Dr. Bob Here

Alfred, age 94, has been ringing for the Salvation Army for 8 years and is a WW2 Army veteran. Publix at LaBelle Plaza, 1555 Highland Avenue South, Clearwater, Florida.

It is better to give than to receive!

Organized as the Guinness Book of World Records Largest Food Truck Rally, Downtown Clearwater’s Harborside is filled with excitement and energy.

The Rally concludes on Sunday.

In America we have so much for which to give thanks.

I started today as I usually do, most Thursdays, with a great group of friends, sharing thanksgivings, prayer requests, talking about our Christian experiences, our “walk with the Lord” as we often call it. I’m thankful for these men.

Clearwater’s Tampa Bay Veterans Memorial Plaza, quiet this Thanksgiving morning, where I have stopped to write. Here at Crest Lake Park, I am thankful for the freedom we enjoy, and the veterans who made it possible. I encourage you to purchase plaques for the veterans in your life, as I have, to fill the walls with names of those veterans we can thank for serving this great country.

For my wonderful wife, now gone six years; for family, friends and neighbors who walk life’s road along side for a time, I am thankful.

For the college students I have taught over many years, who sometimes, I think, taught me more than I taught them, I am thankful.

For my church, Lakeside Community Chapel friends I see each week; and for the faithful Bible teaching of Pastor Steve Kreloff, I am thankful.

For the Gideons International, the Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity, which help give me focus on some of the important things in life, I am thankful.

I have not forgotten my work with my colleagues on the Clearwater City Council, with whom I labor daily for the good of Clearwater’s residents and businesses. I am truly thankful that, in my mind, God provided an opportunity for me to give back to Clearwater, my home for the past 23 years.

God bless you all this Thanksgiving Day.

Remember, the best attitude is gratitude!

Who suggested to President Abraham Lincoln that the United States should celebrate Thanksgiving ?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here’s an eye-opener from one of the founders of our country.

You cannot warm the hearts of people with God’s love if they have an empty stomach and cold feet.William Booth

At the Clearwater Salvation Army Social Services location, Thanksgiving food packages, including 10,500 turkeys are given to needy residents.

Thanks to the Salvation Army and all the volunteers for their clear demonstration of helping those in need. Happy Thanksgiving, all!