Press Releases
CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS IN BROWARD COUNTY
COULD NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO BREAK THE CYCLE
June 4, 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA- Broward Children of Inmates Initiative is a program dedicated to training volunteers to mentor to the children of prisoners, in the hope of breaking a potentially destructive cycle before it has a chance to begin. Mentors are vital in assisting the children of inmates through a difficult period of their life. Mentors become supportive friends to the children they are paired with, and to show them alternative pathways to life as a way of disrupting the cycle. Broward County ranks number one for read more...
June 4, 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL- Veterans Mentoring Veterans is a program set up to assist returning veterans here in Broward County transition from the armed services back to a civilian life with a individual who has been through a similar adjustment. Veteran mentors are vital for returning veterans in this program to gain insight into re-adjusting back into civilian life. The mentors read more...
June 4, 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA- Local non-profit organizations, 2-1-1 Broward and Senior Volunteers Services, join together to insure the safety and social well-being of Broward County seniors, adults with disabilities, and caregivers. Florida holds the record of having the nation’s largest proportion of residents age 60 and older. There are well over 339,317 seniors living in Broward County year-round, and 11% of these seniors are living below the poverty line. Over 98,000 seniors struggle read more...
April 28, 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORDIA- Over 1,000 volunteers were honored at the Senior Volunteer Services’ Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon, at the Signature Grand in Davie, on April 15, 2010. Kristi Krueger, Reporter/Anchor Local Morning 10 News, was the Mistress of Ceremonies and the Broward Coalition on Aging received the 2010 Edith S. Lederberg “Wisdom in Action” Award for their lifelong commitment to community service and leadership in advocacy on behalf of seniors. Read more...
September 11, 2009
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - In April 2009, President Obama signed the Edward M. Kennedy Service American Act which, for the first time, officially recognized September 11th as a National Day of Service and Remembrance. Throughout the country, volunteer events were planned to help people in need, run food drives, spruce up schools and to Read more...
