Fosters Invited to Build Their Own Teddy Bear at The Clearwater Community Volunteers Center

 The Clearwater Community Volunteers (CCV) Center will host a “Build Your Own Bear” workshop for local foster families on Sunday, November 12 at 2:00pm. The event is being done in partnership with the Pinellas County Foster and Adoptive Families Association (PCFAPA). Foster families from Tampa Bay are invited to participate in this family-friendly activity where the children get to stuff and dress their own teddy bear to take home. There is no cost to attend.

“The foster system can be one of significant trauma for children ranging from infants to young adults,” said Tracy Hawkins, manager of the Center. “Children are removed from their families for various reasons such as abuse, neglect and abandonment. From there, the child may move between four foster homes in the first year alone.”

“Associations like PCFAPA are actively working to make these kid’s lives better,” said Ms. Hawkins. “Humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard once said, ‘Bringing a child into the world today is a little bit like dropping one into a tiger’s cage. Children can’t handle their environment and they have no real resources. They need love and help to make it.’ The CCV Center is proud to support PCFAPA and the foster families by hosting activities for the kids.”

If you are a foster parent and would like to attend, please contact Tracy Hawkins at (727) 316-5309 to secure your child’s teddy bear.

About the Clearwater Community Volunteers Center:

The Clearwater Community Volunteers Center, established by the Church of Scientology in 2018, is a home for the benefit of all Tampa Bay nonprofit organizations. Built on the success of the Clearwater Community Volunteers, who host the signature Winter Wonderland and Easter Egg Hunt in Clearwater, the Center was created to serve the needs of our local nonprofits. The Center is fully equipped to host meetings, seminars, events and gatherings, all at no cost to the nonprofit community. Please email CCVcenter@ccvfl.org for more information about the Center.

Clearwater Community Volunteers Center
Tracy Hawkins
727-316-5309

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Hong Kong – Tenders invited for Improvement Works at Tsuen Tsing Interchange

Tenders invited for Improvement Works at Tsuen Tsing Interchange

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     The Highways Department (HyD) today (June 9) invited tenders for Improvement Works at Tsuen Tsing Interchange (Contract No. HY/2022/18).
 
     The works are scheduled to commence in the fourth quarter of 2023 and will take about 30 months to complete. The works mainly include:

     (i) construction of a traffic lane to allow exclusive left-turning traffic movement from the approach road of Tsuen Wan Road (Tuen Mun bound) to Tsing Tsuen Road (Tsing Yi bound);
 
     (ii) construction of a single-lane vehicular bridge and associated slip road at Texaco Road (westbound) to connect to an existing vehicular bridge section towards Tsing Yi not yet opened to traffic above Tsuen Tsing Interchange;
 
     (iii) construction of a single-lane slip road connecting down ramp of Tsuen Wan Road (Kowloon bound) to Texaco Road (Ma Tau Pa Road bound);
 
     (iv) widening of a section of Texaco Road (eastbound) to the north of Tsuen Tsing Interchange;
 
     (v) widening the roundabout at Tsuen Tsing Interchange and improving its junctions; and
 
     (vi) associated works including geotechnical, drainage, installation of traffic aids, public lighting and landscaping works. 

     The HyD has appointed AECOM Asia Company Limited (AECOM) as the consultant to design and supervise the construction works. Interested contractors can obtain the tender forms and other particulars from AECOM at 12/F, Tower 2, Grand Central Plaza, 138 Shatin Rural Committee Road, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong.

     The invitation to tender was gazetted today. Submission of tenders will close at noon on August 4, 2023 (Friday). Tender submissions should be placed in the Government Secretariat Tender Box located at the lobby of the Public Entrance on the G/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong.

     For enquiries, please call AECOM at 3922 9000.

Hong Kong – Tenders invited for site formation and infrastructure works at Tuen Mun Central

Tenders invited for site formation and infrastructure works at Tuen Mun Central

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     The Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) today (March 3) gazetted a notice to invite tenders for the contract for Site Formation and Infrastructure Works at Tuen Mun Central Phase 2 – Tuen Hing Road (Contract No. CV/2023/04). The closing time for the tender is noon on April 21.

