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.
Named for its generous benefactors Peggy and Philip B. Crosby, the Crosby Wellness Center opened in November 1989 as the area’s first and only medically-integrated fitness facility, becoming a community mainstay and a social hub for local residents and visitors alike. Today, as the Crosby Wellness Center sits inside the Center for Health & Wellbeing,…
Since our founding in 1994, the Winter Park Health Foundation has partnered with local nonprofit organizations, investing in projects and programs that meet the Foundation’s mission of making a positive difference in people’s lives by optimizing physical, mental and social health and wellbeing. One of those recent projects is “Hands-On Inspiration Fine Art Classes,” a…
The Winter Park Health Foundation is proud to announce it has been invited to join the City of Winter Park’s Arts & Culture Alliance. Comprising of more than 20 organizations, the mission of the Arts & Culture Alliance is to enhance and improve awareness and visibility of the non-profit arts and culture organizations within…