AFC CURRENT - October 2018 Pre-Conference Issue

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Chapters COLLEGE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE

CCF/AFC Chapter Donates School Supplies to College Park Elementary

The Pensacola State College AFC Chapter kicked off the academic year by

The College of Central Florida’s Association of Florida Colleges chapter donated

sponsoring breakfast during our new employee orientation. This event welcomed

more than 700 school supply items to College Park Elementary School, estimated to

new faculty and staff to the College and encouraged our new team members to get

be valued between $1,500 and $2,000. Employees collected the items throughout

involved with AFC locally. Obi Kalu, Membership Vice President, spoke with faculty

the month of August in preparation for the new school year.

and staff about the benefits of joining the AFC and the opportunities to connect

with colleagues throughout the state at conferences and other events hosted

“College Park Elementary has a student population with approximately 80

percent of families living in poverty. As a partner, we have a unique opportunity

throughout the year. The Executive Board of the chapter is working on planning

to serve these children and provide school supplies so that they are prepared for

several networking events for our members and are currently collecting items

class, said Kelly Besser, AFC member and business partner liaison. “AFC holds an

for Give Kids the World Village as part of the AFC Annual Conference community

important role in organizing the supply drive; one of the values of AFC is service and

service project.

we’re pleased to include this in our service opportunities.”

The CF chapter has 282 members and has been hosting the school supply drive

annually as part of the partnership it has with College Park Elementary School.

College of Central Florida employees donate school supplies to business partner, College Park Elementary School. Left to Right: Kelley Besser, College Park Elementary School Principal Teresa Forsyth, Mark Ross, Shena Grant, Sarah David and Victoria Colleli M A G A Z I N E

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