     The works mainly include:

  • site formation works;
  • slope works;
  • construction of a carriageway and footpath connecting to existing Tuen Hing Road; and 
  • ancillary works including drainage, sewerage, waterworks and landscaping works.

     The works are scheduled to commence in the third quarter of this year and will take about 48 months to complete.

     The CEDD has commissioned Binnies Hong Kong Limited to design and supervise the works.  Interested contractors may obtain the forms of tender and further particulars from the company at 43/F, AIA Kowloon Tower, 100 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon.

     Details of the tender notice are available at the CEDD’s website (www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/tender-notices/contracts/tender-notices/index.html). For enquiries, please call Binnies Hong Kong Limited at 2601 1000 during office hours.

Hong Kong – Tenders invited for Site Formation and Infrastructure Works near Tan Kwai Tsuen in Yuen Long

Tenders invited for Site Formation and Infrastructure Works near Tan Kwai Tsuen in Yuen Long

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     The Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) today (December 30) gazetted a notice to invite tenders for the contract for Site Formation and Infrastructure Works near Tan Kwai Tsuen in Yuen Long – Contract 2 (Contract No. CV/2023/01). The closing time for the tender is noon on February 17 next year.
 
     The works mainly include construction of a section of sewers of about 3.4 kilometres long from Shun Tat Street, Tuen Mun, to the Ha Tsuen Sewage Pumping Station and improvement to the road junction of Shun Tat Street and Castle Peak Road – Hung Shui Kiu. The works are scheduled to commence in the second quarter of next year and will take about 48 months to complete.
 
     The CEDD has commissioned Binnies Hong Kong Limited to design and supervise the works. Interested contractors may obtain the forms of tender and further particulars from the company at 43/F, AIA Kowloon Tower, 100 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon.
 
     Details of the tender notice are available at the CEDD’s website (www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/tender-notices/contracts/tender-notices/index.html). For enquiries, please call Binnies Hong Kong Limited at 2601 1000 during office hours.

Hong Kong – Proposals invited for “Residence Programme and Work Presentation@Suomenlinna”

Proposals invited for “Residence Programme and Work Presentation@Suomenlinna”

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     The Art Promotion Office (APO) under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) and the HIAP-Helsinki International Artist Programme jointly call for residence proposals for the “Residence Programme and Work Presentation@Suomenlinna” from today (August 5). One participant will be ultimately selected to undertake the residence programme and work presentation at Suomenlinna in Finland tentatively scheduled from April 15 to July 15 next year.

 

     Suomenlinna is a cluster of islands situated off the coast of Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. It was inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage List in 1991. The islands’ natural landscapes and well-preserved historical relics have enhanced Suomenlinna’s status as a cultural destination in Europe. It offers a rich resource of inspiration for creative activities with its stunning coastal scenery and rich historical and cultural ambience. The HIAP, co-organiser of this programme, is an art organisation in Suomenlinna. Founded in 1998, it has been organising art exhibitions and cultural events in the local community. It invites and supports artists from all over the world to take part in its residence programme on the islands, bringing together global and local creativity, and enabling artistic dialogue among multiple perspectives.

 

     The programme is now inviting creative residence proposals in visual art or cross-disciplinary media, offering Hong Kong artists and cross-disciplinary talents the chance to engage in creative activities, and conduct artistic exchanges in a locality very different from their own, so as to bring together unique ideas, and let viewers around the world see the appeal of Hong Kong art. Interested persons should submit a proposal from now until 8pm on September 18 (Sunday) to the Exchange and Extension Unit of the APO of the LCSD (Oil Street Art Space, 12 Oil Street, North Point, Hong Kong) by post or by hand. The APO will announce the result in November on the APO’s website.

 

     This programme is presented by the LCSD, co-organised by the APO and the HIAP. For details of the programme, please visit the website at www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/APO/en_US/web/apo/residence_suomenlinna.html, or call 2512 3018, 2512 3019 or 2512 3020.