News from ‘June, 2009’

Lutheran Counseling Services has been granted $5,730 from the Winter Park Health Foundation through its Older Adults Work Group in support of a one-day workshop entitled Quest for Meaning: Aging with Faith, Resilience and Vitality. The workshop will focus on the message of positive aging.  Presenters will teach participants how to keep the inner spirit [...]

Eight new community garden projects in Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park have received grant funding totaling $153,107 from the Winter Park Health Foundation as part of its Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative. The Think~Act~Be initiative, launched in November 2007, is designed to support a variety of community projects that help make Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park [...]

Hoping to provide more transportation alternatives for local seniors, the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF), through its Older Adults Work Group, approved a grant of $6,086 to help support a pilot van service program offering one-day a week service. This pilot program is highly collaborative and will benefit from the unused capacity and availability of [...]

 Grantmakers In Health (GIH), the national organization dedicated to fostering communication, collaboration, education and expertise among foundations and corporate giving programs focused on health and wellness, is hosting an Issue Dialogue, “Reaching Kids: Partnering with Preschools and Schools to Improve Children’s Health” later this month.  GIH invited Debbie Watson, Winter Park Health Foundation Vice President, [...]

Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) Superintendent Ronald Blocker, noting the increasingly important role played by school volunteers and Partners in Education, presented the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) with a “Special Judges Award” at the annual OCPS ADDitions School Volunteers & Partners in Education Recognition Event on May 1st at Sea World. WPHF was nominated [...]