FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Broward College, in partnership with the 2016 MLK Day of Service Advisory Board and Florida Legislature awarded $190,986 to 42 community organizations to support volunteer projects which honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy by transforming his memory into a day of volunteerism in the local community. On Wednesday, February 24, Broward College held an awards luncheon for those community organizations.

Audrey Ring, MLK Day of Service Committee Member; Vanessa Seltzer, YMCA of South Florida Volunteer Coordinator; Stephanie Salamah, Ed Key, Broward Col Dean of Student Affairs, and Adriana Fazzano, Broward College Chief of Staff. Photo Courtesy of Broward Collegelege

This year’s financial awards funded projects which included building homeless survival kits, producing health gardens, creating affordable housing and revitalizing community buildings, organizing food drives to benefit veterans, and much more. During the awards luncheon, Dr. Rosalind Osgood, School Board Chair for Broward County Public Schools, served as the keynote speaker and addressed the organizations with an impactful and motivational speech about the legacy they are leaving for this community.