Seminole Scenes Community Seminole Scenes by The Seminole Tribune - May 31, 2018August 20, 2019 Hard Rock Café Malta, through the Hard Rock Heals Foundation, presented a donation of $5,000 to the Dr. Klown organization in April. The Dr. Klown organization features volunteers who entertain children in hospitals as clown doctors. The group was formed in 2010. The donation will be used to purchase musical instruments for the clowns and for professional training on how to use these instruments to interact with children in hospitals around Malta. “It is our pleasure to help organizations such as Dr. Klown. A word of thanks goes to our staff who helped in the collection of the funds,” Shandelle Azzopardi, director of operations for Hard Rock Cafe Malta, said in a Times of Malta story. (Courtesy photo) Mary Jene Koenes and Camellia Smith share the love with their grandson Caleb Smith, 4 months, May 16 at the Big Cypress Preschool graduation. Koenes’ daughter Desiree Smith is married to Smith’s son Jarrid Smith. (Beverly Bidney) Alice Jimmie, Chris Smith Denise Gonzales and other members of the Immokalee Boys & Girls Club made a special gift just in time for the Immokalee Mother’s Day party. The handmade picnic table was eventually finished and given a coat of paint along with colorful hand prints from all the kids and raffled off at the event. (Beverly Bidney) The 123rd Big Cypress Celebration on April 28 featured all kinds of fun activities for the community. Philip Blackwell from Billie Swamp Safari tells visitors about how he takes care of a small otter. (Karla Noriega Pedroza) PECS students take shelter in the Fred Smith Rodeo Arena May 17 during a deluge that interrupted the fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade culture camp. These girls tried to catch some rain from the top of the bleachers. (Beverly Bidney) This frybread simmers in the oil in a Brighton cooking chickee during the PECS culture camp May 17. The pan of deliciousness is tended to by students during their day of learning the traditional Seminole way of life. (Beverly Bidney) Animal staff at Billie Swamp Safari let children hold one of the alligators at the park May 12. (Damon Scott) Share on Facebook Share Share on TwitterTweet Share on Pinterest Share Share on LinkedIn Share Share on Digg Share