Tampa, FL— May 31, 2023 — Nancy C. Millan, Hillsborough County Tax Collector, is proud to announce the winners of the Kids Tag Art Program for the 2022-2023 school year.

This year’s top honorees are Aaliyah Greene-Walker from Dunbar Elementary School, who received the Sponsor’s Choice Award, and Kaitlyn Pace from McDonald Elementary School, who received the Tax Collector’s Choice Award. Both Aaliyah and Kaitlyn were recognized for their exceptional creativity and artistic skill.

The Kids Art Program is a creative fundraiser that allows students to showcase their artistic abilities by designing front license vanity plates in art class. The plate designs are then printed on metal plates and sold to family, friends, and the public. Proceeds from the plate sales and sponsorships go back to the participating schools to help support their arts program.

This year’s Kids Tag Art Program raised, to-date, over $37,800 and a total of 43 Hillsborough County schools participated in the program with over 1,000 plate design entries. In total, the Kids Tag Art Program’s across the state of Florida have raised over $2 million dollars to date since its inception in Polk County over 16 years ago.

“I am very proud of our Kids Tag Art Program and the support we are able to provide to school art programs. We were thrilled to present these two talented young artists with the top honors for this year’s Kids Tag Art Program,” said Nancy Millan, Hillsborough County Tax Collector. “Their artwork not only showcases their impressive talent but also promotes the importance of arts education in our schools.”

Suncoast Credit Union was the presenting sponsor for this year’s event.

“We are proud to support the Kids Tag Art Program again this year and its mission to promote arts education in our schools,” said Kourtney Berry, Executive Director, Foundation and Youth Outreach for Suncoast Credit Union. “We believe that art education is essential for the development of well-rounded students, and we are honored to recognize these outstanding young artists.”

Other sponsors for this year’s event included: Derrick Brooks Charities, PDQ, Florida West Coast Credit Union, Wild Architecture, and Ms. Peggy Land.

Millan visited the two top winning students at their schools in April and recognized them at the Hillsborough County School Board meeting in May.

The judges for this year’s contest were Mayor Jane Castor; Hillsborough County School Board Chair Nadia Combs; Suncoast Credit Union Executive Director of Foundation and Youth Outreach, Kourtney Berry; and, Division Director of the Hillsborough County Arts Council, Martine Collier.

The winners at each school for this year’s Kids Tag Art Program were:

• Baycrest: Marquis Smith
• Bellamy: Mikeyla Alvarez
• Bevis: Layla Kazbour
• Bing: Ahmad Ai Khayyat
• Broward: Aaliya White
• BT Washington: Destiny Johnson
• Cannella: Andrea Pinto
• Clair Mel: Laylanie Jones
• Cleveland: Andrea Rosales Rivera
• Davis: Eilanny Garabito
• Dickenson: Samanda Diaz Mendez
• Dunbar: Aaliyah Greene-Walker
• Egypt Lake: Lauryn McCoy
• Fishhawk Creek: Emily Sanchez
• Foster: Cristina Zelaya
• Gibsonton: Jacob Nieto
• Hammond: Mackenzie Aufmann
• Kingswood: Madison Odell
• Lake Magdalene: Liani DeJesus
• Lanier: Kinsley Orr
• Lithia Springs: Harper Jacquin
• Lockhart: Kathlyn Augustin
• Lopez: Mia Diaz Ramierez
• McDonald: Kaitlyn Pace
• Miles: Maria Moreno-Aguirre
• Morgan Woods: Genesis Pena
• Muller: Ada Edwards
• Nelson: Loreen Tumen
• Oak Park: Nitavia Graham
• Robinson: Matthew Ortiz
• Ruskin: Hazel Michelend
• Seffner: Diego Limon-Salazar
• Springhead: Kenza Benchick
• Summerfield: Pearl Sperry
• Tampa Heights: Jordan Gill
• Tampa Bay Blvd: Mia Pitts
• Thompson: James Bulmer
• Thonotosassa: Camila Mayorga Zuniga
• Town & Country: Melanie Alvarez
• Walden Lake: Brynley St Onge
• Wimauma: Jazlyn Heredia
• Woodbridge: Aleigha Morales
• Yates: Arianna Mina

For more information about the Kids Tag Art Program and other initiatives by the Hillsborough County Tax Collector’s Office, please visit their website at hillstax.org.

