In Honor Of Its 50th Year, USCIS Visits Hcc Apopka Center To Deliver A Proclamation Letter. APOPKA, FLORIDA (February 24, 2022) - On Friday, February 25th, Michael Borgen, USCIS Tampa District Director, Vesna Bozic, USCIS Regional Leader for the Southeast Region Community Relations, and Donald A. Jarrell, [...]
Dr. Ruth Edwards Receives Health Equity Hero 2021 Award from Florida Department of Health in Orange County Winter Park Library Staff Member Recognized as Health Equity Hero 2021 Award Recipient from Florida Department of Health in Orange County Every year, the Florida Department of Health in Orange [...]
Dr. Omayra Mansfield is the Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at AdventHealth Apopka and AdventHealth Winter Garden. Before this role, she served as the Chief of Staff at AdventHealth Celebration. She is board-certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a Fellow with the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Mansfield earned her [...]
Hope CommUnity Center Receives $8,000 Grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to Support Adult Literacy Apopka, FL – June 2021 – The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded Hope CommUnity Center an $8,000 grant to support adult literacy. This local grant is part of the Dollar General Literacy Foundation’s recent award of $10.5 million donations to support summer, family, and adult literacy programs, [...]
Chavon has recently relocated to the Orlando area. Before relocating to Florida, Chavon earned her Bachelor’s degree in Women’s Studies, Public Policy, and Writing from Hobart and William Smith College. She has served as an educator for four years in Jacksonville, Florida. Even though she dedicated her early career to educating youth, community outreach has [...]
Contigo Fund, an initiative of Our Fund Foundation, Announces grant awardees APOPKA, Fla.–April 5, 2021–Hope CommUnity Center is a fifth-time recipient of the Contigo Fund, an initiative of Our Fund Foundation. This fund was created to support LGBTQ+ and Latinx communities impacted by the 2016 Pulse Orlando tragedy. $45,000was awarded to Hope’s Our HistoriasProject, which [...]
Hope CommUnity Center is excited to introduce its newest Board Member, Terrance Hunter. Terrance Hunter is an arts administrator and currently serves as the Senior Director of Programs at Central Florida Community Arts. He works primarily at the intersection of arts, equity, and social justice. With a degree in education, [...]
Hope CommUnity Center is excited to introduce its newest Board Member, Pastor Sarah Robinson. Born in Indiana and from a Lutheran background, Pastor Sarah loves living in the eclectic ecodistrict Audubon Park in urban Orlando, FL, where she bikes all over (with her dog Chica in the front basket) and [...]
We are still processing the atrocities we have witnessed from the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th. A combination of right-wing, racist, fascist, and violent forces combined to subvert democracy via a violent coup. It was deeply disturbing (and yet, unsurprising) to witness the stark difference in how last week's rioters were treated by [...]
Hope CommUnity Center’s Statement in Response to Early Outcome of Election APOPKA, Fla. – Hope CommUnity Center is committed to our democratic process. We oppose any attempt to spread misinformation or fear as a means of threatening said process. At the heart of our democratic tradition is the belief that every vote should be counted, and the will of the people be heard. [...]
