Children & Youth
Children’s Movement of Florida
$25,000
Early Childhood Initiative, Inc.
Miami, FL
To join other foundations supporting the work of the Children’s Movement of Florida. For more information about the Children’s Movement of Florida, please visit, www.childrensmovementflorida.org/
CHILL (Community Help & Intervention in Life’s Lessons) Counseling
$524,287
Foundation for Orange County Public Schools
Orlando, FL
To support the CHILL mental health counseling program in 12 public schools serving families from Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park as part of the Coordinated Youth Initiative, the Winter Park Health Foundation’s school-based comprehensive health program. For more information about the CHILL program, please visit www.healthykidstoday.org/cyi/chill.html
Healthy School Teams
$11,950
Orange County Public Schools
Orlando, FL
To support Healthy School Team projects and activities in 12 public schools serving families from Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park designed to instill a culture of health and wellness in each school as part of the Coordinated Youth Initiative, the Winter Park Health Foundation’s school-based comprehensive health program. For more information about the Healthy School Teams, please visit www.healthykidstoday.org/cyi/hst.html
Hi-Five Back Pack Program
$52,420
Second Harvest Food Bank
Orlando, FL
To provide supplementary food packs to hungry children at eight elementary schools in the Winter Park Consortium. For more information about the Second Harvest Food Bank, please visit www.foodbankcentralflorida.org
KidCare Outreach
$19,670
Healthy Start Coalition, Inc.
Orlando, FL
To enable the Healthy Start Coalition to maintain an Outreach Specialist responsible for screening families/children for eligibility and enrollment in the KidCare children’s health insurance program. For more information on the Healthy Start Coalition, please visit, www.healthystartorange.org/
School Nursing Coordinator for School Nursing Initiative
$21,720
Foundation for OCPS
Orlando, FL
To provide a coordinator for the School Nursing Initiative services provided in local public schools serving families from Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park as part of the Coordinated Youth Initiative. For more information about the Coordinated Youth Initiative, please visit healthykidstoday.org/cyi/aboutcyi.html
School Nursing Initiative 2010-11
$80,721
Orange County Public Schools
Orlando, FL
To help provide school nursing services in public schools serving families from Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park as part of the Coordinated Youth Initiative, the Winter Park Health Foundation’s comprehensive school-based health program. For more information on the School Nursing Initiative, please visit healthykidstoday.org
School-based Health Centers/Nurse Practitioners
$118,800
Orange County Public Schools
Orlando, FL
To provide more advanced health care through two School-based Health Centers serving students from 12 public schools serving families from Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park as part of the Coordinated Youth Initiative, the Winter Park Health Foundation’s comprehensive school-based health program. For more information on the Student Health Centers, please visit healthykidstoday.org
Community Health Policy
Bike-Walk Central Florida
$53,000
Florida Bicycle Association
Orlando, FL
To support the establishment of a local chapter of the Florida Bicycle Association, Bike/Walk Central Florida, that will promote walking and biking. For information about the Florida Bicycle Association, please visit, www.floridabicycle.org
Club FYT
$39,264
Central Florida YMCA
Orlando, FL
To sponsor an after-school health and fitness program by the YMCA at Dommerich and Lake Sybelia elementary schools and Glenridge and Maitland middle schools as part of the Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative. This is a part of a three-year grant. For more information about the Central Florida YMCA, please visit www.centralfloridaymca.org
Club FYT Evaluation
$7,950
Health Council of East Central Florida
Orlando, FL
To support an evaluation of the program by researchers at the Health Council of East Central Florida. For more information about the Health Council, please visit http://hcecf.territoinfosys.net/secure/
Community and School-Based Garden Coordinator
$10,000
City of Orlando
Orlando, FL
To help Get Active Orlando support the new Garden Coordinator position to foster development of community gardens in Central Florida. For more information about Get Active Orlando, please visit www.getactiveorlando.com
Community Garden-Brookshire Elementary School
$4,764
Orange County Public Schools
Orlando, FL
To develop a school-based garden that includes raised planting beds as part of the Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative. Part of a three-year grant. For more information about Brookshire, please visit www.ocps.net/lc/east/ebr/Pages/default.aspx
Community Garden—Friends of Mead Garden
$9,338
Friends of Mead Gardens
Winter Park, FL
