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Small Business Education Series

ID-100173113Could you use a step up in business? Attend the next Winter Park Chamber Small Business Education Series and learn how to negotiate with out Negotiating Techniques workshop on May 16. Doors open at 8am. Come out to meet and network with other business owners. This is a great opportunity for you to take your business to the next level. For more information call: (407) 644-8281.

Business After Hours

ID-100129662Come out to the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce business series, Business After Hours, and hear great tips from Wells Fargo about business and finances. Great information and networking opportunities. Please join us on May 15 at 5:30pm at the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce.

LWP Class XXIV Graduation Luncheon

ID-10057714Congratulations to all the students of LWP. You’ve worked hard and now your getting ready to spread those wings and fly. Your graduation ceremony takes place at  the Winter Park Civic Center on May 15 at 11:30am. For more information call: (407) 644-8281.

Good Morning Winter Park

ID-10034343Come out to the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce on May 9 at 7:45am for a great discussion about The Future of Education is Building Now. Learn how we in the business community can help others learn and establish themselves. This is also a great time to meet and network with other area business owners and operators. For more information call: (407) 644-8281.

Hunter Vision Watermelon 5K Run

Watermelon-Hunter iconGrab your running shoes and come out and run for the Hunter Vision Watermelon 5K Run this July 4th at 7am.

So gather your friends, family and neighbors for a spectacular Independence Day celebration of fitness and fun! All runners receive a festive t-shirt, plentiful refreshments, ice-cold watermelon and more!

Run/Walk 5k, Free Kids Run, Watermelon Eating Contest and more!

For more information visit The Track Shack online at, www.trackshack.com.

Winter Park High School Band Concert

ID-10065939Come out tonight for a free concert by the Winter Park High School Band. Concert starts at 7pm at the Winter Park High School on 2100 Summerfield Road in Winter Park. The concert is 100% Free so please make your way down and support your local high school band!

Victory and Triumph

ID-10055741Come to the Knowles Memorial Chapel April 26-27 for a celebration of Prokofiev’s epic Alexander Nevsky Suite. This program will highlight music’s celebration of victory and triumph.

Shows start at 3pm and costs $25-$55
For more information call Betsy Gwinn at 407-646-2182, or visit the Bach festival on the web at, http://www.BachFestivalFlorida.org.

6th Annual Winter Park Paint Out

ID-10081670Come to the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden for a celebration of painting. This week long celebration exhibits the work of twenty-five pro­fes­sion­ally acclaimed plein air artists who will roam across our fair city cap­tur­ing many of your favorite land­scapes and land­marks with oils, water­col­ors and pastels. Come and see the results here at the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens.

Runs from April 20-26.

Join us on Saturday, April 26 for our Garden Party to celebrate the works and the painters from  6-9pm at he museum.

 

For more details call, 407-647-6294.

SPREE

ID-100202352SPREE is a pop-up consignment sale benefiting children who are blind or with visual impairments. The funds from the sale will go to Lighthouse Central Florida, the area’s only private, non-profit agency offering a comprehensive range of services to people living with sight impairment in the tri-county area. The funds from the sale will specifically benefit Lighthouse CFL’s Early Intervention Program for children with visual impairments between the ages of 0-5. The sale will feature clothing and accessories for women, men, and children.

So join us the weekend of April 26-29 in raising funds for this worthy cause. Event runs from 9am-6pm each day.

For more information call Dani Mihalic at 407-898-2483 ext. 235.

22nd annual Jeannette Genius McKean “Run for the Trees”

Winter Park RacesJoin us on Saturday, April 26, 7:30am at the Showalter Field on 2525 Cady Way. In honor of National Arbor Day, the Parks & Recreation Department of the City of Winter Park will proudly host the 22nd annual Jeannette Genius McKean 5K Memorial Run for the Trees.

This exciting 5K (3.1 miles) run/walk will begin at Showalter Field, located at 2525 Cady Way, and finish on beautiful Genius Drive which is open to the public only once a year for this magnificent event. Funds raised from the event will support the Winter Park Tree Replacement Fund. Each “Run for the Trees” race participant will receive a commemorative T-shirt as well as a young tree to plant at a location of their choice.

For specific race details and registration information, please visit www.trackshack.com.