JANUARY 2017....WELE YOUTH ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAM: 20-hour, four (4) part entrepreneurial, leadership
development and educational program consisting of hands on activities,
workshops, and training programs which culminate with planning, marketing, and
operating a small business, the Wele Youth Farmers’ & Online Market. The market will be
open on select weekends throughout the year as determined by the young
entrepreneurs (SPONSORED BY DUKE ENERGY FOUNDATION, WALMART FOUNDATION, MASON G SMOAK FOUNDATION, LAKE PLACID NOON ROTARY, $500 INDIVIDUAL DONATION
4th ANNUAL FOUNDERS' DAY CELEBRATION - NOVEMBER 18, 2017 MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
GREAT AMERICAN CLEAN UP - MARCH 2017
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PLEASE SIGN UP FOR THESE GREAT COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENTS. Call Vincent at 863/840-2964, Tiffany 863/840-2995, or Teddy 863/441-5008
NATIONAL TREE PLANTING DAY: SEPTEMBER 2017. Come and plant a tree in memory of your loved ones. DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED. 10:00AM - 12:00Noon
ANNUAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS...Join us in decorating our Village Green, Crestmore, and Vision Streets for the holidays...Saturday, November 11, 2017. Free donuts and softdrinks for all volunteers.
GRANTS:
$755,000 - TO HIGHLANDS COUNTY FROM FDOT TO BEAUTIFY HIGHWAY PARK SECTION OF OLD STATE ROAD WORK BEGUN `12/16 - `12/17)
GRANTS 2015/2016
$2500 - DUKE ENERGY (WELE YOUTH PROGRAM)
$20000 - KAB/LOWE'S (ELBOW DISTRICT BEAUTIFICATION)
$5000 - KAB/UPS (FRUIT TREE REPLACEMENT/IRRIGATION)
$1500 - MASON G. SMOAK FOUNDATION (WELE YOUTH)
$2000 - WALMART FOUNDATION (WELE YOUTH)
$950 - JETBLUE (FOUNDERS DAY 2016)
$650 - DISNEY (FOUNDERS DAY 2016)
$2500 - SEMINOLE BRIGHTON COUNCIL
$2500 - FLORIDA BLUE (Health Fair)
$1000 - LAKE PLACID NOON ROTARY
$1500 - FRANK AND ANN REYNOLDS FOUNDATION
$1000 - SUNTRUST BANK (Founder's Day)
$500 - JACK RICHIE (CAMPAIGN FUNDS DONATED)
$500 - GLADES ELECTRIC
$500 - ALAN JAY AUTOMOTIVE
$500 - ROYAL FURNITURE
$575 - MICHAEL RIDER, ATTNY
$250 - SWANN MORTUARY
$250 - RAYMOND JAMES WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$250 - VISION ENTERTAINMENT
$250 - K SIGNS & ALUMINUM
GRANTS: 2014
$15000 - FDOT, KEEP FLORIDA BEAUTIFUL & GOV. SCOTT
$10000 - KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL/LOWE'S
$1815 - KAB/DOW INDUSTRIES (KHPB)
$1250 - FLORIDA BLUE
$1250 - MASON G. SMOAK FOUNDATION
$1500 - SEMINOLE BRIGHTON COUNCIL
$1600 - COCA COLA (FOUNDERS' DAY) PRODUCTS ONLY
$2500 - FLORIDA DIVISION OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
$1000 - KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL (ANTI -LITTER CAMPAIGN)
$100 - PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS/FOUNDERS DAY
$650 - HIGHLANDS COUNTY TDC/FOUNDERS DAY
$911 - HIGHLANDS COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL/BLACK TIE GALA
$1000 - SEMINOLE BRIGHTON COUNCIL
$1000 - SUNTRUST BANK
$500 - CHARLES & ANN REYNOLDS FOUNDATION
$500 - PECK BULGIN WEALTH MGMT
INKIND:
CHARLES & ANNE REYNOLDS - $8K VALUE PALM TREES, LAND CLEARING
Our 2014 Gala Sponsors:
- Highlands County Visitors & Convention Bureau
- Peck Bulgin Wealth Management
- LP Noon Rotary
- Attorney Mike Ryder
- Highlands Independent Bank
- New Life Assembly Church
- SunTrust Bank
- Heartland National Bank
- Glades Electric Cooperative
- Elaine Strong
- Kings Mobile Roadside & Tires
- Alice Consulting Services
- A Duda
- Allen Jay Automotive Network
- Seminole Nation Brighton Council
- Charles & Anne Reynolds Foundation
- Chic Chick Boutique
- Happiness Farms
- Williams Funeral Home
- Lake Placid Marines
- SeaWorld Parks & Resorts
- Olde Friends Gallery & Gifts
- Lake Placid Family Restaurant
- Florida Hospital Heartland
- Wings of Eagle Book Store
- Restore Beauty Products
- Coz's Sports Bar & Grill
- United States Sugar Corporation
- Lykes Brothers
NEED OLD PICTURES OF HIGHWAY PARK FROM BACK IN THE DAY!!
Board of Directors
PRESIDENT: TIFFANY GREEN
VICE PRESIDENT: SARAH SHOLTZ
TREASURER/PARLIAMENTARIAN: MAURICE WILSON
SECRETARY: PATRICE AYALA
COUNCIL MEMBER: TEDDY CALLAHAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: EVELYN COLON
ALT. COUNCIL MEMBER: TONY MUNNINGS
ALT. COUNCIL MEMBER: JEREMIAH DAVIS
KEEP HIGHWAY PARK BEAUTIFUL
-VINCENT HILL
- WALTER SHOLTZ
- SHIRLEY WILSON
- LESLIE PORTEE
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
JOIN US FOR THE HIGHWAY PARK FOUNDERS' DAY CELEBRATION
featuring workshops, a music extravaganza, food, children's activities, and so much more. We need your old photos and pictures of Highway Park from as far back as you can find them. Call Tiffany at 863/840-2995 or Evelyn at 904/655-1915.
JOIN US FALL 2014 FOR THE HIGHWAY PARK
FOUNDER'S DAY CELEBRATION!!!
