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Port Orange Community Trust reports $20,500 in grants, previews Family Days and youth programs
Summary
Dawn Labo, executive director of the Port Orange Community Trust, presented an annual report highlighting $20,500 in community grants, upcoming events including Bridal Night, golf tournament and Family Days (Oct. 9–12), and continued support for local nonprofits and youth programming.
Dawn Labo, executive director of the Port Orange Community Trust, presented the nonprofit’s annual report to the City Council, summarized grantmaking and upcoming events, and answered council questions about community impact.
Labo said the trust gave out $20,500 in charitable grants during the year and awarded $15,500 in what she described as community grants (the transcript uses “grama” for grant). She listed recipients that included a youth group called the Giving Garden ($1,500), the Port Orange Historical Society, local food pantries, the Beacon Center and Spruce Creek Elementary (which received a book vending machine). Labo also said the trust is a gold sponsor for a kids’ art program.
Labo reviewed a calendar of events, including a spring brewing/food festival in March, the golf tournament in September, a Bridal Night aerial circus event and Family Days scheduled for Oct. 9–12. She said the trust supports Halifax Health youth and adolescent mental‑health programming through proceeds from the golf tournament and described an active junior advisory board involved in events.
Council members praised the trust’s volunteer work and grantmaking; staff and council said Family Days historically draws large crowds (figures from previous years cited as about 30,000 attendees). No funding decisions were made by the council; the presentation was informational.
