{"id":49710,"date":"2025-11-17T12:27:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/49710\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:27:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:27:46","slug":"uncf-25th-annual-leaders-luncheon-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/49710\/","title":{"rendered":"UNCF 25th Annual Leader&#8217;s Luncheon &#8211; South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                      December 12, 2025                                  <\/p>\n<p>                                          Harbor Beach Marriott Resort Fort Lauderdale                                        <\/p>\n<p>3030 Holiday Dr.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Lauderdale,<\/p>\n<p>\tFL<\/p>\n<p>\t33316<\/p>\n<p>\tUnited States<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCF\" class=\"ico fa fa-facebook ico-facebook sharer-fb\" data-name=\"UNCF Donor Recognition: UNCF 25th Annual Leader\u2019s Luncheon \u2013 South Florida\" data-link=\"https:\/\/uncf.org\/events\/uncf-25th-annual-leaders-luncheon-south-florida\" data-description=\"The UNCF South Florida Leader&#039;s Luncheon will be held on Friday, December 12th, in the Ocean Ballroom, Marriott Harbor Beach Resort and Spa in Fort Lauderdale. There is a VIP photo session for sponsors with the keynote speaker from11:30 AM - noon, lunch begins at noon and Calvin Hughes, WPLG local 10 news anchor, serves as our emcee.\" data-picture=\"https:\/\/cdn.uncf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-Leaders-Luncheon_Hero-Banner-1920x6202-1-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n      Facebook<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNCF\" class=\"ico fa-brands fa-x-twitter ico-twitter sharer-tw\" data-tweet=\"UNCF 25th Annual Leader\u2019s Luncheon \u2013 South Florida\" data-url=\"https:\/\/uncf.org\/events\/uncf-25th-annual-leaders-luncheon-south-florida\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n      Twitter<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/uncf.org\/events\/mailto:?subject=UNCF%20Events&amp;body=The%20UNCF%20South%20Florida%20Leader%27s%20Luncheon%20will%20be%20held%20on%20Friday%2C%20December%2012th%2C%20in%20the%20Ocean%20Ballroom%2C%20Marriott%20Harbor%20Beach%20Resort%20and%20Spa%20in%20Fort%20Lauderdale.%20There%20is%20a%20VIP%20photo%20session%20for%20sponsors%20with%20the%20keynote%20speaker%20from11%3A30%20AM%20-%20noon%2C%20lunch%20begins%20at%20noon%20and%20Calvin%20Hughes%2C%20WPLG%20local%2010%20news%20anchor%2C%20serves%20as%20our%20emcee.%20https%3A%2F%2Funcf.org%2Fevents%2Funcf-25th-annual-leaders-luncheon-south-florida\" class=\"ico ico-email fa fa-envelope\" title=\"Share by email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n      Email<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>      Print<\/p>\n<p>\n          Add to Calendar\n        <\/p>\n<p>        2025-12-12 00:00:00<br \/>\n        America\/New_York<br \/>\n        UNCF 25th Annual Leader\u2019s Luncheon \u2013 South Florida<br \/>\n        The UNCF South Florida Leader&#8217;s Luncheon will be held on Friday, December 12th, in the Ocean Ballroom, Marriott Harbor Beach Resort and Spa in Fort Lauderdale. There is a VIP photo session for sponsors with the keynote speaker from11:30 AM &#8211; noon, lunch begins at noon and Calvin Hughes, WPLG local 10 news anchor, serves as our emcee.<br \/>\n                  Harbor Beach Marriott Resort Fort Lauderdale<\/p>\n<p>The 25th Annual UNCF South Florida fundraising Leader\u2019s Luncheon, has been a tradition initiated for UNCF by former Governor Jeb Bush to help raise funds to support UNCF-member colleges and universities and Florida\u2019s underrepresented students.<\/p>\n<p>This is the premier fundraising event held in four major Florida markets \u2013Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, and Tampa. These events allow UNCF to mobilize volunteers and corporate donors to support our mission.<\/p>\n<p>Former Broward County Mayor, Dale V. C. Holness serves as honorary chair, along with UNCF South Florida Leadership Council Chair, Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Thaddeus \u201cThad\u201d Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>                                      Highlights From Last Year&#8217;s Event                                   <\/p>\n<p>                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/cdn.uncf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luncheon-Pic_400.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/cdn.uncf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/UNCF_SFLuncheon_2024.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Event Leadership                                  <\/p>\n<p>                                                          UNCF Honorary Chair<br \/>\n                                                                                      <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/cdn.uncf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MIKE-RYAN-HEADSHOT_400.jpg\" alt=\"Mayor Michael J. Ryan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              Mayor Michael J. Ryan<br \/>\n                              City of Sunrise, FL                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>                                                          Honorary chair<br \/>\n                                                                                      <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/cdn.uncf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dale-V.C.-Holness_headshot-400.png\" alt=\"Dale V.C. Holness\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              Dale V.C. Holness<br \/>\n                              Former Broward County Mayor                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>                                                          UNCF Fundraising Chair<br \/>\n                                                                                      <img data-lazy=\"https:\/\/cdn.uncf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thaddeus_Hamilton_headshot-400-1.png\" alt=\"Thaddeus Hamilton\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              Thaddeus Hamilton<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"December 12, 2025 Harbor Beach Marriott Resort Fort Lauderdale 3030 Holiday Dr. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 United States&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-49710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49710","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=49710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}