🌱 Patch AM: Community Free Food Pantry and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Community Free Food Pantry at The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce
• Business Builders Roundtable Networking at OnPoint CoWork Solutions
• Plant City Toastmasters at Wesley Centre

... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: Last night I had a dream. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sunny, nice and less humid, with a high of 77 and low of 56 degrees.
• Sunday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 81, low: 56.
• Monday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 79 and low of 62 degrees.

📸 Around Plant City

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Plant City

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 26

• Parent's Night Out - Plant City, FL 2025
  Plant City Family YMCA, 1507 YMCA Pl, Plant City
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday December 22

• Community Free Food Pantry
  The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce , 402 West English St. , Plant City
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Business Builders Roundtable Networking
  OnPoint CoWork Solutions , 1805 James L Redman Pkwy , Plant City
  8:15 am

Thursday December 25

• Plant City Toastmasters
  Wesley Centre , 202 W. Reynolds St. , Plant City
  7:30 am
• Entrepreneur/Small Business Consulting Services
  Plant City Chamber of Commerce , 118 W. Reynolds St. , Plant City
  9:00 am

Friday December 26

• Last Friday
  Downtown Plant City
  9:00 am

Monday December 29

• Community Free Food Pantry
  The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce , 402 West English St. , Plant City
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 20

• ARC Adult and Pediatric CPR/AED/First Aid
  North Brandon Family YMCA , 3097 S Kingsway Rd , Seffner
  9:00 am
• Play for a Day Pass
  Little Lake , 111 Florida Ave S , Lakeland
  9:00 am
• Beagle Meet Up @ Mango Dog Park – December 20, 2025, Seffner, FL
  Mango Dog Park , 11717 Clay Pit Rd , Seffner
  9:30 am
• Live @ The Lakeland Farmers Market — Evan Taylor Jones
  Munn Park , 210 E Main St , Lakeland
  10:00 am
• Mr. and Mrs. Claus ~ Pick One! | FAMILY CLASS
  Painting with a Twist , 3670 Harden Blvd , Lakeland
  12:30 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

• Former Florida Tile employees
  Looking for former Florida Tile maintenance workers in the Lakeland plant, between 1983-2000. Contact Brittney Fries @ 813.230.7702 or bfries... (More info)

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• We just brought 2 new baby calves home.
  They are very young and somehow they are missing. If you see 2 young calves please call us. They are both rusty red in color. My husband’s phone… (Nextdoor Antioch North)
• White cat found.
  Super friendly. Has a collar on. I posted yesterday without a pic but was able to get some tonight. (Nextdoor Alexander)

• Southeastern Grocers posted a job opening for Overnight Grocery Associate in Plant City. Apply here.
• Publix Super Markets posted a job opening for Receiver/Shipper, PM, Deli - Lakeland in Lakeland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Plant City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lakeland

• Lakeland approves additional homes for Wedgewood golf course (baynews9.com)
• Lakeland Commissioners Reach Compromise on Mass Market Sales (lkldnow.com)
• Florida Polytechnic in Lakeland hires police chief with ties to president (theledger.com)

Brandon

• Apollo Beach marks the holiday season (observernews.net)

Tampa

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I dreamed I was swimming in a pool of orange soda, but it was just a Fanta-sea.
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