LEAVE A LEGACY© Donor Next Door Luncheon to Honor Eduardo Padrón, City Year’s Saif Ishoof

MIAMI - May 12, 2014 - PRLog -- MIAMI - LEAVE A LEGACY^© (http://www.leavealegacymiami.org/) will honor Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padrón with the Community Champion Award at the 16^th Annual Donor Next Door Luncheon at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 15 at Parrott Jungle Island, 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail.

LEAVE A LEGACY^© established the Community Champion Award to honor individuals who contribute to the non-profit community and have shown a great commitment to Miami-Dade County through their activism to help the community’s most vulnerable.

Padrón, who was named one of the top 10 college presidents in the United States by Time Magazine, is known for revolutionizing the role of a community college by raising academic standards, offering four-year degrees and a competitive honors program. Today Miami Dade College has more than 170,000 students and graduates more minorities than any other college in the country.

At the Donor Next Door luncheon, City Year Miami Executive Director Said Ishoof will receive the Ruth Shack Leadership Award, which is given to an emerging leader who represents the qualities of ethics, dedication and service embodied by The Miami Foundation’s former president. City Year Miami currently works with students in 17 public schools – elementary, middle and senior high - in Miami-Dade County.

“At City Year, we want to challenge the culture of philanthropy in Miami,” said Isoof, who has been leading the organization since spring 2009.  “We need their support to double our impact and play a bigger role in the lives of more students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.”

The Donor Next Door Luncheon will also honor leading patrons for their philanthropy to 31 charities

Event Details

What: 16^th Annual Donor Next Door Luncheon hosted by LEAVE A LEGACY^®, a program of the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning

When: 11 a.m., Thursday, May 15
Where: Jungle Island, 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail

Why: To honor the work of leading non-profit donors and volunteers.

Cost: Tickets are $65 each and tables $650

RSVP: Call 305.379.080

Participating Nonprofits

Baptist Health South Florida Foundation

Barry University

Casa Valentina

Catalyst Miami

The Miami Foundation
Florida International University

Dade Heritage Trust, Inc.

Diabetes Research Foundation
The Education Fund

Feeding South Florida

The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Health Foundation of South Florida
HistoryMiami

Jewish Community Services of South Florida

Joshua’s Heart Foundation

Miami Children’s Health Hospital Foundation

Miami Dade College Foundation

Miami Jewish Health Systems

Miami Lighthouse for the Blind

Miami Rescue Mission/Broward Outreach Center

New World School of the Arts

Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast

Sunrise Community Inc.

Special Olympics Florida, Miami-Dade County

Switchboard of Miami, Inc.

Take Stock in Children

Teach for America

University of Miami

Voices for Children

The Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade County

Zoological Society of Miami

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LEAVE A LEGACY^© is a program of the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning (formerly Planned Giving Council) of Miami-Dade, comprised of non-profit leaders and allied business professionals involved in estate and financial planning, whose mission is to promote philanthropy in our community. For more information, visit LeaveALegacyMiami.org.

LEAVE A LEGACY^© SPONSORS

Presenting Sponsor: Baptist Health South Florida Foundation

Program Sponsors: Chase Marketing Group, The Miami Foundation, The Northern Trust Company, United Way of Miami-Dade

Sustaining Sponsor: Partnership for Philanthropic Planning of Miami-Dade

Sustaining Sponsors: Akerman Senterfitt, Fiduciary Trust International, Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation, Morris Family Foundation, University of Miami