To develop a demonstration community garden with UF IFAS Extension service to be used to teach experienced and new community garden groups about how to create and take care of community gardens as part of the Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative. Part of a three-year grant. For more information on the Friends of Mead Garden, please visit www.meadgarden.org/
Community Garden—Hungerford Elementary School
$5,558
Orange County Public Schools
Orlando, FL
To establish a “Learning Community” garden that will be organic and consist of raised garden beds with help from students, parents and the volunteers from the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Organization. For more information on Hungerford Elementary School, please visit www.ocps.net/lc/north/ehu/Pages/default.aspx
Community Garden-Our Whole Community
$12,500
St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Winter Park, FL
To develop a garden on the site of the Depugh Nursing Center, now called The Gardens at Depugh Nursing Center, in downtown Winter Park. For more information about the Interfaith Council on Community Health, please visit www.ourwholecommunity.org
Community Garden—Winter Park Towers
$6,061
Winter Park Towers
Winter Park, FL
To develop a community garden with raised beds to accommodate persons with disabilities along with traditional garden beds as part of the Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative. Part of a three-year grant. For more information on the Winter Park Towers, please visit www.westminsterretirement.com/html/winter_park_towers.html
Community Running/Walking Track
$2,875
Hungerford Elementary School
Eatonville, FL
To develop a Community Running/Walking Track and Health Awareness Program as part of the Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative. For more information on Hungerford Elementary, please visit www.ocps.net/lc/north/ehu/Pages/default.aspx
Eatonville Farmers Market
$10,691
Hebni Nutrition Consultants, Inc.
Orlando, FL
To establish a farmer’s market in the Town of Eatonville as part of the Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative. This is a part of a three-year grant. For more information about Hebni Nutrition Consultants, please visit www.soulfoodpyramid.org
50 million Pound Challenge
$1,000
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church of Eatonville
Eatonville, FL
To support an eight-week weight loss challenge between Macedonia Baptist Church in Eatonville and the St. Mark AME Church in Orlando that resulted in a more than 1,000 pound combined weight loss. For more information about the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church of Eatonville, please visit http://www.mdonia.org/home
Health News Florida
$25,000
Health Foundation of South Florida
Miami, FL
To support the development and operation of Health News Florida, a not-for-profit independent news services focused on Florida health news. This is a part of a three-year grant. For more information about Health News Florida, please visit www.healthnewsflorida.org.
Interfaith Council on Health-Our Whole Community
$20,000
St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Winter Park, FL
To support an Interfaith Council on Health program–Our Whole Community–which encourages intergenerational physical fitness and healthy nutrition as part of the Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative. It is a three-year grant. For more information on the program, please visit www.ourwholecommunity.org
Public Allies
$30,000
Family Services of Metro Orlando
Orlando, FL
To provide emergency assistance through a one-time grant to give the Public Allies leadership development program time to find a new operating partner and remain in Central Florida. For more information on the Public Allies program, please visit www.publicallies.org
Safe Routes to School-Dommerich Elementary School
$5,000
Orange County Public Schools
Orlando, FL
To support the installation of an aesthetically appealing bike shelter to showcase the value that the school, students and community place on bike commuting. For more information on Dommerich Elementary School, please visit https://www.ocps.net/lc/east/edo/Pages/default.aspx
Safe Routes to School-Maitland Middle School
$5,000
Orange County Public Schools
Orlando, FL
To fund the installation of a highly visible, donated bike shelter atop a new and appealing bike rack to upgrade the status of the bike rider. For more information on Maitland Middle School, please visit https://www.ocps.net/lc/east/mmi/Pages/default.aspx
Strategic Planning Grant-Our Whole Community
$15,000
St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Winter Park, FL
To support the organization’s strategic planning goals and the development of a business plan. For more information about Our Whole Community, please visit www.ourwholecommunity.org
Super Suppers
$8,107
Winter Park Day Nursery
Winter Park, FL
To support expansion of a Super Suppers and Nutrition Education program at the Winter Park Day Nursery offering parents affordable, healthy meals and lessons on preparation as part of the Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative. For more information about the nursery, please visit www.winterparkdaynursery.org
Transforming Health Coverage for Children & Families
$7,500
Georgetown University Health Policy Center for Children & Families
Washington, D.C.
