WPHF in the News: WESH CommUNITY Champion Highlight

by [email protected]
May 9, 2024
WPHF News

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.

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