Charitable Actions

During the 2024 FLTA Convention, the Foundation was proud to support and contribute $18,375 in grants and $12,500 in scholarships for higher education. Over the past year, the FLTA Charitable Action Foundation has continued to make impact throughout Florida in different ways and we cannot do it without you. In case you missed it, here are the 2024 Fall recipients:

• Food Brings Hope, Inc. (Daytona Beach)
• Veterans Helping Veterans USA (Ocala)
• St. Augustine Society (St. Augustine)
• International Rescue Committee (Tallahassee)
• Covenant House of Florida (Orlando)
• Manna Food Bank (Pensacola)
• Global Empowerment Mission (Doral)
• Hurricane Relief
• Florida Disaster Fund (Florida)
• Hurricane Relief

Charitable Giving to Support Local Charities: During the 2023 FLTA Convention, the FLTA Charitable Action Foundation was excited to support two great organizations with $1,000 to each: HANDS of Central Florida and the Community Food Bank.

Supporting Students for Higher Education

Each year during the FLTA Convention monies are raised with the help of the silent auction and raffle tickets, and then converted to scholarships for the following year. Thanks to the generosity of the attendees, the Foundation has been able to support ten students each year with $1,000 scholarships to go towards their education expenses.

Hurricane Ian Relief: Collier Community Foundation and Florida Disaster Fund

The FLTA Charitable Action Foundation is proud to share that through the support of FLTA members and the community, the Foundation is able to provide $10,000 to the Collier Community Foundation and $10,000 to the Florida Disaster Fund for Hurricane Ian Relief.

The purpose of the Collier Community Foundation is to first provide immediate relief to those affected and the nonprofits that support the victims in the aftermath of a crisis. It also serves to assure donors’ support will reach its intended cause. After immediate needs are met such as food, water and shelter, the focus will turn to long-term needs such as housing and transportation. The Collier Community Foundation directly serves the community where the FLTA Annual Convention was held.

FLTA Convention: Meal Packing for Meals of Hope

In late September 2022, Hurricane Ian left devasting impact to Southwest Florida where FLTA was looking to host its annual convention in Naples a few weeks later. Not wanting to create further negative impact, it was decided to move forward with the convention as it would impact employees, families and the community to not have the event. Taking it one step further, the FLTA Charitable Action Foundation stepped in by creating an opportunity with the help of Meals of Hope to generate 51,464 meals for hurricane victims and the surrounding community. This effort was made possible by the 300 attendees of the convention and accomplished in 2-hours.

In December 2020, FLTA contributed $20,000 to Florida area food banks, here are some of their messages:

FCAF has also contributed to the Champlian Towers tragedy in South Florida, relief efforts in Harper, Texas, from the ice storm, and contributed to student scholarships for higher education.