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n Kiwanis Club gives out
$160,000 in grants
Kiwanis Club of Orlando, one
of Central Florida’s most active and
involved community service organizations,
celebrated 100 years of
helping children by awarding a total
of $160,000 to four organizations.
The presentation evening started
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n Governor’s grant will
benefit veterans
Veterans in Central Florida will
benefit from a $38,000 award
Orlando
Repertory Theatre
receives a
$100,000 grant
from Kiwanis Club
of Orlando.
earned by the region’s workforce
board for its excellence in connecting
veterans with employment
and career training. For the third
consecutive year, CareerSource
Central Florida was honored by
Gov. Ron DeSantis with the
Veterans’ Performance Incentive
Award, which includes a $38,000
grant that will be used to further
enhance career readiness
programs offered to the region’s
veterans.
Established by the Jobs Veterans
Act, these awards are granted to
organizations that encourage the improvement
of employment, training
and placement services for veterans
and recognize local workforce development
boards for excellence or
demonstrated improvements in the
provision of employment and training
opportunities to thousands of
veterans.
For more information, call 800-
757-4598 or visit www.career
sourcecentralflorida.com.
with classical music provided by the
Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra
and concluded with announcing the
winner of the $100,000 grand prize
— Orlando Repertory Theatre.
With the grant, the REP plans to
open a licensing and commissioning
arm to create new works of
theater for young audiences. This
will allow the organization to develop
plays that speak directly to
the intellectual and social-emotional
needs of children and help them
understand and embrace the world
around them.
n Legal Aid Society celebrates
60th anniversary
The Legal Aid Society of the
Orange County Bar Association
Inc. celebrates its 60th anniversary
this year. To commemorate the occasion,
the organization is holding
fundraisers, contests and giveaways.
Its Guardian ad Litem Bike Event will
take place in Audubon Park on Dec.
4 from 9 a.m.-noon. Community
members can donate bikes that will
be given to children who have an
are also accepted for teens in foster
care. Those wanting to participate
can email Ronnie Syme, GAL program
director of legal services, at
rsyme@legalaidocba.org.
For more information, call 407-841-
8310 or visit www.legalaidocba.org.
n Donation helps expand
low-vision services
Lighthouse Central Florida, a nonprofit
that provides vision rehabilitation
services to Central Floridians
living with vision impairment or
blindness, received a $15,000 grant
from the Chesley G. Magruder
Foundation. The funds will support
the organization's youth services
program for up to 150 infants, children
and teens, from birth through
age 22, who are living with vision
loss. They will also allow the
nonprofit to expand its services to
include low-vision services to benefit
clients and families and help
additional children in need of vision
rehabilitation.
For more information, visit www.
lighthousecfl.org.
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