Volunteers of America

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A lot of seniors want that same animal companionship, but they have limited resources to raise a live pet, or they have limited mobility that makes caring for one hard.

So Volunteers of America's Florida chapter and Humana came up with a potential fix for seniors living at Clear Bay Terrace Apartments in Clearwater.

Earlier this month, they handed out robo dogs and robo cats.

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Volunteers of America says they'll do visits with the pets and their owners and track data to see if it's helped people break out of their shells a bit, and they already have another wave of robo pet giveaways planned in the area in a few months.

Welcome back to Florida Matters: Live and Local.

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And then that turned into we volunteered at the time with like Volunteers of America a lot.

And so that really got me volunteering a lot more in the community, which really, I mean, it just opens up so many different like viewpoints on life and creates so much empathy,

you know,

donate? How do people do this? So Mommy's Closet is associated.

with Volunteers of America.

So, you can go to Volunteers of America's website.

You can search Mommy's Closet.

They're also on New York Street.

But if you want to donate to them, they are constantly, and cash donations go the furthest.

They have purchasing power by buying in bulk of diapers.

So, go to Volunteers of America, and they can help you out with that.

Here are some options for you.

Oh, you can't make rent this month?" Well, if they call the police department and say, "I can't make rent," police is gonna go, "Okay, well, we can refer you to the Volunteers of America-

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... or the Salvation Army, or we can refer you to any local organization in the area, maybe they can help, Catholic Community Services-

Because we were at this event.

I was hosting with them for Volunteers of America.

And the guy couldn't take a breath without somebody wanting something.

And we were in a room going over questions, and he was signing things.

Now that they have arrested Bianca, investigators are left with another question.

Why? Just before the stabbing, surveillance video captured Bianca outside the nearby Volunteers of America thrift store.

Investigators say Bianca allegedly stole two knives from the thrift store before walking to the Giant Eagle right next door, where she spotted Margo Wood and her son Julian.

As Margo was about to load her groceries into her car, Bianca walked toward them and stabbed Julian multiple times as he sat in the shopping cart.

The defendant did torture or cruelly abused J. W.

Count 6 alleges that honor about June 3rd 2024. the defendant did attempt to purposely cause the death of Margo Wood.

Count seven alleges that on or about June 3rd, 2024, the defendant did attempt to cause the death of Margo Wood, as count eight alleges that on or about June 3rd, 2024, the defendant did knowingly cause serious physical harm to margot wood count nine alleges that honor about june 3 2024 the defendant did knowing that an official proceeding or investigation was in progress or was about to be or likely to be instituted alter destroy conceal or remove any record document or thing with the purpose to impair its value or availability as evidence in such proceeding or investigation count 10 alleges that honor about june 3rd 2024 The defendant did with purpose to deprive the owner, volunteers of America Store, of property or services to which knives knowingly obtain or exert control over either the property or services without the consent of the owner or the person authorized to give consent.

I have now read the indictment to you.