On Thursday, May 9, Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) President + CEO Patty Maddox appeared alongside Jason Guy, WESH 2 morning news anchor, as WPHF was showcased as a WESH CommUNITY Champion, a regular broadcast feature that celebrates “a different person or group working to make a difference in the lives of others in Central Florida.”
Watch as the Winter Park Health Foundation’s 30 years of impact in Eatonville, Maitland, and Winter Park is highlighted, including our work through the Coordinated Youth Initiative with Orange County Public Schools, the Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHWB), and WPHF’s commemorative 30th-anniversary initiative, the Well Together Grant Awards Challenge. You’ll also hear from two members of the CHWB community — 100-year-old Esther Ryan and Janet Riordan — whose lives have been positively impacted by the public programs and services available at the Center for Health & Wellbeing.
Learn more about the Well Together Grant Awards Challenge here.
The Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) and Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) have launched a new phase of planning and collaboration to reenergize a 29-year partnership dedicated to student health and wellbeing. Through this longstanding effort—known as the Coordinated Youth Initiative (CYI)—WPHF has provided nearly $24 million in grant funding to place mental health counselors…
In recognition of National Nurses Week (May 6-12), the Winter Park Health Foundation released a video highlighting the organization’s long-term investment in career development, training and education opportunities for nurses and nursing leaders at AdventHealth Winter Park. Earlier this year, WPHF presented AdventHealth leaders with $87,890 to fund a series of targeted local conferences to…
For nearly two decades, the Winter Park Health Foundation has proudly supported the Fast Start Track and Field Invitational – an exciting and rewarding way for local elementary school students to develop a love of running and build healthy habits they can carry into adulthood. “We have really been the facilitator between the Fast Start…