Drag & Drive on Saturday, November 11 will help stock the Pride Pantry at The Center Orlando during the holiday months. Drop off food items between 11am and 3pm!

Here are the most needed items: Canned green beans, corn, yams, cranberry sauce and black beans; boxed stuffing mix & mashed potatoes; white rice; gravy (packets); Jiffy corn bread mix; jello.

Drive up behind The Center, 946 N Mills, to donate and catch a pop-up performance by a local drag queen who will help unload your vehicle. DJ Nick Comis will be spinning!

Proceeds will benefit The Center Orlando’s Pride Pantry, which provides food, pet supplies, hygiene and cleaning products to approximately 300 families monthly.

Mills 50 wants to buy you a cup of coffee on National Coffee Day – Friday, September 29! Be one of the first 15 customers at Eola General, Framework Craft Coffee House, Lineage Coffee – Mills 50 or Qreate Coffee – mention Mills 50 when you order and your cup of coffee or cold brew is free! One cup per person please!

Network with Mills 50 business & residential members on Wednesday, September 6 from 5:30pm until 7pm at Framework Craft Coffee Bar! Enjoy a complimentary beer, wine or coffee and a few lite bites! RSVP by Friday, September 1 to director@mills50.org

Stop in to Quantum Leap WInery, 1312 Wilfred Drive and view “Picturing Mills 50”, an art & photography exhibit. SIxteen local artists are exhibiting their works and all are for sale, with 100% of the proceeds, benefitting the artists. The exhibit, on display through Saturday, August 26, is sponsored by Quantum Leap WInery, Colonial Photo & Hobby, Mills 50 and Sam Flax.

Vendors – featuring art, jewelry, candles, clothing and more – will be set up along Virginia Drive from Orange Avenue to Mills Avenue. PhatAsh Bakes & Framework Craft Coffee House will be among the food vendors. Purchase $5 wristbands at Ten10 Brewing and at The Yard at Ivanhoe to access specials at 17 bars, businesses & restaurants! Stop by The Barefoot Spa, 801 Virginia Drive, for Orlando Art Collective’s curatorial debut! 

Attention pup parents! Bring your puppers and join our Pup Paw-ty on Sunday, April 16 from 1pm until 6pm! Purchase a wristband for $5 at Quantum Leap Winery to take advantage of specials at 15 neighborhood businesses! The first 30 pups (accompanied by an adult) will receive complimentary bandanas and special Mills 50 treats! Proceeds from wristband sales will be donated to Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando!

Celebrate the wearin’ of the green at our annual St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl on Friday, March 17 from 7:30pm until bars close! Purchase $10 wristbands (between 7:30pm and 11pm) at Ten 10 Brewing, 1010 Virginia Drive or Wally’s Mills Avenue Liquors, 1001 N Mills, get some green beads and take advantage of specials at 18 bars & restaurants! You’ll find great deals on Leprechaun shots, Irish mules, Shamrock drinks, Guinness and more!

This free community event, sponsored by The Nickley Group, celebrates all things love – love of art, food, music, the environment and each other! Enjoy music by Beemo, Brews Clues and Texas Outlaw Jerry J! Grab a beer from the Ten 10 Brewing tent, cocktails from The Guesthouse bar or wine & cider from Quantum Leap Winery! Enjoy food from Let’s Dough It pizza, Cholo Dogs and Anna’s Empanadas, treats from Kona Ice and Phat Ash Bakes as you shop dozens of local vendors featuring candles, stained glass, dream catchers, tea, jewelry, art and much more! This is a family & dog friendly event!