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Tampa, FL— April 11, 2023 — The Hillsborough County Tax Collector’s Drew Park branch, located at 4100 W Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, will be temporarily closed starting Monday, April 24th, to make much-needed improvements to sound quality at the facility.

The Drew Park facility’s open ceiling will be lowered from 20 feet to 10 feet to help with the sound quality for the 200-person capacity lobby. Improvements will be completed quickly with an expected re-opening date of Monday, May 1st.

“It is always a difficult decision to close an office providing service to the public, even for a short period of time,” said Nancy C. Millan, Hillsborough County Tax Collector. “We recently lowered the ceilings at our Brandon facility for the same sound quality issues and the improvement has been tremendous for our customers and our team members. We know it will have the same affect at our Drew Park location as well.”

The Tax Collector’s office has several other satellite offices conveniently located throughout Hillsborough County to serve the public.  The offices are open at 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.   Driver License service hours are offered from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

• Brandon -3030 N. Falkenburg Road, Tampa, FL 33619
• East Hillsborough (Driver License Services Only) – 2814 E. Hillsborough Ave., Tampa, FL 33610
• North Tampa -3011 University Center Drive, Suite 150, Tampa, FL 33612
• Plant City – 1834 Jim Redman Parkway, Plant City, FL 33563
• South County – 3002 E. College Ave., Ruskin, FL 33570

We encourage customers to renew online or schedule an appointment to avoid the wait. Convenient online services include Express Lane services for registration renewals with same day pickup.

To learn more about Tax Collector services and information, customers may visit hillstax.org.

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Donor heroes and their families to be remembered with a flag raising ceremony on April 5th at the Hillsborough County Tax Collector’s Drew Park office.

April 3, 2023 (Tampa, Fla.) – Hillsborough County Tax Collector Nancy C. Millan, in collaboration with LifeLink^TM of Florida, invite media to join them at a special event to raise the Donate Life flag honoring donor heroes and their families who made the selfless decision to save and improve lives through organ donation. The event will be held on Wednesday, April 5^th at 8:00 AM at the Tax Collector’s Drew Park location at 4100 W. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

April is National Donate Life Month, an annual observance to encourage individuals to register as organ, eye, and tissue donors and to celebrate those that have saved lives through the gift of an organ, eye, and tissue donation. The Donate Life flag will be raised at the Hillsborough County Tax Collector’s Drew Park location to honor local donor heroes for their selfless decision to help others through organ, tissue, and eye donation.

County tax collector offices, across the state of Florida, provide many services to the community, including the issuance of driver licenses and identification cards, at which time customers are asked the powerful, lifesaving question, “Would you like to register to be an organ and tissue donor?” More than 90% of the over 11.8 million Floridians who have already registered as a donor, did so at their local tax collector office.

“The Hillsborough County Tax Collector’s office registered more than 110,000 new registrants to the Donate Life Florida state donor registry in 2022,” said Nancy Millan. “We are proud to be a year-round partner with Donate Life Florida and we encourage everyone to register to be an organ donor today and help save lives,” she continued.

Floridians are encouraged to save lives by registering their decision by saying yes when asked during a driver license transaction at their local tax collector office or online at Donate Life Florida, the state’s organ, eye and tissue donor registry.

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About LifeLink of Florida

LifeLink® of Florida is the federally designated, non-profit community service organization on the front line of saving lives through organ and tissue donation in west and southwest Florida. LifeLink collaborates around the clock with local hospitals, transplant centers and the families of organ donors to save lives of patients in need of transplantation each year.

LifeLink can be of assistance with scheduling interviews or webinar presentations to media outlets, local schools, civic groups, and businesses on the importance of donation; for more information on LifeLink, or to register as an organ and tissue donor, visit www.LifeLinkFoundation.org.

