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    IMG Academy Sports Summit

    Coconut Telegraph

    SRQ DAILY

    SATURDAY JUN 28, 2014 |

    Recently,  IMG Academy hosted a two week summit to use sports as a means of helping young adults from numerous nations gain practical leadership skills and promote positive change in their communities. The International Power of Sport Summit, which IMG Academy is hosting, is facilitated by the United Nations' Office on Sport for Development and Peace. Participants ages 18 to 25 came from across the globe, including the Caribbean, Central America, South America and Asia. Each day, the discussions and other activities focused on a particular objective such as: conflict resolution, sports and peace building, adapted physical activities for the disabled, HIV/AIDS prevention, athletic and personal development. As the summit got underway, the world-renowned academy that trains athletes in a variety of sports also conducted a grand opening. Its new 40,000-square-foot field house for its football program is part of an ongoing expansion of its nearly 500-acre campus in west Bradenton.

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    Families First Institute Offers Free, Public Courses to Strengthen Families

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    Give Gratitude, Grateful Patient Program

    If you have been a patient at Sarasota Memorial, perhaps you can look back to when the care you received exceeded your expectations. Maybe it was kind words from a doctor or nurse, the patience of a technologist who took the time to explain a procedure, or a volunteer, housekeeper or food service

    Jan 12, 2018