 NE Indian River Dr , Jensen Beach
  10:00 am
• Small Wonders Exhibition
  Cultural Council of Indian River County The Emerson Center
  10:00 am
• Mah Jongg / Canasta Lessons
  Anchorage Park , 603 Anchorage Drive , North Palm Beach
  10:00 am
•   Double Portraits: A Layered and Multifaceted Portrait of the American South
  Cultural Council of Indian River County Vero Beach Museum of Art
  10:00 am
• 14 Encountering Nature: The Prints of John H C Davis
  Cultural Council of Indian River County Gallery 14
  10:00 am
• Zumba
  Jupiter, FL Calendar , 200 Military Trail , Jupiter
  10:00 am
• Artist Exhibition for Bernard Jacques Colas
  Cultural Council of Indian River County Artists Guild Gallery
  11:00 am

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Starbucks Corporation posted a job opening for shift supervisor - Store# 82180, US-441 & SW 28TH in Okeechobee. Apply here.
• Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Merchandising Sales Associate in Okeechobee. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Okeechobee here.

🗞 Nearby News

Port St. Lucie

• Port St. Lucie plans Noche Buena celebration with music, food and holiday lights (wqcs.org)
• Florida sergeant moved to rehab following successful surgeries for gunshot wounds to face (cbs12.com)
• Orlando ICE office becomes place of fear as asylum seekers line up to learn their fate (orlandosentinel.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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