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Ormond Beachers go to Italy; buy a tag to benefit local pets; Halifax Urban Ministries gets a big boost; and, Elks go to camp for volunteer inspiration.

BY THE OBSERVER STAFF

It’s read everywhere (this time in Italy)!

A group of Ormond Beach women known as the "Biker Babes" recently visited Puglia, Italy, while on a 10-day bicycle trip with Vermont Bike Tours. Pictured above: Kathy Orezzoli, Mary Hermann, Ryan Adams, Cindy Marriott, Barbara Manne, Maggie Sacks, Lynda Wilson; and, back row: Sherry Gailey and Elizabeth Collins.

Send photos of your out-of-city adventures, Ormond Beach Observer in hand, to [email protected].

Pet news: Tag sale, shot clinic coming

A low-cost pet shot clinic to benefit Concerned Citizens for Animal Welfare will be held 2-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Ormond Beach Police Department, 170 W. Granada Blvd.

Rebies shots will be $6; distemper combo: $10; Ormond Beach animal licenses: $5 with proof of rabies vaccination. Donations of dry cat food will also be accepted.

Ormond Beach Animal Services will also sponsor a tag sale 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Ormond Beach Police Department, 170 W. Granada Blvd., with all proceeds benefitting the veterinary costs for local feral cats in the Trap Neuter Release program.

Call 676-3262.

Deland company donated to HUM

Workers from DaVita Labs, a health care company in Deland, came in three cars to Halifax Urban Ministries’ Daytona Beach location last month to donate three shopping carts full of food, diapers and baby items valued at more than $600. They also donated $115 in cash.

“This is not only a blessing to the needy families HUM serves but is another bridge to our recent expansion of services to West Volusia County,” said Mark Geallis, director of community relations and development for HUM.

For LeAnn Shaw, the DaVita employee who organized the benefit, the drive served as an inspiration to workers at her company.

“This generated a lot of excitement with our employees,” she said. “I don’t think there is anything that brings people together like reaching out in service to others.”

Call 252-0156 or visit halifaxurbanministries.org.

Swing for the fairways: Lions to host golf tourney

The Ormond Beach Lions Club will sponsor its 12^th-annual Charity Golf Tournament Saturday, Oct. 12, at River Bend Golf Club. Shotgun start is at 8:30 a.m., with a flighted four-person scramble. Cost: $50 per person, which includes golf, prizes and lunch.

Call 882-0889.

Pink Heals Tour visits oncology patients

The Pink Heals Tour stopped Sept. 30, at the Halifax Health — Center for Oncology, 303 N. Clyde Morris Blvd., in Daytona Beach, to visit patients and staff.

Decked out in hot pink, the Pink Heals Tour firefighters stopped by to provide hope, inspiration and hugs to patients. The program, which supports the fight against women’s cancers, provided patients and their families the opportunity to sign and leave messages of encouragement to those fighting cancer on the visiting Pink Heals Tour fire trucks.

Elks go to camp for inspiration

Members of the Ormond Beach Elks Lodge, including Exalted Ruler Jackie Curtis and club officers, took a bus trip last month to spend the day at the 405-acre Florida Elks Youth Camp, in Umatila.

A tour of the grounds was given, and then the group visited the new Bates Aquatic Center. The trip was meant to inspire members to become more active in Elks projects.

Statewide, the club provides millions of dollars to the Army of Hope, Children’s Therapy Services and the Florida Elks Youth Camp.