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Human Services Director Carrie Walsh to speak at May DEC meeting

Connecting people with resources. This is the stated mission of the Charlotte County  Department of Human Services.  They provide information, referral, case management and access to financial assistance and support services for low-income, elderly, disabled, and veteran individuals and families in Charlotte County, Carrie Walsh is the Director of the Human Services Department. On May

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Charlotte County Democrats

Charlotte County Dems food drives feed the needy and hungry

Thank you for all the generous donations to our monthly Food Drive! This past July we were able to make contributions to 5 Food Pantries. Thank you, Nancy Razvoza, for delivering items to Charlotte County CHAPS. Thank you, Dave and Patti Jones, for delivering items to Helping Hands Englewood and St. David’s Jubilee Center. Thank

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Hunger

Democrats to provide Thanksgiving dinners to Veterans

The Charlotte County Democratic Party and the Veterans Caucus will supply Thanksgiving dinners to Veterans and their families who reside at the Punta Gorda Veterans Village at 1250 Taylor Street in Punta Gorda on Wednesday, November 25. Dinners will be prepared by the Bob Evans restaurant in Port Charlotte and will be picked up by members

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Analysis

A Day in the Life: Florida through the lens of hunger

By Linda Porterfield, Charlotte Dems Writer Remember the series of coffee table books, A Day in the Life, from 30 years ago?  Images visually explained life in America with bucolic references of happy times and beautiful landmarks from every state. We proudly displayed these editions on our coffee tables. How would a contemporary version of

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