St. Cloud Florida Charities For The Kids And Veterans
St. Cloud Florida Charities Presented By JeanineCorcoran, Broker of Corcoran Connect
She is joined by her co-host Kristin Macari owner of Studio Nine13. Welcome to the 6th episode of Discover St. Cloud Florida.
Jeanine started by saying that there are many worthy charitiesin Saint Cloud, but she wanted to coverthe ones that were on the top of her list. A Hero For Kids is herfirst charity and it is a great one. They are always looking forgently used children’s books, school supplies, backpacks,etc. Source video found here.
They are focusing on Christmas right now and having people bringin gifts for children so no one child goes without this holiday.A HeroFor Kids staff and volunteers dress up as Superman,Batman, a police officer, a firefighter, etc. to make the kidshappy. They go all out and for such a worthy cause.
John Kalish is the CEO for A Hero For Kids and Jeanine recentlyspoke with him. She asked john how they get the names for the kidsas she was curious. He replied that he gets a lot of the names ofthe families from the school counselors. He also added thatfamilies can apply as well and they can email him at John@AHeroForKids.org. Jeaninesaid that they do such an amazing job for the children and herbusiness supports A Hero For Kids as well as many businesses inSaint Cloud.
A Place For Grace Is A Wonderful St. Cloud CharityHelping The Homeless
The next St. Cloud Florida charity Jeanine would like to mentionis A Place For Grace which is located at1209 Florida Ave. This charity has a special place inJeanine’s heart because when her children were growing up,her whole family would volunteer their time here.
They would serve dinner at A Place For Grace. Jeanine mentionedthat her Church would serve dinner there as well. They do have astore and they do accept donated items. A Place For Grace hasvolunteers running the store.
There is a prayer room in their store, and it is painted withchalk on the walls. People can write their prayer requests on thewall. The other side of the store has a dining area andthat’s where they serve meals to the homeless. Whether it isJeanine or her Church serving the meals, they bring the food to APlace Of Grace.
They take donations at the back door. They are open on thefollowing days for donations:
Tuesday from 10-4 PM
Wednesday from 10-4 PM
Thursday – donations are closed.
Friday – from 10-6 PM
Central Florida Hero Car Charity Helping Veterans InSt. Cloud
The next charity that Jeanine wanted to mention is Central Florida Hero Car. This is anew one and is like the model of A Hero For Kids. It’s allabout veterans. How it works is, a hero gets nominated and thenthey get picked up in a “hero car” and taken out tolunch. They also receive a $400 goody basket.
Business owners in the area can pick a month and they get tosponsor the hero chosen that month. They focus on veterans and thispast month the hero was Don Smith. He was in the Navy.
The last charity Jeanine wanted to share is The TransitionHouse. It has a variety of programs with many success stories frompeople being homeless, work release programs, and so many wonderfulstories of helping people transition to a normal life. You canvisit their website here.
The Osceola County Council on AgingDelivering Meals On Wheels To Those In Need
Kristin mentioned the Osceola County Council onAging. They do the “meals on wheels” everyweek. There are so many great charitable organizations in andaround Saint Cloud, FL.
If you know of or have a charity in St. Cloud that you wouldlike us to mention on our podcast, please email us or call us andwe’d be happy to get the word out as well as have you on as aguest.
We hope you enjoyed this episode discussing the St. CloudFlorida charities near and dear to our hearts. Our goal is to keepyou in the know of all the things happening in Saint Cloud on aweekly basis.