Stetson Law hosts Raising the Bar on Feb. 22

Stetson University College of Law is hosting Raising the Bar: Florida’s Legal Community Service Day, on Feb. 22 on the Gulfport campus. The initiative collects donations from the local legal community for American Red Cross care packages.

WHO: Members of the legal community, including lawyers, law students, law firms, judges and friends, are encouraged to participate. Raising the Bar is co-sponsored by Stetson, the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, the Kaplan Bar Review and the American Red Cross. The initiative is part of a statewide service day led by the legal community.

WHAT: Members of the legal community are invited to donate unused holiday cards as well as toiletries including shampoo, soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes. The American Red Cross will deliver donations in the form of comfort kits to disaster victims and will send greeting cards to active duty members of the military and veterans during the holiday season.

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 22, between 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

WHERE: Classroom A, Stetson University College of Law, 1401 61st St. S., Gulfport

For more information on the event or for more details regarding donations, please contact Stetson University College of Law student Jennifer Tindell at [email protected].