To help sponsor a regional meeting in Tampa to consider the impact of national health reform and explore existing options to advance coverage for children and families through the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). For more information about the Georgetown University Health Policy Center for Children & Families, please visit www.ccf.georgetown.edu/
Urban Mountain Bike Park
$50,000
Orlando Community and Youth Trust, Inc.
Orlando, FL
To support the design and construction of a 21-acre Urban Mountain Bike Park just off Cady Way Trail near Fashion Square Mall. For more information about Orlando Community and Youth Trust, please visit www.orlandotrust.org/
Way Finding
$10,000
MetroPlan Orlando
Orlando, FL
To fund a community-based study by MetroPlan Orlando to assess the need for signs directing the community to places to be active as part of the Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative and help local communities implement the plan. For more information about MetroPlan Orlando, please visit www.metroplanorlando.com
Winter Park Harvest Festival
$10,000
Our Whole Community c/o St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Winter Park, FL
To support the launch of a day-long event designed to bring together local farmers, gardeners, shoppers and families to raise awareness about the healthfulness of eating locally grown foods. For more information about the Winter Park Harvest Festival, please visit www.winterparkharvestfestival.com
Older Adults
Art’s the Spark
$5,446
Orlando Museum of Art
Orlando, FL
To provide matching funds enabling the Orlando Museum of Art to obtain a Florida grant to establish a unique program providing an opportunity for small groups of Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers to privately visit the museum. For more information about the Orlando Museum of Art, please visit www.omart.org/)
Basic Needs Fund
$75,000
Heart of Florida United Way
Orlando, FL
To support the Heart of Florida United Way’s Basic Needs Campaign which provides immediate financial help to Central Floridians needing help with food, rent, transportation and other life essentials. For more information on the Heart of Florida United Way, please visit www.hfuw.org/
Boost Your Brain in a Neighborhood Lunch Setting
$12,500
Seniors First
Orlando, FL
To hire a part-time coordinator to create a Boost Your Brain program to be piloted at Calvary Towers, a neighborhood lunch site, as part of the Boost Your Brain initiative. For more information on Seniors First, please visit www.seniorsfirstinc.org/
Boost Your Brain–Brain Health Clubs
$12,347
Alzheimer’s Association
Altamonte Springs, FL
To present multiple “Maintain Your Brain” workshops and establish Brain Health Clubs as part of the Boost Your Brain initiative. For more information on the Alzheimer’s Association, please visit www.alz.org/cnfl/
Boost Your Brain–50 Plus Boost Your Brain Camp
$12,500
Orlando Health
Orlando, FL
To develop a “50+ Boost Your Brain Camp” in collaboration with Orlando Health, the Town of Eatonville and Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church as part of the Boost Your Brain initiative. For more information on OrlandoHealth, please visit www.orlandohealth.com/orlandohealth/index.aspx
Boost Your Brain–O.W.L.S. (Older Wiser Leading Seniors)
$2,943
Warner Chapel Outreach Ministries
Winter Park, FL
To expand existing older adult health and wellness programs to include nutrition education, Sit to be Fit exercise and a senior health fair as part of the Boost Your Brain initiative. For more information on the Warner Chapel Outreach Ministries, please visit www.newwarnerchapelpbc.vipersitebuilder.com
Directed Care in an ALF-Pilot
$25,286
Senior Resource Alliance
Orlando, FL
To support a demonstration project designed to educate consumers and ALF staff about person-centered care practices that could be replicated throughout the region and state. For more information about the Senior Resource Alliance, please visit www.sraflorida.org/home.aspx
EngAGEment Initiative
$6,000
Florida Philanthropic Network
Tampa, FL
To provide part of a required match needed by the Florida Philanthropic Network to be able to obtain a larger grant from Grantmakers in Aging to launch the EngAGEment Initiative in Florida. For more information about the Florida Philanthropic Network, please visit www.fpnetwork.org/
Falls Prevention
$23,023
Senior Resource Alliance
Orlando, FL
