ONE Community in Central FL
This past Sunday, ONEorlando members partnered with several non-profit organizations for their ONE Community for HOPE event. Speakers from ONE, the HOPE Foundation, Heifer International, Habitat for Humanity, Second Harvest Food Banks and Seminole County Schools discussed the effects of poverty both locally and globally.
It was a family-oriented event with free food, games and prizes for kids (all donated by local businesses). Local schools, and residents ran a food drive that brought in more than 2,000 items for those in need in central Florida.
As always, I am touched by the amount of people that pull together and for these type of outreach events. And a very special thank you to the devoted ONE volunteers who stayed through one of Florida’s typical afternoon torrential rainstorms… and afterwards, in soaked clothes, went right back to advocating for our cause and receiving many new sign-ups and volunteers for our cause!
Go ONEorlando!
-Joan Faulkner, ONE Regional Organizer
Mother /Daughter ONE Volunteers Renee and Jannine
Mother-Daughter ONE Team
Angela Griner from Heifer International
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September 11, 2009 at 3:48 pm
im a one member i would like to be a voulenteer in these evants what do i have to do to get in them?I live in Davenport florida