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From church drives in Liberty City to county library supply events in Homestead, Miami-Dade's free back-to-school giveaways run late July through mid-August, and most require the child to be present.
The volunteer-run Amelia Garden Center anchors the nonprofit's urban agriculture in Liberty City, where Saturday volunteers have grown food and native habitat since March 2009.
Founded by West Indian churchmen on March 24, 1901, the parish on Virginia Street remains an institution of the Grove's Bahamian-descended community.
County senior centers serve free weekday meals to residents 60 and older, and the Alliance for Aging helpline routes older adults to congregate and home-delivered dining.
The city-run complex at 212-260 NE 59th Terrace pairs a theater, galleries and the Caribbean Marketplace at the center of Miami's Little Haiti.