To support a program linking older adults with a variety of services designed to prevent falls, including in-home assessments, home modifications and balance exercise classes. For more information about the Senior Resource Alliance, please visit www.sraflorida.org/home.aspx
Horticultural Therapy Program
$9,625
Albin Polasek Foundation
Winter Park, FL
To enable the development of exercise, meditative and horticultural therapy programs to promote wellness among older adults, including the creation of a
2,000-step garden path to allow for self-guided tours, lakeside Tai Chi and gardening education at the Albin Polasek Museum &
Sculpture Garden. For more information on the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Garden, please visit www.polasek.org
Leadership Winter Park Senior Legends
$4,000
Winter Park Improvement Foundation
Winter Park, FL
To support the development of a leadership program at the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce for older adults. For more information on the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, please visit www.winterpark.org/
Mather’s Café Training
$2,000
City of Maitland,
Maitland, FL
To support travel and tuition costs of one city employee from Maitland to attend the Mather’s Café two-day training in Chicago. The cafes are gathering spots for seniors. For more information about the program, please visit www.matherlifeways.com/iyc_inyourcommunity.asp
Plymouth Apartments Computer Lab
$5,800
Winter Park Housing Authority d/b/a/ The Plymouth Apartments
Winter Park, FL
To establish a lab with computers for residents to better connect them to the Internet and their families and friends. For more information about the Plymouth Apartments, please visit www.cityofwinterpark.org/Pages/Residents/Neighborhoods/The_Plymouth.aspx
Resident Garden at Calvary Towers
$3,500
Calvary Housing, Inc.
Winter Park, FL
To develop at community garden for residents of the Calvary Towers older adults community.
Senior Care Program
$53,000
Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center
Orlando, FL
To support the development of an educational program for those who provide emergency care to older adults focusing on areas including normal changes with age, older patient assessment, psychiatric emergencies and elder abuse and neglect. For more information about the Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center, please visit http://www.emlrc.org/
Senior Line Dance Club
$1,000
City of Winter Park
Winter Park, FL
To provide support to the Winter Park Senior Line Dance Club. For more information on the City of Winter Park, please visit www.cityofwinterpark.org/
Sensory Garden
$75,050
Mary Lee DePugh Nursing Home Assoc. Inc.
Winter Park, FL
To support development of a sensory garden that stimulates the senses of touch, sight, sound, smell and taste for patients living in the Gardens at DePugh Nursing Center. For more information about the Gardens at DePugh Nursing Center, please visit www.thegardensatdepugh.org
Other Grants
Basic Needs Fund
$100,000
Heart of Florida United Way
Orlando, FL
To support the Heart of Florida United Way’s Basic Needs Campaign which provides immediate financial help to Central Floridians needing help with food, rent, transportation and other life essentials. For more information on the Heart of Florida United Way, please visit www.hfuw.org/
The Benefits Connection
$32,594
Heart of Florida United Way
Orlando
Part of a two-year collaborative grant by the three WPHF Work Groups to provide outreach specialists to help people eligible for food stamps and other federally-supported services obtain the benefits. For more information about this partnership between Heart of Florida United Way and the Second Harvest Food Bank, visit www.foodbankcentralflorida.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AboutUs_OurPrograms_EBOP
Carl J. Brunoehler, M.D. Scholarship Fund
$49,860
Winter Park Memorial Hospital
Winter Park, FL
A nursing and health-related education scholarship fund created from the estate of the late Carl J. Brunoehler, M.D., a well-respected Winter Park obstetrician and gynecologist. The fund is administered by the Winter Park Health Foundation. For more information about the hospital, please visit www.winterparkhospital.com
Faith Community Nursing Program
$150,835
Florida Hospital Foundation
Orlando, FL
