Charities & Scholarships
Charities
Each year, the CFWL chooses different Central Florida-based nonprofits on which to focus. Along with fundraising efforts on behalf of the chosen organizations, League members interact with those charities to aid individuals and groups in need of assistance. .
The 2021-2022 grant recipients included:
New Hope for Kids
$10,000
New Hope for Kids mission is to support children and families grieving the death of a loved one. New Hope achieves its mission through two programs – The Center for Grieving Children and Wish for Kids – which provide assistance to children and their families during some of life’s most difficult challenges. This Grant supports the Art for Teens Program.
Camaraderie Foundation
$10,000
Camaraderie Foundation‘s Mission is to provide Healing for the “invisible Wounds of War”. Camaraderie Foundation provides access to mental health counseling services, at no expense, to Military Service Members, Veterans and their families. This Grant supports the Family Fun Days.
Foundation for Foster Children
$10,000
Mission for Foster Children’s mission is to create meaningful connections for children in foster care through personalized
support. This Grant is supporting the EMPOWER service that focusses on empowering youth aged 14-24 to overcome the barriers which data shows leads to these negatives outcome to Foster children; High School dropout, teen Pregnancy and incarceration.
New Image Youth Centers
$21,000
One of the longest-serving youth organizations in the Paramore community, providing a range of services to students in grades K-12, at no cost to participants. Academic Support, social development, and Health Wellness. We are supporting the male-to-male mentorship program which provides youth life skills and character development, physical activity, and mentoring from qualified adult mentors. With a documented uptick in youth violence and gang activity in our region, local leadership has begun calling for increased preventive services focused on youth within our target zip codes and the Steam Saturday Program.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
$12,000
All children deserve a safe, comfortable place to lay their heads. Many boys and girls go without a bed – or even a pillow – to sleep on. These children end up sleeping on couches, blankets, and even floors. This can affect their happiness and health. This Grant will help build their Warehouse with Racks, lumber storage and Rolling Carts.
In recent years grant awards have also been made to:
Creek
Health Central Circle of Friends
United Against Poverty Orlando
A Gift For Teaching
Scholarships
Each year, the Central Florida Women’s League Foundation grants scholarship awards to graduating young women to assist with their college tuition expenses. Student eligibility is based upon academic achievement (unweighted GPA 3.0 and higher), financial need, extracurricular activities and community involvement. Candidates must meet the above listed eligibility criteria and be from Dr. Phillips High School, Ocoee High School, West Orange High School, Olympia High School and Windermere High School.
2021-2022 Recipients included the following 12 High School Seniors:
- Emma, Ruthie and Jayden – West Orange
- Jacqueline, Emma and Kylie – Ocoee
- Ariana and Ivana– Olympia
- Naia, Sara and Sophia – Windermere
- Cristina – Dr. Phillips