Ready to Make a Difference?

Posted October 7, 2009, 10:05 am


Growing Bolder is partnering with the Abram and Ray Kaplan Foundation to help make it easy to make a difference!


Here are some organizations that the Abram and Ray Kaplan Foundation works with in Central Florida. If you are not in Florida and want to learn how you can help, click here!

B.A.S.E. Camp Children’s Cancer Foundation
Provides a year-round base of support for children and families who are facing the challenge of living with cancer and other life-threatening hematological illnesses.
www.basecamp.org

Bert Fish Medical Center Foundation
Supplements the delivery of quality and convenient healthcare and ensures the health and well-being of our community in S.E. Volusia County.
www.bertfish.com

Boys and Girls Clubs of Volusia/Flagler Counties
Mission: To inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their fullest potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens and leaders.
www.bgcvfc.org

Children’s Advocacy Center of Volusia and Flagler Counties, Inc.
Specialized Trauma and Offender Prevention (STOP)
Program to stop the cycle of abuse through psycho-educational groups, trainings, individual and family services.
www.childrensadvocacy.org/STOP

Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida
The largest provider of homeless services in Central Florida.
Serves nearly 650 people each day; on any given night, the Coalition provides services to nearly 200 children, with an average age of seven years old. Last year, the Coalition served nearly 270,000 meals.
www.centralfloridahomeless.org

Council on Aging of Volusia County
Meals on Wheels
Promotes healthy, independent living through caring, competent and compassionate services to aging population and delivers meals on wheels.
www.coaiaa.org

Daytona Beach Symphony Society
Outreach programs to youth and community include YES!  (Youth Experiencing Symphony), Music in the Schools, Talks on Music pre-concert lectures for the community, discounted tickets, etc.
www.dbss.org

Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences
Center for Academic Achievement
Provides support, testing and tutoring for local students in nursing and health sciences field free of charge.
www.fhchs.edu/academics/centeracademicachievement

Florida Powersports Safety Council
Provides Florida state DirtBike and ATV safety training, environmental awareness activities and materials, and programs for At-Risk-Youth (national NYPUM program training partner).
www.floridapowersports.org

Halifax Health-Hospice of Volusia/Flagler
System of support and care for patients and their loved ones with terminal illnesses. Multicultural outreach, grief counseling and children’s grief camp.
www.hovf.org

Halifax Urban Ministries
The purpose of Halifax Urban Ministries (HUM) is to respond to the needs of the hungry, homeless, and low-income people in Florida's Volusia and Flagler Counties.
www.halifaxurbanministries.org

Healthy Start Coalition of Flagler/Volusia
Unites people and resources at the local level in order to meet needs of pregnant women, infants, young children and their families.
www.healthystartfv.org

Indian River Institute for the Creative Arts
IRICA provides financial assistance to gifted & talented individuals regardless of age, ethnicity…
www.indianriverinstitute.org

Jewish Federation of Volusia/Flagler
Donates backpacks to the neediest students attending 83 elementary, middle, and high schools in Volusia and Flagler Counties and operates a local food pantry.
www.jewishdaytona.org

Museum of Florida Art
Mission: to promote and showcase Florida Art and emerging and established Florida Artists through exhibitions and educational and interpretive programming made available to a diverse statewide audience of all ages; to collect and preserve works of art for this purpose; to publish books and other materials concerning the foregoing; and to make such resources available for the public.
www.museumoffloridaart.org

Mustard Seed Furniture and Clothing Bank of Central Florida
The only free furniture and clothing bank in Central Florida, the Mustard Seed helps rebuild the disrupted, often shattered, lives of the homeless and others who have lost everything, due to unforeseen circumstances.
www.mustardseedfla.org

Neighborhood Center of West Volusia
Mission: to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless and prevent homelessness through rent and utility assistance.
www.theneighborhoodcenterwv.org

Ormond Memorial Art Museum
VanGo Mobile museum exhibition and art education program visits Title 1 schools, extended day/after school programs and local provider agencies in Volusia/Flagler area w/ outreach to other Central FL orgs.
www.vangoartmobile.com
www.ormondartmuseum.org

Rollins College
Hamilton Holt School
Evening bachelor's and master's degree programs are designed especially for adults seeking personal or professional growth. Scholarships available.
www.rollins.edu

Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is a private, nonprofit organization that collects and distributes donated food to more than 500 nonprofit partner agencies in six Central Florida counties: Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia.
www.foodbankcentralflorida.org

STAR Center Family Shelter
The STAR Family Center (Homeless Assistance Corporation) provides 58% of homeless services in Volusia County through hot meals, direct services and shelter.
www.homelessindaytona.org

Very Special Arts Volusia
A state affiliate of VSA arts, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the arts into the lives of people with disabilities.
www.vsafl.org


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