
Those interested in making a donation to the Community Foundation can call 38.The season that brought us Express, even MORE $500, and saved $2,000 each on a lot of cars. “They never rest in their commitment to build a bright future for those who follow.” Davidson Memorial Award honorees - and that of our Young Leaders Award recipients - cannot be overstated,” said Preston Root, Chairman of the Community Foundation and recipient of the Herbert M. The event on Friday will also award 28-year-old Holly Hill mayor Chris Via with the Youth Leader Award. Davidson, who was the publisher of the Daytona Beach News-Journal for 58 years and was widely recognized as a community volunteer, philanthropist and champion of civil liberties. The award is named for the late Herbert M. The statue will be permanently displayed in Statuary Hall at the U.S. A marble statue of Bethune can be seen currently at the News-Journal Center in downtown Daytona Beach. Mary McLeod Bethune, a nationally renowned education and civil rights leader who founded the Bethune-Cookman University.

The Community Foundation will also present a posthumous Herbert M. According to the Community Foundation, Petrock has been “a business and community leader for decades." He has raised millions of dollars in donations for the Halifax Health Hospital and various charities. One is Joe Petrock, executive director of the Halifax Health Foundation. This year, because the awards were not given in 2020, two people will receive the award. Davidson Award for Outstanding Community Service was created by the Community Foundation in 1992 to honor individuals who have offered exceptional levels of service to the community. “We also hope to provide other successful nonprofits in our community the same manner of endowment to help build their long-term capacity to thrive in service of our community," Jones said.

Vice President of the Community Foundation, David Jones, invited other "community-minded donors" to contribute to the EDGE fund in the lifetime or in their wills and trusts. The annual event, which was not held last year due to the COVID pandemic, is also an opportunity for the Community Foundation to raise more EDGE funds. 29 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Daytona Beach. Davidson Memorial Award for Outstanding Community Service banquet on Friday, Oct. News of the Root Family’s contribution to the Community Foundation comes just as the foundation is set to host the Herbert M. “The United Way’s future lies with the EDGE Fund and its ability to perpetually fund these operations.” Opportunity for more EDGE funds “As the Root family philanthropy has evolved, we realized the critical nature of supporting fundamental operations of a whole community provider,” Graham said. Susan Root Graham, who chairs the Root Family Foundation, said the family has supported United Way in the past with community programs related to health and education.

Root said the donation is “a significant part" of the Community Foundation’s progress towards successful attainment of its goal of covering United Way's operational costs, meaning other donations from citizens will be used entirely for programs it supports. Root, said the family felt “strongly” about publicizing the recent donation instead of staying “behind-the-scenes” as the family normally does with charitable endeavors.

The past president of the Root Family Foundation, John S. “Their general operating support shows faith in our mission, as well as, our organization.” “We are fortunate to have the support and volunteer service of the Root Family and other philanthropists,” Edgcomb said in the press release.
