FAIRWINDS Foundation Announces Recipients of 2024 Grants
ORLANDO, FL (March 5, 2025) – FAIRWINDS Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that serves as the philanthropic arm of FAIRWINDS Credit Union, today announced the recipients of its 2024 grants at a breakfast event held at Full Sail Live attended by community leaders and fifteen organizations embodying the Foundation’s core purpose of improving lives through financial well-being. The nonprofit organization also named its 2024 FAIRWINDS Foundation Community Unsung Hero recipient is Ana L. Cruz. City
Please Help Your Hometown Habitat Craft Our 5-year Plan
For over 30 years, Habitat Seminole-Apopka has been serving the people of Central Florida. With the help of our community, we've been able to create affordable housing opportunities for more than 235 families right here in Seminole County and Greater Apopka. In 2024, we're taking stock of how far we've come and how to have an even greater impact in the future. But we can't do that without YOU. Would you take 15 minutes out of your day to provide us with your valuable feedback on our 5-year strategic
VyStar Employees Donate Thousands of Hours During ‘Good is everywhere’ Celebration
Jacksonville, Florida — VyStar Credit Union recently concluded its widely anticipated Good is everywhere celebration, a two-week blitz dedicated to volunteerism and member appreciation events. The celebration, which ran from September 15-30, saw overwhelming participation from the VyStar community. It kicked off in North Florida with an exciting competition among VyStar employee resource groups to build and decorate playhouses for recipient families from Habitat for Humanity of Jacksonville and concluded
Six Alumni Recognized With Legacy Awards At Celebration Of Giving
SANFORD, Fla. (Sept. 20, 2023) - The Seminole State College Alumni Association proudly announced the recipients of the 2023 Alumni Legacy Awards at the annual Celebration of Giving Event held on Sept. 12. The six recipients were recognized during the event, held in conjunction with the Foundation for Seminole State College, for their significant contributions to the community, their leadership and the lives they have transformed. Distinguished Alumni Award The Distinguished Alumni award recognizes an
VyStar Announces Unprecedented Volunteer Blitz for ‘Good is everywhere’ Celebration
Jacksonville, Florida — VyStar Credit Union is proud to announce the return of Good is everywhere, a celebration of VyStar’s commitment to supporting its members and communities in Central and North Florida and Georgia. More than 1,200 VyStar employees, including those who provide member services at branches, work in the VyStar Campus and serve as support staff at contact centers across the credit union’s footprint, will Do Good by volunteering in the places VyStar calls home. The VyStar volunteer blitz,
Habitat Seminole-Apopka Announces New Board Officers, Members
Altamonte Springs, Fla. - (July 10, 2023) – The Habitat for Humanity Seminole-Apopka Board of Directors recently elected new Board Officers, the four of whom form the Executive Committee. Their two-year term of office runs from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. The officers are: Chair David Johnson, Seminole County Property Appraiser Vice Chair Jeanette Schreiber, Esq., UCF College of Medicine TreasurerRon Rawson, Regions Bank SecretaryBarrett Spray, Keller Williams Advantage Oviedo The
VyStar Foundation Awards $197,092 to 10 Military Service Nonprofits
Jacksonville, Florida — VyStar Foundation announced today that $197,092 will be distributed among 10 recipients in its first grant cycle focused on nonprofit organizations that support active military, veterans, and their families. Specific funding priority was given to programs that address food and housing insecurity, employment and small business counseling, and mental health services.“Each of the 10 nonprofit organizations selected as part of this grant cycle are truly making a difference in the lives