Community

As we reflect on the past and prepare for the future, we believe in the intent to Give Help + Offer Hope to others.

EQX Day is celebrated each year during the Spring and Fall Equinoxes. In the Fall, EQX Day is celebrated by selecting valued partners and donating to a charity of their choosing. In the Spring, we gather partners, friends, and colleagues to make a difference in our community.

Fall EQX Day 2024

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Friends of Wekiva River

We as Floridians understand the value of protecting, preserving, and restoring the Wekiva Water Basin. This organization promotes “Smart Growth” in development and oversight to ensure this habitat is protected for generations to come.

– Selected by Alex Bisbee, Executive Vice President, Partner, Insite Commercial Real Estate

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The Camaraderie Foundation

Camaraderie Foundation’s counseling services provide a transformative lifeline for military service members, veterans, and their families grappling with the invisible wounds of war. Their licensed, culturally competent therapists specialize in addressing the unique mental health challenges faced by our heroes, including PTSD, depression, anxiety, and relationship issues. By offering confidential, personalized, and compassionate support, the Foundation empowers individuals to regain control of their lives, restore hope, and foster resilience. The life-changing effects of their counseling services not only strengthen the mental well-being of those who have selflessly served our nation but also create a ripple effect of healing that extends to their loved ones and communities.

– Selected by Chris Quarles, Vice President of Real Estate, ABC Fine Wine & Spirits

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Coastal Conservation Association

The purpose of Coastal Conservation Association is to advise and educate the public on conservation of marine resources. The objective of CCA is to conserve, promote, and enhance the present and future availability of those coastal resources for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public. The CCA not only safeguards the rights of recreational fishermen but also actively engages in a variety of conservation projects. Their efforts include oyster bed restoration, creating artificial reefs, cleaning up algae buildup, restoring turtle grass, and combating red tide, among other initiatives.

– Selected by Jim Shannon, Shannon Surveying

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Spring EQX Day 2024

Nemours Children’s Hospital

March 28th, 2024

For this year’s Spring EQX Day, we had the opportunity to come together with Nemours Children’s Hospital. Nemours provides the medical care and research to improve children’s health for good, beyond medicine.

It is the annual tradition for Spring EQX Day where we typically serve in the community with our partners, friends, and colleagues in the business. This year however, Nemours offered us an opportunity to have a greater impact in a very small setting by spending time with the children and their parents and restocking playrooms with previously donated toys, creating celebration and birthday signs, and bagging items into individual giveaway bags. It was a very memorable and impactful day.

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Fall EQX Day 2023

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Place of Hope

Place of Hope provides services to children, youth, and families to end the cycles of abuse, neglect, homelessness, poverty, and human trafficking in our local communities. They prioritize sibling group placement that reunifies separated brothers and sisters. They provide shelter, actively enrich the lives of those involved, and encourage education, giving hope for their future.

– Selected by Ross Waters, Partner, Atlantic Retail

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Roof Above

Roof Above is focused on uniting the Charlotte community to end homelessness, one life at a time. This incredible organization provides a pathway to housing through its multitude of outreach and support programs; from serving lunch 365 days a year at its Day Services Center to renovating hotels for permanent supportive housing. Roof Above meets people where they are on their journey and establishes trust to build relationships with those in our community who need it the most. As Roof Above CEO Liz Clasen-Kelly has said, “Roof Above tells you what we do. Whether through our shelters or housing programs, we are committed to providing the safety, security, and dignity of a roof above everyone in our community.”

– Selected by Amy Johnson, Principal, Strata

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Water Mission

Water Mission’s efficient, best-in-class solutions bring safe water and the Living Water message of Jesus Christ to people around the world. Access to safe water changes lives, building health and hope. It creates educational and economic opportunities that break the cycle of poverty. Over 2 billion people around the world lack access to safe water. Water Mission has helped provide more than 8,000,000 people in 60 countries with lasting, safe water solutions. My wife and I have supported this organization with the belief that everyone should have access to clean water and provide support to a Christian-based Ministry.

– Selected by Matthew Livingston, Vice President of Real Estate, First Watch Restaurants

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Spring EQX Day 2023

United Against Poverty

With the arrival of the Spring Equinox, we once again selected a deserving charity within our Central Florida community. For Spring Equinox 2023, our friends and colleagues volunteered alongside us at United Against Poverty. UAP Orlando inspires and empowers people living in poverty to lift themselves and their families to economic self-sufficiency.

United Against Poverty
150 W Michigan St., Orlando, FL 32806
Friday, March 31, 2023  |  1:00-3:30 p.m.

Volunteer Tasks

  • Helping in the Grocery Center where qualified families shop for food and household needs
  • Sorting donated clothing and household items in the Member Marketplace
  • Taking inventory in their Emergency Food Pantry

In appreciation of your volunteerism, please join us for a Cocktail Hour after!
3:30-5:30 p.m.

RockPit Brewing
10 W. Illiana St., Orlando, FL 32806

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