- May 7, 2024
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Food Brings Hope recently received a $10,000 check from the Earl W. and Patrica B. Colvard Charitable Foundation, Inc., according to a press release.
Earl Colvard, owner of 39 Boulevard Tire locations in Florida and two in Georgia, presented Food Brings Hope Executive Director Judi Winch with the check. The Foundation has annually supported the nonprofit's mission by partnering since 2017 to assist underprivileged children reach their full potential.
“Their long-time commitment to the students and families in our community is greatly appreciated," Winch said.
The Ormond-by-the-Sea Lions Club recently presented missionaries from Japan with about 800 pairs of sunglasses.
According to an announcement, Lion Mary Yochum, on behalf of the club, presented the missionaries with the sunglasses at a recent meeting of the United Methodist Women of Tomoka United Methodist Church in Ormond Beach. The missionaries, Jonathon and Satomi McCurley, are with the General Board of Global Ministries of United Methodist Church and will be distributing the sunglasses to students in rural communities in Asia and Africa.
The sunglasses were donated to the Lions by people in the community. The Lions thank everyone that donated and would like them to know that their sunglasses will be making a difference in the lives of people who attend the Asian Rural Institute of Northern Japan.
For more information about Tomoka United Methodist Church, call 672-6722. To learn about the Lions, call 441-4421.
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida recently received a $300,000 grant from the Florida Blue Foundation to expand hunger relief efforts by training health care providers to screen patients for risk factors that could indicate food insecurity so they can be directed to community resources, according to a press release.
The funding will support a three-year collaborative initiative, "Screen and Intervene: Connecting Food Insecure Patients to Resources," between Second Harvest and its three partners: Alliance for Community Health, the University of Central Florida and the Georgia Health Policy Center.
“Affordable access to nutritious food is essential for good health," said Susan Towler, Florida Blue Foundation executive director. "Because of the pandemic, Central Floridians who never relied on food assistance turned to Second Harvest for help providing nourishing meals to their families. But some in the community are still hesitant or may not realize the resources available to them. Equipping health care providers with the tools to identify food insecurity and connect their patients to fresh food and needed groceries is critical to our mission of helping people and communities achieve better health.”
The program builds upon the work oof the Health and Hunger task force, which was developed by Second Harvest in 2016 to learn how the food bank can work with community health care organizations to impact community health and nutrition, the press release states.
“The goal is simple: to improve community health by using food as medicine,” said Karen Broussard, chief community impact officer at Second Harvest. “Research shows that many chronic illnesses can be effectively managed through proper nutrition. This funding expands our ability to effectively collaborate with and educate additional health partners and continue fighting diet-related diseases in our community.”
The Daytona State College Foundation has established a new scholarship after a successful dinner and concert held last November, which featured Nashville singer-songwriter Lee Thomas Miller and Tim Nichols and raised over $8,000.
The Plantation Bay Scholarship will award $1,000 per year for full-time students and $500 per year for part-time students in the 2022-2023 academic year who are employees of Plantation Bay, and for students living in the north Volusia and south Flagler community, according to a press release.
The Foundation will begin accepting applications for the scholarship on April 1. For additional information, visit www.DaytonaStateFoundation.org.
