News under ‘Children & Youth’

Eatonville youth will be able to spend more time at the newly rebuilt Boys & Girls Club of Central Florida-Joe R. Lee Branch, thanks to a 30-passenger bus to be purchased using a $55,379 grant approved by the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) through its Children & Youth Work Group. “The bus will allow 40 [...]

Nemours Children’s Hospital and the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF)–with a little help from 50 wiggly preschoolers–today launched a childhood obesity prevention initiative in Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park child care settings in hopes of growing a healthier generation. The expansion of this one-of-a-kind initiative into 14 child care centers in Winter Park, Eatonville and [...]

Hoping to cultivate healthy habits among children even before they reach elementary school, the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF), through its Children & Youth Work Group, approved a $50,000 grant to Nemours to launch the Nemours Child Care Obesity Prevention Initiative in Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park child care settings. The program will be developed [...]

Grant funding for outreach services—aimed at helping eligible local families enroll in Florida’s free- or low-cost health insurance program called KidCare—has been renewed by the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) through its Children & Youth Work Group. Work group members approved a $24,680 grant to the Healthy Start Coalition to cover the cost of providing [...]

With Central Florida food assistance needs continuing to shatter records, the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) approved a $48,000 grant to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida providing for renewal of its Hi-Five Food Pack program for hungry students in nine local schools. The renewal will mean 2,000 food packs will be distributed [...]