Community Service Opportunities

If you collect soda tabs or want to start collecting soda tabs for the Ronald McDonald House, I will give you an hour for every 50 tabs you bring me.

There is also an opportunity coming up on Saturday, February 24th through the Museum of Science.
It is called Citizen Science Workday where they will be doing beach clean-up on Virginia Key.
Here is the link to register: Citizen Science Workday


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