Part of a three-year, $500,000 grant to support a faith community (parish) nursing initiative (FCN) to enable local faith communities to apply for multi-year grants to improve the health of their members. This is a collaborative grant supported by the Community Health Work Group ($117,835) and the Older Adults Work Group ($33,000).For more information on the Florida Hospital Center for Community Health Ministry, go to: www.parishnursing.net
Florida Hospital Centre for Family Medicine
$400,000
Winter Park Memorial Hospital/Florida Hospital Foundation
Winter Park, FL
Part of a multi-year grant to support the development and opening of the Florida Hospital Centre for Family Medicine which houses the Family Medicine Residency Program in Winter Park. For more information about the Florida Hospital Centre for Family Medicine, please visit www.centreforfamilymedicine.com/
Lola E. Nowers Nursing Scholarship Fund
$44,954
Winter Park Memorial Hospital
Winter Park, FL
A nursing scholarship fund created from the estate of the late Lola E. Nowers dedicated to nursing education and administered by WPHF. For more information about the hospital, please visit www.winterparkhospital.com
Pantry Plus and Genesis project
$100,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
To be used to expand the Pantry Plus Program in Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park for six months and to help the agency launch the Winter Park Genesis Project designed to identify, recruit and foster the growth of new pantries in the Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park. For information about the Second Harvest Food Bank, please visit www.foodbankcentralflorida.org/
UCF Medical School Scholarship
$30,000
University of Central Florida Foundation, Inc.
Winter Park, FL
One of four payments supporting a four-year scholarship for a member of the UCF medical school’s second class. For more information about the UCF medical school, please visit www.med.ucf.edu
Winter Park Community Center-Activity and Program Needs Assessment
$6,099
City of Winter Park
Winter Park, FL
To support the hiring of a professional consultant to help make sure there will be innovative programming promoting good health for all ages at the new Winter Park Community Center. The Children & Youth Work Group also provided a grant for this project. For more information about the City of Winter Park, please visit www.cityofwinterpark.org
Trustee Discretionary Fund Grant Recipients
The Winter Park Health Foundation established the Trustee Discretionary Fund which enables members of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees to direct up to $2,500 in grant funding per quarter to the nonprofit organization of his or her choice to support a project that helps the Foundation move closer to its mission of boosting the health of the community.
For 2010: $200,000
Alzheimer Resource Center
American Heart Association
American Red Cross
Apopka Family Learning Center
Audubon Park Garden District, Inc.
BETA Center
Boys Town Central Florida
Canterbury Retreat and Conference Center
Central Florida YMCA
Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida Inc.
Conductive Education Center of Orlando
Crealde School of Art
Crosby YMCA Family Center
Devereux Florida
Dream Lake Elementary School
Earl Nobles Family Center
Easter Seals Florida
F.O.C.U.S.
Family Services of Metro Orlando
Fast Start Management Inc.
First Congregational Church of Winter Park
First United Methodist Church of Winter Park
Florida Hospital
Foundation for Foster Children, Inc.
Foundation for Success, Inc.
Friends of Winter Park Police and Fire Departments, Inc.
General Surgery Education Fund
Heart of Florida United Way
Hope and Help Center of Central Florida, Inc.
Hope CommUnity Center
Hope Foundation for the Homeless, Inc.
Interfaith Hospitality Network
ITNOrlando
Junior Achievement of C.F., Inc.
Lake Sybelia Elementary School
Orlando Museum of Art
Orlando Rescue Union Mission
Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Inc.
Redeeming Light Community Services, Inc.
Retired & Senior Volunteer Program
Rollins College
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Florida
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
Seniors First, Inc.
Shepherd’s Hope
St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Synergy Women’s Network, Inc.
The Geneva School, Inc.
Track Shack Fitness Club
UCF-Burnett Honors College
UCF-School of Social Work
United Negro College Fund, Inc.
University of Central Florida – COHPA
Winter Park High School
Winter Park YMCA Family Center
YMCA – Center for Health & Wellness
Youth Fathers of Central Florida, Inc.
