The Celebration Foundation is excited to announce that our scholarship application for the 2020-2021 school year has opened! Each year, Celebration Foundation gives out scholarships to deserving seniors at Celebration High School or high school seniors who live in Celebration and attend other schools. Last year, we also began awarding scholarships [...]
By Kathleen Sipio Can you imagine leaving work at 5pm every Friday and not eating again, or very little, until Monday at 9am when you return to work? There are children in our community, our school district that experience this feeling as these students receive free breakfast and lunch at the [...]
By Kathleen Sipio, Executive Director of Celebration Foundation The Celebration Foundation’s mission is to build a better community through arts, education and culture. Last month, our community schools had a different first day of school for the students, teachers, staff and parents. A hybrid of online learning in virtual classrooms and [...]
By Dana Schafer, Public Information Officer- Osceola School District While the Osceola School District ensures that children are well-fed during the week at school, weekends can prove particularly daunting for many Osceola County families when it comes to the lack of food for meals. Luckily, community businesses and organizations such as [...]
By Laura Jones Celebration High School students participated in their first ever Odyssey of the Mind Competition this past school year. Odyssey of the Mind is a creativity problem-solving competition consisting of two main components; a spontaneous portion, where teams are presented with a problem to solve on-site without prep time [...]
The Celebration Foundation’s new “Stairsteps to Nursing” scholarship works to fill the nursing gap in Florida. According to a 2016 Orlando Sentinel article, there are 3,000 nursing jobs that are UNFILLED in Florida each month! To help with this urgent shortage, Celebration Foundation created a new scholarship called “Stairsteps to Nursing.” [...]
Dear Celebration Foundation, I am writing to thank you all for the beautiful Memorial Garden! Near the beginning of April, you placed a plaque honoring my dad. My dad passed away suddenly this past February. My folks had moved to Celebration in March of 2018 and were really enjoying living here. [...]
Warm weather and sunny days are bringing friends and families together in the great outdoors. This time of the year is the perfect opportunity to go for hike, explore a new part of town, play a game or head to a local park. As you head outside, be sure you and [...]
On Monday, April 29, a fire ravaged an apartment building at Blossom Park Villas, which is located on the other side of 192 from Celebration. In the interest of being good neighbors and building better community, Celebration Foundation’s executive board agreed to donate to the Red Cross designated to Kissimmee Relief. [...]
By Becky Varley Thank you to all the volunteers who woke up bright and early on a beautiful, crisp Monday morning in April to join us for our annual volunteer appreciation party! A huge shout out goes to Susan Bona and staff from Town Tavern, who kindly hosted breakfast for us. [...]
