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1/30/2012 - Hope by Design Fashion Show to benefit Children’s Home Society of Florida

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.

1/30/2012 - Natural Life Music Festival & Crafternoon raises more than $20,000 for CHS Buckner

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.

 

8/15/2011 - Children’s Home Society of Florida Receives $186,000

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.

6/27/2011 - Dollar General grants CHS almost $3K for Summer Reading Program

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.

5/27/2011 - CIT employees help beautify 70-year-old Children's Home Society of Florida campus

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).

5/19/2011 - An Evening of Taste raises more than $41K for 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.

 

4/25/2011 - Comcast and Children's Home Society of Florida announce partnership

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.”

 

1/19/2011 - Panera Bread® Raises Thousands for Local Children in Need

Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS) started 2011 off with some extra dough thanks to Panera Bread.

12/20/2010 - CHS welcomes Aleasia Kelly and Sonya Thorpe

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.

12/13/2010 - Salon PK hosts Christmas Hair Extravaganza for children who live at CHS

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.

11/3/2010 - Local Couple Named Foster Parents of the Year

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.”

10/4/2010 - New Panera Bread® Bakery-Cafe Raises Money for 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.

9/27/2010 - CHS welcomes Myra SImmons

The Buckner Division of Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS) announces Myra Simmons as Development Specialist.

8/19/2010 - Prudential collects nearly 800 backpacks for CHS in annual Backpack Challenge

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.

8/16/2010 - CHS welcomes Barbara Burt and Melissa Poole

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.