What: ODN is celebrating its 90th Anniversary and holding the 1st Annual All4kids dinner and silent (and live) auction. Master of Ceremonies is former member of the Florida House of Representatives and current radio personality Dick Batchelor. Guest speaker is David Lawrence, the Chair of the Children's Movement of Florida. Mr. Lawrence will be speaking on the importance of early-childhood education. Event sponsors include Disney, Sea World, Florida Hospital, and the Early Childhood Department of UCF.
Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel on Colonial Drive at the Intersection of I-4 (Downtown Orlando)
Volunteers needed: Volunteers will help to check guests into and out of the event, and will help with the silent auction logistics, such as collecting money and matching bidders with the items they have won. As this is a formal event, we are asking that volunteers wear black pant/skirts and button-down shirts/blouses. (suits, ties, etc. are NOT necessary for volunteers).
Alex Sooley, an EAMBA 17, serves on the non-profit board for Orlando Day Nursery and is Volunteer Coordinator for this event. If you have any questions, contact Alex at asooley@rollins.edu or call him at (407) 415 6648.
ODN is 90 years old, making it the oldest daycare/early-childhood education center in Florida and the 75th oldest in the country. ODN currently serves 116 families daily, and roughly 250 over the course of the year, through its educational childcare services and parenting courses. Many families are from the Paramore district near downtown. The nursery receives much of its funding from grants through organizations such as United Way and state funds such as the Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten program, but is increasingly having to rely on private donors. External funding is becoming increasingly important because all families currently served have qualified to receive care at prices below the cost of care, while the cost of care is rising constantly and traditional sources of funding are fading. http://www.orlandodaynursery.org
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