| The League is in full swing with Targeted Outreach Back to School events in each Orange County Commission District. We had two teams working on Saturday July 19th. Shown left, Mary Montanus and Victor Collazo covered Dist. 4 at Cypress Creek HS and Commissioner Maribel Gomez Cordero stopped by the table. Right, John Bridges Community Center in Apopka, Voter Services provided voter information alongside Gun Violence Prevention that gave out gun locks and safety info. Shown l. to r.: Leaguers-Linda Coffin, Melva Bentley-Ross, Saudi Ellis, and Carol Bizub with Moms Demand Action. |  |  |
The AUG 13th Hot Topics panel will look at a voucher law that helps parents pay for homeschooling or private schools and also will discuss how public school students and the community are being adversely affected. These programs and how education money is being siphoned from public schools will be the focus of the League of Women Voters of Orange County’s Aug. 13 Hot Topics lunch and panel discussion — “Diverted Dollar$: The Real Cost of School Choice.” Read the full press release here.
Special book collection at the August Hot Topics! Details below.
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CLICK below to view a short "how-to video" on our YouTube channel and start your volunteering era with the League.
JULY 26, 8:15am, Gun lock giveaway
Bithlo Community Center back-to-school
JULY 26, 9am, Gun lock giveaway
Colonial HS back-to-school
AUG 2, 9am Gun lock giveaway
Barnett Park Comm. Ctr.
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Check Volunteering Opportunities page often and sign up. *We table and sometimes provide power points to provide voter registration and civic information at the following opportunities. For Voter Registration, you must have taken and passed the League voter registration test HERE
AUG 3, 9am Gun lock giveaway
Children's Safety Village
AUG 6, 6:30pm, Votechella
Celebration of the Voting Rights Act
| | | WE WANT TO SEE YOU! When you're volunteering or attending a League event, take some pics and share them. Email: lisa.lwvoc@gmail.com
Our goal is to highlight as many of you as possible so send those selfies and quick pics of you and your fellow Leaguers.
Also, TAG us in your social media if you're sharing event pics or updates. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads as LWVOC or simply search League of Women Voters of Orange County. | | | | LAST DAY TO REGISTER is August 4 for:
Special Election on Sept. 2,
Senate District 15
State Representative District 40
| | |  | Members of the DEIA Committee will be attending the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act celebration at the Center for Independent Living in Central Florida! JOIN THEM:
Date: Friday, July 25th, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Center for Independent Living - 720 N. Denning Drive, Winter Park
*Parking is available in front of the residential community to the right of our Winter Park office, but please only use thee row facing the main road. Additional parking is available across the street in the plaza. |  | The League of Women Voters of Florida is partnering with Common Cause Florida to call (less engaged) inactive voters in one priority county to remind them to request their vote-by-mail ballot for elections in 2025 and 2026.
We are seeking volunteers to make calls on:
Monday, August 4, from 2:30 - 3:30pm ET,
Tuesday, August 5, from 5:30 - 6:30pm ET,
and/or Tuesday, August 12, from 5:30 - 6:30pm ET.
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER →Click HERE!
You may sign up for one day or all three! Select “League of Women Voters of Florida” as your organization. | | |
| 7 days left to MAKE TWICE THE IMPACT! We're at $19k plus and on the way to "win this match." Hurry to your mailbox or give online before JULY 31st. We are so grateful to the supporters who are stepping up to the baseline for this summer matching campaign.
THANK YOU to the donors shown below! Join them and GIVE HERE
*Our national LWVUS is also running a "Match campaign" and although a worthy cause, those donated $$ are not given to us locally.
**Also, please note that we are challenging each of our LWVOC Committees to raise $1000 in this effort. If you're a committee member, make note of it when you give!
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Valeria Shapiro, Giving Society
Suzanne M. McGovern, Giving Society
Harold S. Rhoads, Giving Society
Linda Roberts, in memory of Maria Lefkow Sorenson
Karolyn C Campbell & Michael Westbrook, a generous gift to the LWVOC Fund
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Todd C. Weaver, a generous gift to LWVOC Fund
Anonymous, in honor of Marjorie Lassoff
Anna and Karl Packham, generous gift to LWVOC Fund
Christine Kelly Bramuchi, in honor of Terry Gillam
Janet L. Zionek, Giving Society |
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Trudy M. Boston, in memory of her mother Barbara Balegno
Clare P. Durante, in recognition of the Nat'l Resources Committee
Barbara Lanning, in memory of Terry Gilliam for all her untiring work and grace
Nancy C. Flaherty, generous gift to LWVOC Fund
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Marelize Dingman
Candace Chemtob
Christine Gardner
Deborah Crouch
Debra Holt
Margaret Shyne Benson
Renee Becker
Sofia Cohen
Leslie Guerra-Associate member
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We extend a heartfelt WELCOME to our newest Hot Topics Silver Sponsor,
The Kindred Three. Thank you for your support! | Sponsors are vital to our work to empower voters by providing timely information for the benefit of non-partisan civic engagement in our community and we have a range of sponsorship levels available. To further explore how to become a sponsor, please contact LWVOC Vice President and Fund Development Chair Lee Rambeau Kemp HERE
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