FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Broward County Public Schools has honored a South Florida Institute on Aging (SoFIA) volunteer, Ora Lee Greene, as this year’s “Outstanding Senior Volunteer” during the 2018 Community Involvement Awards Ceremony, held on May 10th.

Ora Lee Greene has been part of the Foster Grandparent Program, a local civic engagement program for older adults, for more than 24 years. She has provided over 28,000 hours of tutoring and mentoring service to students in Broward County.  Ora Lee is 94 years old and resides in Fort Lauderdale.

Julia Ruiz was inducted into The Aging and Disability Resource Center’s Senior Hall of Fame on Friday, May 4, 2018. Recognized for her 13 years of service as part of the Foster Grandparent Program, she has provided over 15,000 hours assisting students to increase their academic performance in literacy and to increase their social and emotional development.  Julia is a resident of Deerfield Beach.

About SoFIA
Impact Broward, a non-profit with 50 + years of service has recently evolved into the South Florida Institute on Aging (SoFIA), a new “Think & Act Tank” focused on economic and social research, policy and programs to support South Florida’s aging community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 National Population Projections, by 2035, they project that older adults will outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history. This new mission was formed based on the aging projections for South Florida and beyond, as well as the current and anticipated challenges that seniors face.