Our Impact

The Myron L. Rolle Foundation (MLRF) has demonstrated a significant impact on the community in education, advocacy, policy and health through measurable outcomes. The foundation is the recipient of the “Champions for Children” Award by the State of Florida for outstanding service to the most at-risk pediatric communities. The foundation’s programs were widely accepted by the State of Florida Department of Children and Family Services as the cornerstone for the agency’s outreach initiatives.

1. MLRF has activated the youth and first time voters by conducting multiple engagement sessions at the University of Central Florida Orlando Campus that resulted in over 2,400 first-time registrations. 

·      In addition to general student population pop-ups, specific team presentations included men and women basketball, football, women rowing, women volleyball and track and field.

·      Organized an on-campus football game day registration.

·      Conducted a campus walk-about registration.

2. MLRF cares about food security for underserved populations and has done the following:

·      Drafted and preparing to submit legislation to the Florida Legislature requiring manufacturers to fortify corn masa.

·      Organized and ran food drives for underserved immigrant families of Orlando, Florida.

·      Alongside Orange County Early Learning Coalition, preparing to teach classes to new mothers with children 0-5yrs old about the importance of proper food intake for central nervous system development and cognitive functioning.

3. MLRF is involved in mental health awareness and service delivery. Partnering with the top mental health provider in central Florida, MLRF has done the following:

·      Supported mobile van delivery of care for disenfranchised communities.

·      Advocated for stronger mental health experts within local schools

·      Provided educational reading material and delivered brain health lectures to parents and children in underserved community centers

4. MLRF has impacted the sustainability of affordable housing efforts in Orange County, Florida through the following:

·      Functioned as the designated low income persons advocate of the Orange County Advisory Board for Affordable Housing

·      Supported the down payment assistance program for Orange County residents

·      Engaged with Orlando Habitat for Humanity in finding, securing and placing low income families in new affordable units.

5. MLRF has defined and assessed how gun laws create safer environments for children in Florida along with prevention of traumatic brain injury in unhelmeted accidents.

·      We drafted a keystone academic paper assessing morbidity and mortality of pediatric firearm injuries before and after the 2018 Parkland school shooting massacre which ushered in a wave of new Florida state gun laws.

·      Furthermore, we have provided access to free bicycle helmets and educational lectures to 150 impoverished children in inner city Orlando to prevent traumatic brain injury secondary to an unhelmeted crash.  Having operated on the brains of several children who were unprotected while riding a bike, preventative efforts through resources and knowledge are critical to life and brain preservation.

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