The Destiny Foundation of Central Florida, a lifeline for thousands of the working poor, is planning to close at the end of the month — a victim of the recession and its own success in helping a growing flock of desperate families. The charity…

This article was written and published in 2016, and still applies this year. In this year’s election, it seems like the policies have been overlooked and overshadowed by the lack of character on both sides of the aisle. Our society is filled with…

February 2014 Edgewater High School plans to induct 10 notable alumni into its Hall of Fame next month. The group includes the director of the of the United States Secret Service, Julia Pierson; Tony-nominated Broadway actor Norm Lewis; attorney and…

When Mark Wermuth first went to the nonprofit Community Food & Outreach Center in Orlando, he was homeless, on food stamps and just starting a 12-step program for alcoholism. A little more than a year later, the 55-year-old is sober, renting an…

Even as Pastor Scott George announced the closing of the Destiny Foundation earlier this month, he prayed for a miracle to save the sprawling relief organization he had started eight years ago. On Tuesday, he made another announcement: His miracle…

I wasn’t shocked to read the article, “Over 367K Households Can’t Afford Necessities.” Then again, maybe I should have been. For the past 15 years, many of us in the nonprofit world have been “voices calling in the wilderness” sounding the alarm of…