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October 5, 2010 Big Wheels Deliver Meals
Special guests and officials running for office will meet at L. Claudia Allen Senior Center to help raise awareness to help end senior hunger. Guests will serve lunch to seniors in our Neighborhood Lunch Program and deliver meals to home bound clients in our Meals On Wheels Program.
October 13th thru December 2nd Holiday Shoebox Gift Drive
“The Little Box that goes a long way to brighten a senior’s holiday”!! Seniors First will be collecting shoe boxes filled with a fleece throw and a $10 or more gift card to an area grocery store to give to clients during the holidays. If you or your company is interested in helping please call 407-615-8962.
November 25, 2010 Seniors First 21st Annual Turkey Trot
Come join us for the 21st Annual Seniors First Turkey Trot! Last year, one of Orlando’s most treasured traditions, the Turkey Trot brought together over 4900 runners of all ages and levels for a Thanksgiving morning workout! Family and friends gathered around Lake Eola to enjoy the early morning air and energize their bodies with the 5k/power walk/tot trot.
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Sponsorships available. Call 407-581-9366 for details.
February 13, 2011 High Tea Fundraiser at the Peabody
Formerly held in December, the High Tea is moving to February!! Still great fun with hats & gloves and decedent high tea menu! High Tea will be held in the New Peabody Ballroom! Sponsorships available. Call 407-581-9366 for details.
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Take The Pledge to End Senior Hunger
Watch the Video about the Take The Pledge Program
Mayors For Meals
Three mayors in Orange County participated in yesterday’s national Mayors For Meals campaign. Mayor Doug Kinson of Maitland; Mayor Scott Vandergrift of Ocoee; and Mayor Pro Tem, Commissioner Robert Stuart of Orlando, delivered meals to support Seniors First in the fight to end senior hunger. Our clients enjoyed the special visitors and the mayors went away with a greater awareness of the threat of hunger our seniors face.
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We are grateful to Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer who proclaimed March 22, 2010 as End Senior Hunger Awareness Day and to Orange County Mayor, Rich Crotty for proclaiming March 23, 2010 as End Senior Hunger Awareness Day. Their commitment to our cause and their understanding of our need will truly help us reach our 2020 vision.
2009 Events
3rd Annual Holiday High Tea
Peabody Orlando
Sunday, December 20, 2009
2009 Holiday High Tea
1st Annual Holiday Shoebox Gift Drive
October through December 2009
Helped brighten the lives of more than 2,500 senior citizens this last holiday season by simply filling shoeboxes. Seniors First is hosted its 1st Annual Holiday Shoebox Gift Drive for frail, homebound elderly clients who otherwise might not have received a gift. Your little boxes went a long way to brighten a senior’s holiday! Thank you to all who participated.
Holiday Shoebox Gift Drive 2009
20th Annual Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk 2009
Thank you for your support of the 20th Annual Seniors First Turkey Trot! One of Orlando’s most treasured traditions, the Turkey Trot brought together over 4900 runners of all ages and levels for a Thanksgiving morning workout! Family and friends gathered around Lake Eola to enjoy the early morning air and energize their bodies with the 5k/power walk/tot trot.
The race was a huge success and we could not have done it without YOU! Funds raised totaled over $147,000 and will help support the programs and services that Seniors First brings to the elderly living in Orange and Seminole counties. It is only through the generosity of our friends and supporters that we are able to fulfill our mission of enhancing the independence and dignity of the elders we serve.
We would like to thank our generous sponsors!… See More
Kuyendall Gardner; Seasons 52; Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed; Toshiba; GA Foods; Foley & Lardner; American Home Companions; CarePlus Healthplans; First United Methodist of Orlando; Harbour Private Duty Nursing; and Mutual of America