LifeLink Foundation Contact:  

Ashley Moore

Manager, Public Affairs

LifeLink® Foundation

[email protected]

Cell: 850.525.7342

Last December, Hillsborough County Tax Collector, Nancy C. Millan, was honored to be named an Honorary Commander of the 927th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base.  The Honorary Commander program has become an integral part of the MacDill AFB family, as the honorees serve as ambassadors to educate and promote relations with the Tampa Bay community and to provide a support network for Airmen of the 927th Air Refueling Wing.

Honorary Commanders are paired with a wing’s senior leadership member and integrated into every aspect of the organization. Over the two-year program, each Honorary Commander, including Millan, tour Operations, Maintenance, Mission Support, and the Medical Group.  On Friday, March 3^rd, Millan joined some of her fellow Honorary Commanders on a refueling flight as part of this program. “As an Honorary Commander, I was very excited to experience a refueling flight which refueled several F-16 Fighter jets in midair.”  Millan said, “It gives us a chance to learn more about the important responsibilities and contributions our service members make each and every day to keep us safe and secure.”

“Being inducted as an Honorary Commander is a tremendous honor and I welcome the opportunity to develop partnerships that positively impact our military service members, their families and our community.”  said Millan. “As a former military wife, I know the sacrifices our military and their families make each day.”

 

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Last December, Hillsborough County Tax Collector, Nancy C. Millan, was honored to be named an Honorary Commander of the 927th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base.  The Honorary Commander program has become an integral part of the MacDill AFB family, as the honorees serve as ambassadors to educate and promote relations with the Tampa Bay community and to provide a support network for Airmen of the 927th Air Refueling Wing.

Honorary Commanders are paired with a wing’s senior leadership member and integrated into every aspect of the organization. Over the two-year program, each Honorary Commander, including Millan, tour Operations, Maintenance, Mission Support, and the Medical Group.

On Friday, March 3^rd, Millan joined some of her fellow Honorary Commanders on a refueling flight as part of this program. “As an Honorary Commander, I was very excited to experience a refueling flight which refueled several F-16 Fighter jets in midair.”  Millan said, “It gives us a chance to learn more about the important responsibilities and contributions our service members make each and every day to keep us safe and secure.”

“Being inducted as an Honorary Commander is a tremendous honor and I welcome the opportunity to develop partnerships that positively impact our military service members, their families and our community.”  said Millan. “As a former military wife, I know the sacrifices our military and their families make each day.”

Hillsborough County Tax Collector Nancy Millan proudly announces that the Tax Collector’s Kids Tag Art Program will be showcased at the Tampa Museum of Art and the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts.

The Kids Tag Art Program is a creative fundraiser that helps support school art programs and gives 5th-grade students the opportunity to showcase their artistic abilities by designing a vanity license plate in art class that is printed on metal plates and sold to family, friends, and the public.

The Hillsborough County Tax Collector’s Kids Tag Art Program will be part of the Hillsborough County Schools Elementary Art Showcase at the Tampa Museum of Art on Wednesday, March 1, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.  where winning plate designs from each participating school will be displayed. The top winners from each school will be recognized at their schools and at a school board meeting by Nancy C. Millan, Tax Collector, the school board, and program sponsors.

Kids Tag Art will also be showcased at the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts on Saturday and Sunday, March 4^th and 5^th.

The Tax Collector’s Kids Tag Art program launched in Hillsborough County in 2021 and raised over $34,000 for the participating elementary schools in 2022. In 2023, the number of participating schools doubled from 27 to 43, and Tax Collector Millan expects to surpass last year’s fundraising total.

“I was excited to bring Kids Tag Art to Hillsborough County, and I am very pleased with the community support and the student participation,” said Nancy Millan. “We continue to build and expand upon this great program that not only educates 5th graders on how Florida’s specialty license plates support various worthy causes across the state but also supports art education in their local elementary school,” she continued.

For more information on Kids Tag Art or to purchase a Kids Tag Art vanity plate, visit hillstax.org/kids-tag-art.  The cost per plate is $15.00 plus shipping cost of $3.50.

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Hillsborough County Tax Collector Nancy C. Millan announced that on Tuesday, February 28, the office would be mailing over 50,000 real estate and tangible combined reminder notices for the 2022 tax year.

