{"id":223531,"date":"2026-04-08T15:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/223531\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:49:29","slug":"foliage-sertoma-sponsors-apopka-serves-and-lifeboat-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/223531\/","title":{"rendered":"Foliage Sertoma sponsors Apopka Serves and Lifeboat Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"css-filter size-large bricks-lazy-hidden\" alt=\"From left to right: Chad Creech from the Apopka Serves Foundation, Foliage Sertoma Club of Apopka president Eric Mock, The Lifeboat Project's Emese Asztalos, and Piros Pazaurek of The Lifeboat Project.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Web-Photo-36-1024x683.png\" data-type=\"string\" data- \/>From left to right: Chad Creech from the Apopka Serves Foundation, Foliage Sertoma Club of Apopka president Eric Mock, The Lifeboat Project&#8217;s Emese Asztalos, and Piros Pazaurek of The Lifeboat Project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"media-credit\">Courtesy of Bev Winesburgh<\/p>\n<p>The Foliage Sertoma Club of Apopka donated a total of $1,250 to two local charities at its Tuesday meeting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Foliage Sertoma donated $1,000 to The Lifeboat Project, a local nonprofit supporting survivors of human trafficking. The Apopka Serves Foundation received the other $250, continuing Foliage Sertoma\u2019s partnership with the nonprofit\u2019s various programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFoliage Sertoma Club of Apopka\u2019s mission is to be a service to mankind, and we believe giving to The Lifeboat Project helps meet their needs and honors our mission,\u201d said Foliage Sertoma president Eric Mock in a text message to The Apopka Chief. \u201cFoliage Sertoma Club of Apopka is [also] proud to work alongside and offer a small financial gift to Apopka Serves Foundation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Foliage Sertoma\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/foliage-sertoma-opens-nominations-for-annual-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">nomination period<\/a>\u00a0for its 2026 Service to Mankind Honoree\u00a0remains\u00a0open through April 10. Those wishing to\u00a0submit\u00a0a nomination may find the\u00a0form at <a href=\"http:\/\/foliagesertoma.org\/forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">foliagesertoma.org\/forms\/<\/a>. Foliage Sertoma will honor selected individuals at an April 28 community dinner at the Fran Carlton Center.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2-1.png\"  class=\"multiple_authors_guest_author_avatar avatar\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/>                                                                                                                                                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>Sarah Merly is an editorial assistant and reporter for The Apopka Chief. She joined the Chief in May 2025 after graduating from Patrick Henry College&#8217;s journalism program in Washington, D.C. In her spare time, Sarah loves watching rom-coms, visiting Disney, and throwing parties.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                <a class=\"ppma-author-user_email-profile-data ppma-author-field-meta ppma-author-field-type-email\" aria-label=\"Email\" href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/mailto:smerly@theapopkachief.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From left to right: Chad Creech from the Apopka Serves Foundation, Foliage Sertoma Club of Apopka president Eric&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-223531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}