The Hi- Five Back Pack Program which provides food packs to students in need will be expanded from two to all eight public elementary schools serving Winter Park, Maitland and Eatonville thanks to a grant from the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) through its Children & Youth Work Group. Launched by the Second Harvest Food [...]
News in ‘2009’
Boost Your Brain Camp Kicks Off in Eatonville
The first of three 50+ Boost Your Brain Camps—made possible by grant funding through the Winter Park Health Foundation’s Boost Your Brain Initiative—kicked off October 15 at the Denton Johnson Community Center in the Town of Eatonville. It drew 34 older adult participants as well as representatives from Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Orlando Health and [...]
New Orlando Museum of Art Program Opens Doors to Alzheimer’s Patients and Caretakers
The Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) has learned its request for funds to create the Art’s the Spark at OMA program was ranked highest in the state by reviewers from the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and OMA will receive $10,892.50 in grant dollars. Winter Park Health Foundation, through its Older Adults Work Group, had pledged [...]
Feature Initiative: Safe Routes to School
New Grants Encourage Students to Walk & Bike to School The Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) awarded mini-grants totaling $30,150 in late 2008 to enable seven local schools to launch and expand programs that encourage students to walk and ride to school. They are part of the WPHF Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative designed to inspire [...]
New Winter Park Health Foundation Grant Supports Falls Prevention Program
The Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) has awarded a $46,045 grant to the Senior Resource Alliance to conduct a Falls Prevention Pilot program, just in time for Florida’s Falls Prevention Awareness Day on September 22, 2009. Aimed at older adults primarily in Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park, the multi-faceted program will include public awareness and [...]
