Be Free Lake Community Institute

Friday, December 9, 2016 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Be Free Lake, LSF Health Systems, Staywell, and the Department of Children and Families are partnering to provide a Lunch and Learn Event to learn how to provide partnerships that will create a trauma and mental health informed community to address substance abuse and childhood violence.

• Making the connections between Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Risk and Protective Factors.

• Review of the 2016 Florida Youth Substance Abuse Sur-vey data.

• Viewing of the documentary film Paper Tigers.

• The 2016 Quality of Life Report will be handed out to those that attend.

• Free CEUS provided

Main Fundraising Event

Relay for Life is an 18-hour fundraiser to fight cancer and create awareness of the deadly disease; participants take turns walking around a track. The 2017 Relay for Life events will be in April and May throughout various venues in Lake and Sumter counties.

Contact

Tami Dion, Senior Community Engagement Representative

13940 U.S. Hwy. 441 Lady Lake, FL 32159 352.350.2273 tami.dion@cancer.org cancer.org

Angel Flight Southeast

Coordinates free air transportation for children and adults with medical or compelling humanitarian needs.

Main Fundraising Event

Amazing Race for Charity

This organization holds an annual race modeled after the CBS hit reality show “Amazing Race.” Funds raised from the event are dispersed to 12 charities in Lake County.

Main Fundraising Event

Amazing Race for Charity will be April 1, 2017, in downtown Eustis. The event leads teams of two to various businesses, schools, and churches, where they compete in challenges that test their agility and problem-solving skills.

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers are needed the day of the race to help setup and breakdown, as well as work at various challenge stations and provide directions for competitors.

Contact

Tim Totten, Race Coordinator P.O. Box 491000 Leesburg, FL 34749

352.242.8111 amazingracecharity@gmail.com amazingraceforcharity.com

American Cancer Society Lake/Sumter Unit

A nationwide, community-based volunteer health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy, and service.

Volunteer Opportunities

Countless volunteer opportunities are available, including office work, assisting in ACS events, and even driving cancer patients to and from treatments.

The Dr. Norris Pilot Awards Gala for Angel Flight Southeast will be held April 7-9, 2017, at Westgate River Ranch Resort. The weekendlong event includes a silent auction, pilot awards presentation, and dinner, as well as numerous activities such as mini-golf, bungee jumping, archery, horseback riding, and rock climbing.

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer pilots and co-pilots fly medical missions using their own planes. Volunteers are also needed to provide office work such as answering phones or coordinating flights.

Contact

Steve Purello, CEO/Volunteer Pilot 8864 Airport Blvd. Leesburg, FL 34788 352.326.0761 info@mercymail.org AngelFlightSE.org led

Jerry and Nan Cobb have owned Eustis-based Cobb’s Tractors for 35 years and Classic Tents and Events for eight years. They feel it’s vitally important to give back to the community that has been so generous to their companies.

The Cobbs support numerous organizations and causes: the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, Boys and Girls Club of Lake and Sumter County, Leadership of Lake County, the Leesburg Area Chamber of Commerce, the South Lake Chamber of Commerce, Sweet Treats for a Cause, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and various schools and schoolrelated activities.

Through her company, Hound Dogg Entertainment, Susan Ellis supports various organizations and charities, including the Boys and Girls Club of Lake and Sumter County, Sweet Treats for a Cause, and the Eustis Chamber of Commerce.

Susan also formed Strut Your Mutt, a fundraising fashion show where pet owners dress their furry friends in stylish attire and accompany them down a runway. Recipients of this event include Lake County Animal Services and the Humane Society of Lake County.

Angels of Mercy

Angels of Mercy is a thrift store and emergency food pantry that provides food assistance to residents of Minneola, Ferndale, Montverde, and Clermont. The organization typically services approximately 450 families a month.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Volunteers are needed to tag food items, stock food items, and carry groceries to a recipient’s car, if needed.

CONTACT

Roger Steele, President

1330 Millholland Drive

Clermont, FL 34711

352.394.4094 rdsteele102011@gmail.com

Beacon College

Beacon College is the nation’s first accredited college to offer associate’s degrees and bachelor’s degrees exclusively to students with learning disabilities and ADHD.

MAIN FUNDRAISING EVENT

Giving Tuesday, a national day of giving, will be held Dec. 6. Potential donors may stop by Beacon’s main office in downtown Leesburg to donate any amount of money, or they may donate online at beaconcollege.edu.

Volunteer Opportunities

The college’s human resources department must clear volunteers. Volunteers are needed for events, on-campus activities, tutoring, intramural sports, and exercise training classes.

CONTACT

Keri Phillips

Director of Development

105 E. Main St.

Leesburg, FL 34748

352.638.9768 kphillips@beaconcollege.edu beaconcollege.edu

Be Free Lake

A coalition focused on creating a community promoting health and wellness through substance abuse prevention and mental health promotion. This is achieved through advocacy and education.

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers are needed to help with community events and general offi ce work.

Contact

Dr. Jenenne Valentino-Bottaro, Director of Prevention

1050 Boyd Drive Mount Dora, FL 32757

352.636.5466

Jenenne@Befreelake.org befreelake.org

Boys & Girls Club of Lake and Sumter Counties

The club’s mission is to inspire and enable young people to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens through programming in five key areas: character/leadership development; the arts; sports/ fitness/recreation; health/life skills; and education/career development.

Main Fundraising Event

The organization’s Black and White Ball Gala Auction will be Aug. 19, 2017. This blacktie dinner features both silent and live auctions.

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers are needed to coach, tutor, and assist in the learning center. They are also needed to assist in specialty programs for children ages 5-18.

Lake Cares Food Pantry

Lake Cares distributed food to over 25,000 Lake County residents in 2015.

MISSION:

Feeding the body, educating the mind, and lifting the spirit of all individuals.

352-383-0100 www.LakeCares.org

2001 West Old Highway 441, Suite #1, Mount Dora, Florida 32757