Soccer 5 Kids Academy Program Comes to Three Miami-Dade Parks Soccer 5 Academy Mini Soccer Program, also referred to as small sided soccer, makes its South Florida debut at three popular Miami-Dade County-owned parks — Tropical Park, located at 7900 SW 40 St.; Kendall Soccer Park, 8011 SW 127 Ave., and Amelia Earhart Park, 401 [...]
In the Company of Women, presented by Macy’s and Enterprise Holdings, will celebrate its Silver Jubilee during an annual awards ceremony and reception recognizing 14 women who have helped shape the South Florida community through their artistic talents, business acumen, pioneering spirit, ingenuity and courage. Timed to coincide with Women’s History Month, the 25th Annual [...]
The Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade, in partnership with the Miami-Dade County Commission for Women and Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces, is seeking to honor outstanding Miami-Dade women for the 25th Annual In the Company of Women Awards Ceremony to be held in March 2013. Timed to coincide with Women’s History Month, In the Company [...]
It’s mid-summer and many people are out enjoying the season’s greatest pastime — swimming — at South Florida pools, lakes and endless miles of beaches. But many people, and especially children, still do not know how to swim. In an effort to make learn-to-swim lessons easily available to all children, the Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade [...]
The Miami Soccer Festival returns Sept. 29 and 30 to Kendall Soccer Park, 8011 SW 127 Ave. Presented by Soccer 5 USA and Miami-Dade Parks, the two-day festival will feature a full range of youth and adult soccer tournaments, in a festival ambience featuring music, Soccer 5 Live tricks, juggling, soccer walk, get-in-the-game fitness and [...]
Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department has incorporated a new tobacco-free policy at over 40 park locations and near all playgrounds and youth ball fields. The new policy ensures a healthy environment for people participating in sports and other recreational activities within a park setting where they are not exposed to toxic secondhand smoke. [...]
By Edith Torres.... Miami-Dade County is seeking outstanding women nominees for the 23rd annual In the Company of Women Awards Ceremony, which will take place on Mar. 31, 2011. Nominations must be postmarked by Friday, Dec. 10. The award spotlights the accomplishments of outstanding professional female community leaders in the following categories: • Outstanding Woman [...]
By Edith Torres.... With both the House and Senate passing resolutions declaring September as “National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month,” and joining in First Lady Michelle Obama’s national “Let’s Move” campaign promoting health and wellness particularly in the nation’s youth, Miami-Dade Parks is joining the movement and spearheading the initiative locally with its Fit-to-Play: Health, Wellness [...]
