Buckner News
The Children’s Hope Alliance will host the 7th Annual “Hope by Design” Fashion Show, presented by Panera Bread®, Saturday February 25, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., at Deercreek Country Club, 7816 McLaurin Rd., N.
Representatives from Natural Life presented Children’s Home Society of Florida Buckner Division with a check for more than $20,000, proceeds from the inaugural Natural Life Music Festival & Crafternoon held in November at Metropolitan Park.
In honor of what would have been automotive pioneer and philanthropist Jim Moran’s 93rd birthday, The Jim Moran Foundation recently awarded two grants for $93,000 each to the Intercoastal (Fort Lauderdale) and Buckner (Jacksonville) divisions of Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS) for its Safe Babies initiative. The Foundation announced its grants during Founder’s Day, an annual celebration across all companies and locations of JM Family Enterprises, Inc., a diversified automotive company that Jim Moran established in 1968.
Children’s Home Society of Florida’s (CHS) Buckner Division received a $2,960 grant from Dollar General’s Literacy Foundation for a campus-wide summer reading program.
As part of CIT’s 6th Annual Global Employee Volunteer Month (GEVM), approximately 20 CIT employees participated in beautification projects at the Buckner Division campus of Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS).
An Evening of Taste with Chef Matthew Medure raised more than $41,000 for Children’s Home Society of Florida on May 1 at Matthew’s Restaurant in San Marco.
More than 150 local Comcast employees and their families and friends volunteer to improve Children’s Home Society of Florida as part of Comcast’s “Comcast Cares Day.”
Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS) started 2011 off with some extra dough thanks to Panera Bread.
The Buckner Division of Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS) announces two new staff members, Aleasia Kelly as S.T.E.P.S. (Strengthening Ties and Empowering Parents) Prevention Supervisor and Sonya Thorpe as Program Supervisor of Healthy Start.
On Dec. 20, Salon PK will host an exclusive Hair Extravaganza for children in Children’s Home Society of Florida’s (CHS) residential group care homes.
Joe and Linda Acker, specialized therapeutic foster parents with Children’s Home Society of Florida’s Buckner Division, have been named Foster Parents of the Year by the Florida Coalition for Children, honoring the Ackers’ commitment to provide “more than just a healthy and safe place to live but also a friend and advocate to children in need.”
Before it officially opened its doors for business, the new Panera Bread location at the Oakleaf Town Center hosted a fundraiser that raised $1,000 to help local children in need through the Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS) Buckner Division.
The Buckner Division of Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS) announces Myra Simmons as Development Specialist.
Prudential Insurance and Prudential Network Realty dropped off more than 700 backpacks to Children’s Home Society of Florida’s (CHS) Buckner Division Aug. 13 in the company’s 12th Annual Prudential Backpack Challenge.
The Buckner Division of Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS) announces two new staff members, Barbara Burt as Director of Community Based Care and Melissa Poole as Director of Clinical Services.