Community Bulletin

Local humorist honored

Maitland resident and professional speaker Bobbe Lyon will be honored as a Humor Hero at the upcoming conference of The Association for Applied & Therapeutic Humor in Phoenix, Ariz. AATH serves as a community of professionals who study, practice and promote healthy humor. Membership is national and international. Visit aath.org for more information.

Rollins appoints new VP

Rollins College announced last week the appointment of Susan Singer as the College’s new vice president for academic affairs and provost. Singer will join the Rollins community Aug. 1. Singer currently directs the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation, leading a team of 50 with a budget of more than $300 million annually to catalyze transformation in undergraduate learning and success across the nation. With her leadership, 14 federal agencies are collaborating to increase their collective impact on improving undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.

Fresh produce at the RDV

RDV Sportsplex supports access to fresh produce in food desert communities by hosting The Fresh Stop Bus, a mobile farmers market, in the RDV Sportsplex parking lot, Monday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon. The Fresh Stop Bus is a local non-profit reliant on grants and charitable funding in order to visit a dozen neighborhoods each month providing access to fresh fruits and vegetables. With more than 1 million visitors annually, RDV Sportsplex is helping to generate much needed revenue to help support this access to fresh produce in local communities, bringing hope and better nutrition to some of the areas hardest hit by generational poverty.