Lift Orlando

Let’s Talk Housing! 🏡 Join us on November 19 for the Choice Neighborhoods Housing Workshop as we explore opportunities and possibilities for redesigning Lorna Doone Apartments and Lake Mann Homes. 📅 Date: Tuesday, November 19 🕒 Time: 5 - 8 p.m. 📍 Location: L Claudia Allen Senior Center, 1840 Mable Butler Ave, Orlando, FL 32805 We want your input! Let’s discuss preferred housing types, best site layouts, and on-site amenities for the future of these communities. Your voice matters—together we can create housing that works for everyone! 🏠 RSVP by November 15 at Choice-Orlando.com/events or email Natalie@LiftOrlando.org.

Another great Feast on the 50 at Camping World Stadium celebrating the best of college football and sports - the rivalries, the traditions and coming together as a community. Proud to be president of Florida Citrus Sports and bring big time national and international events like the CheezIt Citrus Bowl, PopTarts Bowl, Florida Classic, FC Series and more to Central Florida. Best of all is the role sports plays in “lifting” up our community and improving lives through Lift Orlando. Thank you to our Florida Citrus Sports executive and advisory boards, our executive leaders Steve Hogan, Shannon Clark, Simon Dover, Matt Repchak and Gabe Park and the entire FCS staff for what you do every day! #floridacitrussports #orlando #sportstourism #liftorlando #adventhealth

Lift Orlando's Love is Local Summit was an incredible experience. And it was yet another reminder of just how great of a partner and organization Lift Orlando is. Their willingness to bring together businesses and funders and advocates all to drive conversations about the importance of centering community and celebrating what the West Lakes community has become is something I applaud and am honored to be part of. As a bonus: I had the pleasure of connecting with the dedicated early childhood educators and advocates in this area.

Tomorrow – join us at Feast on the 50 for an unforgettable evening of food and fun, right on the field at Camping World Stadium. 🎟️Ticket sales benefit Love is Local, and you can still get yours at https://lnkd.in/efUy6zXQ At Feast on the 50, you’ll indulge in unlimited food and drinks from some of Orlando’s best caterers and restaurants. Plus, experience the excitement as alumni clubs from the Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12, B-CU, FAMU, and Rollins compete for the most spirited tent in the Official Alumni Village. Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind celebration filled with great food, lively competition, and unforgettable moments! Florida Citrus Sports

Thank you to all of our speakers at the Love is Local Summit, including David Daniels, CEO of the Bainum Family Foundation. Lift Orlando is deeply grateful for Bainum’s generous investment in our early learning initiatives. Along with Education Director Lynn Thompson and early childhood specialist Anna Kinchens M.Ed, their help has supported our early learning collaborative of 18 locally-owned early learning centers. These critical early learning providers now benefit from a shared community, resources, and training provided by Lift Orlando. David opened the day with powerful words. “We want to fund you to succeed. We don’t just want to fund you,” he shared. Then, he laid out a powerful case for making long-term commitments to organizations – offering them the room to test innovative approaches and learn over time, even if that means some initiatives fail to bear fruit. We are forever grateful to have that level of deep, committed support from the Bainum Family Foundation. The Summit signaled a new chapter in the story of place-based philanthropy in Orlando and nationwide. Let’s keep working to upLift our neighbors together. #LoveIsLocalOrlando

Lift Orlando was honored to spend a memorable evening celebrating 150 years since the birth of Dr. Phillips. We are proud to play a role in upholding his legacy and are especially grateful for Dr. Phillips Charities' latest investment of $150,000 in the work of Lift Orlando. Since the beginning of Lift Orlando, Dr. Phillips Charities has been a steadfast, generous, and visionary partner. The event at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts was amazing, and we particularly enjoyed the private performance by Rob Thomas! Learn more about how Dr. Phillips Charities has invested more than $256M and its impact on hundreds of thousands of lives across Central Florida.  https://lnkd.in/evVe7ZAy Eddy Moratin

Dionne Coleman you did an amazing job delivering an inspirational and impactful event. Appreciation to Thomas K. Sittema for his unwavering commitment to transformative change. Big shout out to Christian Rhodes and Harlem Children's Zone for speaking truth and doing whatever it takes to lift up children and to Lift Orlando and Eddy Moratin for believing in a vision yet unseen. This is the work that is changing lives.

I was honored to attend Lift Orlando's Love is Local summit last week, celebrating ten years of this innovative organization that's having real, tangible impact in Orlando's West Lakes community. The summit brought together community members and funders that have invested in the idea of listening deeply, genuinely and humbly to a community and then making a long-term commitment to addressing the root causes of its challenges. It was heartening to hear funders like David Daniels from the Bainum Family Foundation state unequivocally that transformational change requires long-term commitments from philanthropy as well. His organization made a 10-year commitment to LIFT because, in his words, "We want to fund you like we want you to succeed." As LIFT CEO Eddy Moratin said, we must be "urgent about action but patient about outcomes." As the leader of another nonprofit with a vision for transformation, the conversations at the summit gave me hope and comfort. I'm not a patient person. It was good to be reminded that the road to truly meaningful change is long ... and that there are partners willing to walk those roads alongside the changemakers. Congratulations, LIFT, and I can't wait to see what your next decade will bring. #community #orlando #westlakes #philanthropy #nonprofit #partnership #loveislocal

The Love is Local Summit was unforgettable! It was a day full of inspiration, collaboration, and catalyzing neighborhood-centered solutions. Huge thanks to everyone who joined us to celebrate and elevate place-based philanthropy. Check out a few highlights from this powerful event. We hope to see you next time. #LoveIsLocal #LiftOrlando #CommunityImpact #Philanthropy #TogetherWeThrive Photos by Spoken Motion Studio - Orlando Video Production Company

Yesterday, I enjoyed an inspiring day at Lift Orlando’s 2024 “Love is Local Summit” designed to equip and connect funders of place-based philanthropy and celebrate local achievements here in our Central Florida community. The meaningful and impactful work being done in the 32805 zip code in Orlando’s West Lakes community is truly transformative and will be felt for generations. Our Florida Blue team is extremely proud to join our fellow community, business, and civic partners in helping our resilient neighborhoods grow and thrive. #LoveIsLocal #CommunityPartnerships #GrowingResilientCommunities #HealthyCommunities #CommunityImpact