The Gift of Giving Today, the Little Lighthouse Foundation’s main focus is to help children in South Florida who suffer from educational, financial, and medical hardships.
Another noteworthy program run by the Little Lighthouse Foundation is the Healing Light Grant which according to the foundation’s website, “awards one child in South Florida with supplemental funds to subsidize existing and future medical bills.”The Little Lighthouse Foundation donates $20,000 to the Healing Light donee during the holiday season.
To raise money and awareness for such causes, the Little Lighthouse Foundation organizes lavish functions throughout the year. Their recent event, Nightmare on the Beach took place on October 26, 2013 and was hosted at Michael Saylor’s Villa Vecchia estate. After six months of rigorous event planning and a successful night with 1,200 people in attendance, the Little Lighthouse Foundation was able to raise over $100,000. Another upcoming event that is produced by the foundation and is worthy of attendance, is The Hearts and Stars Gala which will be held March 13-15, 2014 to raise the funds for the aforementioned charitable institution.
If you want to help those in your South Florida community and don’t know how, the Little Lighthouse Foundation is a perfect place to start. “There are multiple volunteer experiences offered by our organization that you can sign up for; there’s something for everyone,” says Reed Nicol, Director of Operations at LLF. “Give us a call, we will listen to your interests, and pair you up with the program that best suits you.”
To learn more about the Little Lighthouse Foundation and their services, please visit their website: thelittlelighthouse.org
DEC- JAN 2013/14
he holiday season is officially upon us and what better way to celebrate than by giving back to the community you live in? One notable charity amongst many in South Florida that does just that is the Little Lighthouse Foundation (LLF). To spread holiday cheer, this non-profit charitable organization provides over 400 toys to the children at the Chapman Partnership for the homeless in downtown Miami.
Just a little under three years ago, the Little Lighthouse Foundation was merely a group of friends who volunteered at facilities in the community. Their personal altruism and the desire to be of service to the less fortunate, quickly evolved and turned into a full-fledged organization that devotes over 500 volunteers annually, providing services to those in need on a much larger scale.
Today, the Little Lighthouse Foundation’s main focus is to help children in South Florida who suffer from educational, financial, and medical hardships. “One of our many goals is to create perfect programs where each child that participates in our activities is positively affected and left with a life changing experience,” says Robert Sena, President and Board Member for the Little Lighthouse Foundation. One of such programs, is Learn & Earn, an educational study with the Citrus Grove Middle School that provides free tutoring services Saturday throughout the school year to Miami-Dade students from low-income families who scored in the bottom 25% of the state’s standardized FCAT test. Students are incentivized throughout the program for grade improvements, good behavior, and successful tutoring sessions.