Florida Hospital Foundation Press Releases

June 24, 2010

Children between the ages of six to 10 took to the lawn in front of Florida Hospital for Children running in an obstacle course with legendary golfer Annika Sorenstam. This unique display was designed to visually show the types of challenges that...

October 27, 2009

Pediatric patients at Florida Hospital for Children became superheroes for a day, as they received special red capes from Superman himself, Dwight Howard, during an event to announce a significant contribution the athlete is making to benefit the...

October 20, 2009

Local golfers hit the golf course for the Florida Hospital Diabetes Institute Golf Invitational at Shingle Creek Golf Club on Oct. 9. Teams of four players played a round of golf "scramble" to raise awareness and money to help those affected...

October 7, 2009

Florida Hospital Apopka hosted its fourth annual Vision 2020 fundraising event on Oct. 4 at the Apopka Community Center. More than 175 people attended this year's event which raised approximately $25,000 for the hospital. Vision 2020 is a long-...

August 27, 2009

Local athletes and representatives from Fan Stamp, a company that designs press-on, hypoallergenic face and body make-up, are bringing spirit to cheer up pediatric oncology patients at Florida Hospital for Children. During a special "pep rally,...

August 24, 2009

Florida Hospital Apopka is pleased to announce Karen Ross as the 2009 Vision 2020 Committee Chair. Vision 2020 is a long range effort to improve and grow Florida Hospital Apopka so that by the year 2020, it will be a full-service community hospital...

August 7, 2009

The Florida Hospital Foundation is bringing charitable giving literally to the fingertips of those in Central Florida and beyond via mobile technology, by launching the "Text to Give" program. The new initiative went live this week, and...

June 8, 2009

World-renowned artist, Luis Sottil, is inviting ten pediatric oncology patients from Florida Hospital for Children to be artists for a day on June 8. At this time, these little patients who are battling cancer will be able to escape their daily...

February 4, 2009

Yesterday, all of StockCross Global's trading proceeds were donated to Florida Hospital Cancer Institute's Pediatric Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Units.

November 9, 2008

Today, community members had the opportunity to meet the country's top professional bass anglers at the Ninth Annual Angling Against Cancer Tournament to benefit Florida Hospital Cancer Institute at Florida Hospital Celebration Health.