By Gary S. Hatrick
Sometimes you shouldn’t keep a secret
NWhere there is HELP,
there is HOPE!
Nolan Mitchell is trying to
get the secret out.
For years, the na
name SECRETOWN FLA would crop up
m time to time, b
or were assisted
from but not many people knew exactly what it
assisted by it.
Established in 1993 by Victor Mitchel, Nolan’s brother,
“What we do is we provide assistance to battered women
and abused children, and anyone else in need,” Nolan explained.
Nolan is the president of SECRETOWN FLA. “It actually
started off with a group of men, but now we include women.
It’s just a small group but we get a lot done,” Nolan said.
While Nolan has known about SECRETOWN FLA and
has been a member of it over the years he was not as involved
steam and when Victor died, Nolan felt he inherited respon-
“When my brother passed away I picked it up and I re-licensed
it and started it back up again,” Nolan said. He also
remain in the shadows.
The SECRETOWN Fla Facebook Page gives this synopsis
-
gether as a group of men who wanted to make a small change
in society, but eventually grew to a family. Believing that any
for and the joy we see on the faces of those who receive our
love and compassion, is a victory of its own. Our children are
our future and when we come together as one, our children
grow and become better. This is the reason we do what we
do!”
Now Nolan is trying to make people aware of the orga-
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TOWN FLA will run the Haunted Hay Ride during the Main
Street Zephyrhills Halloween Howl Oct 21. He is also trying
similar purposes. He wants people to know that SECRETOWN
FLA is part of the charitable community.
SECRETOWN FLA members meet the third Saturday of
they look at projects that have been brought to them. They
investigate the legitimacy of the need and determine which
they should take on given their limited funds. They do what
they can sometimes reaching into their own pockets. “We’re
kind of running in the red to be honest with you,” Nolan said.
“We don’t have funds to help everybody yet, but we will do
everything we can.”
To become a member of SECRETOWN FLA, one needs
to be sponsored by a current member who has been in the
whether to admit the new member. “We’ve already got 24
members and were growing pretty fast,” Nolan said.
To learn more, one can visit the Secretown Facebook
Page. To do so you need to type in S E C R E T O W N Fla.
with the spaces. If you have trouble with that visit Nolan
Mitchel’s page and click on where it says he manages SECRETOWN
FLA. It is easy to get confused with the Secret Town
in California and other places so be wary.
If you would like to be a member or would like to donate,
it may be easier to call Nolan at (352) 464-0404 or the
SECRETOWN FLA Vice President Ron Feoffel at (813) 395-
4573. It’s time the secret got out!
Stolen Soul
I once knew a girl who had a heart so bold
but the world had stolen her soul
She had little more to give no silver nor gold
Two little smiling faces were all she had to hold
Little priceless treasures untold
To her they were more than silver or gold
But the world had stolen her soul
I think she had grown cold
To smoke and rum she had succumb
This old world had grown cold
This old world had stolen her soul
Two little smiling faces were all she had to hold
Little priceless treasures untold
How could there be so much pain
Most people would go insane
She gave when she knew there was nothing to gain
Her pain had driven her to smoke and rum
To the dark part of this old world she had succumb
Written by Dwight Myers, 2008
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