Accounts that remain unpaid as of April 1 become delinquent and are subject to interest and penalties. Payment must be postmarked by March 31 to avoid additional fees for the 2022 tax year.

Taxes outstanding for two years or more are eligible for tax deed foreclosure and can result in the loss of the property to a tax deed sale. Millan encourages property owners to take advantage of online payment options and ensure payment for 2022 property taxes is sent by March 31^st to avoid any additional fees.

“We have a number of online payment options that make it easy to pay taxes online without having to visit an office – including our free e-check payment option.  Payments can also be made by mailed or dropped in one of our payment drop boxes at select tax collector locations,” she continued.

For online payments and drop box locations, please visit hillstax.org.

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Hillsborough County Tax Collector Nancy Millan will join U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, Florida Rep. Susan Valdes, and other local elected officials for media availability as they kick off a Centro de Bienvenida.

Tampa and Hillsborough County have seen an influx of Cuban and Venezuelan migrants. Numerous local partners have established this Centro de Bienvenida to assist these newcomers with navigating school placement, skills training, health care, the job hunt, and other services.

“The Tax Collector’s office is often the first point of contact for new resident, as getting a driver license or identification card is critical before receiving any services or applying for work or housing. For that reason, collaborating with other community organizations and government agencies to share educational materials and resources is essential to making their process easy when they come to our offices,” said Nancy Millan. “I thank Congresswoman Castor and Representative Valdes for kicking off this much-needed campaign,” she continued.

The event will be at the Egypt Lake Recreation Center at 3126 Lambright St., Tampa, on Friday, February 24th, at 10 a.m.

Those in attendance will include U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14), Florida Rep. Susan Valdes (District 64), The Honorable Nancy Millan, Hillsborough County Tax Collector, Hillsborough County Commissioner Harry Cohen (District 1), and The Honorable Karen Perez, Hillsborough County School Board (District 6).

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Tampa, FL— February 9, 2023 — Hillsborough County Tax Collector Nancy C. Millan’s office donated computer workstations for new homeowners through Habitat for Humanity.

As part of the Hillsborough County Tax Collector’s community outreach initiatives, the Tax Collector has established a process to donate surplus obsolete equipment to non-profit community partners aligning with the Tax Collector’s office mission and core values.

Last year, the office donated 200 surplus computer hard drives and components to Computer Mentors of Tampa. This year, the office’s surplus included 25 all-in-one workstations. The Tax Collector worked with eSmart Recycling to refurbish these workstations to be made available for Habitat for Humanity.

eSmart Recycling has created a network of collection points and logistic partners to recycle their computers following the best industry standards, saving electronics from going to the landfill and using the proceeds to fund technology labs for kids worldwide who don’t have access to computers. Their partners are considered good environmental stewards and catalysts in making a social and economic impact in the lives of thousands of children across the globe.

“Having an opportunity to work on this initiative is so rewarding; we can’t thank Tony Selvaggio of eSmart Recycling enough for refurbishing these workstations for the future Habitat for Humanity homeowners,” says Nancy C. Millan. “When we work together as a community, we can do amazing things,” she continued.

“The timing of this incredible donation was perfect! We were looking for a way to create sustainable homes scheduled to be built by Habitat for Humanity to come with a refurbished computer for the new families,” said Tony Selvaggio, CEO of eSmart Recycling. “Thanks to the Tax Collector’s donation, we can now commit to ten homes.”

Habitat for Humanity of Hillsborough County builds and renovates homes in partnership with individuals and families needing decent, affordable housing. The donated computers will be included when Habitat for Humanity presents a new home to a family. Details to follow on Habitat for Humanity’s celebration event.

“We cannot thank Nancy Millan and the Tax Collector’s office enough for this generous donation that will have a major impact on the lives of the families we serve,” said Richard Rogers, Chief Development Officer of Habitat for Humanity of Hillsborough County.”

To learn more about Habitat for Humanity visit https://www.habitathillsborough.org.

To learn more about eSmart Recycling visit https://www.esmartrecycling.com.

 

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