A happy dose of uplifting news from Central Florida and beyond.
 Last year, the Orlando Wine Festival & Auction raised nearly a million dollars for at-risk children in Central Florida. This year, with help from celebrity chefs and the world's greatest winemakers, the Orlando Magic hopes to collect even more. |   | |
 The growing trend of gender-blind casting means women are showing up in traditionally male roles. | | | |
 Students of Orlando Junior Academy in College Park get an "edible education" along with the standard curriculum. And the final exam is heavy on pots and pans. | | | |
 A couple with Orlando ties is the first to be married at Pandora — The World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Watch their wedding unfold on the latest episode of "Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings" on Disney Plus. | | | |
 AdventHealth launched on Tuesday a free, 24/7 coronavirus information line, calling it a "one-stop-shop" for Floridians who have questions about the new virus and the illness COVID-19 by calling 877-VIRUSHQ. The health system has also launched a coronavirus resource website at www.CoronavirusSignsAndSymptoms.com. | | | |
 Wendover Housing Partners announced plans to build a much-needed 68-unit senior-living community in Sanford that will house low-income residents 55 and older. Construction on the project — Norton Commons — is slated to begin as early as this month. Rents will start at $708 a month for one-bedroom units. | | | |
 Nearly a month after Ann DeVries got her wedding ring back, she still treats the band with extreme caution. You might, too, if you had to dig through the garbage dump to get it. | | | |
 Scooter Magruder, an Orlando resident, first started his YouTube channel, ScooterMagruder, in 2006, which can best be described as Magruder hilariously expressing the frustrations, hypocrisies, sadness and joyous outbursts of other fellow sports fans. | | | |
 From simple innovations to increased use of CBD products, yak chews and eco-friendly goods, here are a few trends we noticed at the 2020 Global Pet Expo in Orlando. | | | |
 GameTime in Ocoee, Jax 5th Avenue in Lake Mary and other Orlando-area bars offer Happy Hour deals. | | | |
 Sax star Kenny G will perform at Plaza Live in Orlando. | | | |
 From Honey to Shopkick and Ibotta, we review the apps for saving money. | | | |
 Kissimmee waterpark Island H2O Live! has discounted season passes through April 12. | | | |
 Customers can get a $5 Oreo Cookie Shake at Smokey Bones on Friday, March 6. | | | |
 The M&M's store will join other brands like The Lego Store at Disney Springs. | | | |
 Travelers coming through Tampa International Airport will soon be greeted by a striking site: a 21-foot-tall pink flamingo. | | | |
 Hanson's Shoe Repair in Orlando offers up A Love Letter, a passion fruit-based cocktail. | | | |
 "Drawn to Life" is almost ready for public viewing at Walt Disney World's Disney Springs. | | | |
 Track Shack in Orlando is hosting a spring sale with 20 percent off all regularly priced items throughout the store. | | | |
 The Wekiva Paint Out, an annual Central Florida tradition, returns March 1-7 with more than two dozen artists setting up their easels outdoors for some "plein air" painting. | | | |
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