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Dining Deal, Taco Waffle, Leadership Class Members Named

Start your day with five things to know, including a "grown-up look at adoption" and a call for votes for your favorite school.

Five things to know today, Aug. 8, as you go about your business in the Greater Brandon area.

Dining Deals


Targeting Support For Schools


  • From Target —  "It’s back! We're super excited to announce that #GiveWithTarget will return this year. Click here to get inspired, and don't forget to vote for your favorite school starting August 14!" 
  • From First United Methodist Church of Brandon, FL — Our Mission focus for August is McLane Middle School. All month, we'll be collecting school supplies appropriate for middle school students, including backpacks, pencils, pens, notebook paper, spiral notebooks, flashdrives, highlighters, 3" three-ring binders and folders. Not all the students at McLane can afford school supplies and our donations bless the teachers who often purchase items for students out of their own pockets. Donations can be brought on Sunday mornings or to the Church office during the week.

ECHO Director, Others Named To Leadership Class

  • From ECHO of Brandon (Emergency Care Help Organization) — "Congratulations to Stacey Efaw, our executive director, who will be representing ECHO this year in the Leadership Tampa Class of 2014." For a full list of class members, see http://bit.ly/14n6iwq.

'Grown-Up Look At Adoption'  

  • From NPR — "The complex and interconnected topics of adoption, race, and culture will form the backbone of a new online magazine that is starting this week. Gazillion Voices was begun with those goals in mind, says Kevin Vollmers, who created the magazine as an extension of his blog." See New Magazine Takes A Grown-Up Look At Adoption.

Taco Waffle, You Game?

  • From Time NewsFeed — "Taco Bell says it’s expanding its small test of waffle tacos, as it prepares to take its breakfast menu national sometime next year. The fast-food chain says the waffle taco, which includes scrambled  eggs, sausage and a side of syrup, was the top seller during breakfast hours at the five Southern California restaurants where they were tested earlier this year." See Taco Bell Expanding Test Of Waffle Tacos.
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