{"id":379761,"date":"2026-08-24T15:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/379761\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T15:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:18:12","slug":"chamber-event-to-benefit-a-wekiva-hs-student-leadership-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/379761\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber event to benefit a Wekiva HS student leadership program\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce will host a Business After Hours event Thursday, Aug. 27, benefiting a student leadership program at Wekiva High School.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event will run from 6-8 p.m. at Hurricane Grill &amp; Wings Apopka, 2209 E. Semoran Blvd. It is open to local business owners, professionals and community leaders interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/business-community-celebrates-women-in-leadership-with-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">networking and making connections<\/a> within the Apopka business community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A portion of checks during the event will be donated to Lighthouse Leaders, a student-led program at Wekiva High. The program promotes student leadership, mental-health advocacy and an inclusive school environment under the guidance of school social worker Taylor McGowan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Become A Member<\/p>\n<p>The Apopka Chief does not have a paywall, but pavement-pounding journalism is not free. Join your neighbors who make this vital work possible.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"in-article__cta\" class=\"ct-link-button btn--m btn--secondary mdn-support-button\" href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/become-a-member?ref=in_article_cta\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">See Member Benefits<\/a><a class=\"ct-link-button btn--m btn--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/newsletter-signup?ref=in_article_cta\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Join Our Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attendees are encouraged to bring business cards and may invite colleagues. The chamber has requested that participants RSVP in advance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration and additional information are available through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apopkachamber.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce will host a Business After Hours event Thursday, Aug. 27, benefiting a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-379761","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\/379761","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=379761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}