2012 Florida Sales Tax Holiday Info

In a couple of hours, Florida will begin its 2012 Sales Tax Holiday!!!

Beginning Friday, August 3, 2012 at 12:01am to Sunday, August 5, 2012,

no Florida sales tax or local option tax will be collected on sales of 

clothing, footwear, and certain accessories selling for 

$75 or less PER ITEM, or on certain school supplies selling for

$75 or less PER ITEM. 

So what items are included?

1. Clothing– any article of wearing apparel, including all footwear

(except ski’s, swim fins, roller blades, and skates) intended to be worn

on or about the human body. However “clothing” does not 

include watches, watch bands, jewelry, umbrella’s, 

handkerchiefs, or sporting equipment.

2. School Supplies– means pens, pencils, erasers, crayons, notebooks, 

notebook filler paper, legal pads, binders, lunch boxes,

construction paper, markers, folders, poster board, composition

books, poster paper, scissors, cellophane tape, glue, paste,

rulers, computer disks, protractors, compasses and calculators.

For a complete listing of exempt and taxable items please 

visit www.myflorida.com 

Happy Shopping!!!

Receive a Free Meal at Pollo Tropical

Pollo Tropical’s “Pollo Reward$” loyalty program is honoring teachers in 

Florida and Georgia in May with their “Teacher of the Year” campaign.

FIFTEEN winning teachers from 15 counties will win FREE

Pollo Tropical for a year. Additionally, the school in each county

with the most nominations will win a $500.00 Pollo Tropical

donation to its student activities fund. 

Just by nominating your favorite teacher, customers will be rewarded

with a FREE small Pollo Tropical Tropichop with any 

drink purchase! 

Nominations must include:

-Teachers Full Name

-School Address

-School Telephone Number 

-Subject and grade taught by the teacher

Nominations will be accepted now until 5:00pm Thursday, May 31, 2012.

All public, private or charter school teachers are eligible in the following 

counties: 

FLORIDA

Miami-Dade

Broward

Palm Beach

Osceola

Lake 

Orange

Seminole

Hillsborough

Pinellas

Pasco

Duval

Lee

Collier

GEORGIA

Cobb

Gwinnett

To nominate your teacher visit www.pollotropical.com/myteacher

Tasty Tips for Back-To-School from Kashi

In an effort to help parents this back-to-school season, Kashi, the premier natural food and lifestyle company, is teaming up with Domenica Catelli, chef/author of Mom-a-licious: Fresh, Fast, Family Food for the Hot Mama in You! , to inspire fellow moms and dads to pack lunches and snacks that not only offer great taste for their children, but also help meet nutrition needs. By offering a variety of kid-friendly foods, and by providing back-to-school tips, helpful articles, and tasty and wholesome recipes from Catelli, Kashi wants people of all ages to recognize that good taste and nutrition can go hand-in-hand.

Catelli offers the following simple suggestions to help prepare wholesome kids’ lunches:

-Freeze sandwiches so you’re ready to go with a week’s worth of lunches. All sandwiches can freeze and re-thaw perfectly (except for those with lettuce and tomato), and they can even double as an ice pack for a bit! Try peanut butter and jelly, almond butter and jelly, natural-roasted turkey and Swiss or brie, and hummus and cheddar cheese—to name a few favorites!

-If kids like to pack the same sandwich every day (and it’s a nutritious choice) that’s okay—just try switching their lunch up with a wholesome side snack (mix in red bell peppers to add variety to their baby carrots, try jicama sticks instead of potato chips, replace a candy bar with a Kashi ® TLC ® Peanutty Dark Chocolate Layered Granola Bar, etc.)

-Thermoses are your friend. You can put last night’s chili or pasta in one, or change things up and give your kids an antioxidant-packed smoothie for breakfast or hot, whole grain oatmeal for lunch on a cool day!

-No squishy fruit—kids might toss the smoosh. Save bananas for breakfast and try oranges, apples and frozen berries (in a solid container) in kids’ lunchboxes

-Read labels and look out for hydrogenated oils, synthetic colors, flavors and unnecessary preservatives. Toss the chips and try Kashi ® TLC ® Pita Crisps.

-Get natural, hormone-free deli meats at the counter instead of processed and pre-packaged lunch meats for kids’ sandwiches

-Always put something fresh in your child’s lunch. A piece of organic fruit or cut-up veggies with natural peanut butter, hummus or dip are all easy and tasty options

Kashi is also encouraging moms to take a 2-bite test with their kids by visiting www.kashi.com/kidfriendlyfoods and obtaining a free sample* of a Kashi TLC Peanutty Dark Chocolate Layered Granola Bar or Kashi ® Cinnamon Harvest ® cereal. Just a bite or two of Kashi’s tasty kid-friendly foods can help show kids that eating right can taste great. Beginning in September, www.kashi.com will also feature additional tips, recipes and family-friendly suggestions by Catelli to help parents throughout the back-to-school season.

To learn more about Kashi’s tasty and nutritious foods, delicious recipes and tips, like our list of Kashi’s Kid-Friendly Top 10, please visit www.kashi.com/kidfriendlyfoods.

* Offer valid until 8/28/11 or while supplies last. No product substitutions. Available to US residents only. Limit one sample per family, household, or address. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Kashi TLC Peanutty Dark Chocolate Layered Granola Bars CONTAIN WHEAT, PEANUT, SOY, ALMOND AND MILK INGREDIENTS. MAY CONTAIN OTHER TREE NUTS . Kashi Cinnamon Harvest CONTAINS WHEAT INGREDIENTS. Visit Kashi.com to read ingredient listings.

Broward County Back To School Extravaganza

It’s that time of year again when parents spend money on their children for back to school clothing and school supplies. But there’s thousands of kids who’s parents cannot afford to buy them uniforms, notebooks, pencils, etc. 

YOU CAN HELP

Join the Children’s Services Council of Broward County, FL on Saturday, August 6, 2011 for a 

“Drive Thru Rally” where the community will have an opportunity to bring supplies and make donations. Giveaways from Panera Bread, Gunther Kia , Frostie Flavors and the opportunity to win prizes for everyone bringing school supplies. 

The following items are needed:

Notebook papers,Sturdy Backpacks,Uniforms,Shoes,Pencils,Rulers,Composition Books,Erasers,Spiral Notebooks,Glue Sticks,5 pocket/prong folders,Crayons,School Scissors,Highlighters,Colored Markers,Colored Pencils,Flash Drives,Zipper pencil bags,Calculators

Drop Off Locations

Family Central

840 SW 81st avenue

North Lauderdale, FL 33068

Children’s Services Council of Broward County

6600 Commercial Blvd. 

Lauderhill, FL 33319

Henderson Mental Health

Headway Park 

4740 N. State Road 7. (building B)

Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33319

Community Enhancement Collaboration Inc.

901 South State Road 7, Suite 410 (Bank of America Building)

Hollywood, FL 33023

Monetary Donations are also accepted.

Bring your spare change to any Bank Atlantic location and deposit in the Neighbors 4 Neighbors 

“Back To School Fund”

or 

Mail a check payable to the Broward Education Foundation 

(memo “Back to School Extravaganza”) to 

Children’s Services Council of Broward County 

6600W. Commercial Blvd. Lauderhill, FL 33319

For more information on Broward’s Back to School Community Extravaganza 

visit 211-broward.org or call 954-377-1000

FREE BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY

The first 500 Kids will receive FREE school supplies!!!!Bring the children out so they can celebrate returning to school. So many activities for them to enjoy. And if the kids still didnt get their shots the Mobile Health Unit will provide FREE IMMUNIZATIONS. See you there!!!!!!!!!