Community Bulletin

Women’s organization accepting scholarship applications

The American Association of University Women Orlando/Winter Park Branch is accepting scholarship applications now. The application is on the website aauworlwp.org and should be submitted by email before March 1. Scholarships are open to women only. Women returning to school to complete a degree and those studying in a STEM area (science, technology, engineering, math) are encouraged to apply. For more information, contact Karen Buchan at 407-427-3501.

Victory Cup Initiative awards grants

The Victory Cup Initiative celebrated its inaugural event on Feb. 4 in Winter Park with a series of grants. Ten Florida nonprofits took to the stage in a storytelling competition and were tasked to share their message in less than 3 minutes to an audience of hundreds of Central Florida business and nonprofit leaders. The audience then voted on first, second and third place prizes. The breakfast event, emceed by the Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell, awarded Kids House of Seminole with a first place grant of $20,000; second place went to The Faine House with a $10,000 grant; and third place was awarded to City Year Orlando for $5,000. The remaining seven nonprofits walked away with a $1,000 participation grant.