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Our 2024 Portal will Open in March.
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Kids’ Chance believes that we can make a significant difference in the lives of all children affected by a workplace injury by helping them pursue and achieve their educational goals.
KCFL 3rd Annual Golf Tournament
Held on Sunday, August 20, 2023 at Hawks Landing at the Orlando World Center Marriott.
Thank you WCI for allowing us to be part of your 77th Conference.
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“Kids’ Chance of Florida is honored to partner with WCI for the third year in a row. The 3rd Annual Kids’ Chance Golf Tournament of course includes a great day spent with industry colleagues at the fantastic Marriott Hawk’s Landing course, but it also allows our participants to make a real impact on the lives of so many deserving young people seeking to achieve their educational dreams. We all know how challenging it is these days to fund a college education. Imagine what it is like for a family where mom or dad has suffered a workplace injury that limits, or even completely eliminates their ability to provide for their families? I urge you to join us as a player, a sponsor, or both. The event sells out every year so please do not wait!”
Bill Rogner, Esq.
KCFL President
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Who Are We?
Kids’ Chance of Florida, Inc. was incorporated on December 1, 2015. It’s Founding Board represented a dynamic cross section of professionals and interested parties. KCFL has enjoyed adding to the success of the Kids’ Chance chapters across the country.
Since its founding in 2015, Kids’ Chance of Florida, Inc. has awarded 57 scholarship totaling $248,000 and has a current graduation rate of 100%. Kids’ Chance believes that we can make a significant difference in the lives of all children affected by a workplace injury by helping them pursue and achieve their educational goals. In 2022, over $36,000 were awarded to 9 individual scholarships. The average scholarship was $4,600 per student.
Kids’ Chance of Florida, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization by professionals who have an affiliation with workers’ compensation in our state. We are governed by an all-volunteer board, and raises funds for scholarships through donations from individuals, corporations, foundations, the United Way, and other organizations active in workers’ compensation matters.
How it all Started
Robert Clyatt, a workers’ compensation attorney from Valdosta, Georgia, founded the first Kids’ Chance organization in 1988. Through his work, he had witnessed the life-shattering impact that a serious workplace injury had on the children of seriously or fatally injured workers, who were now faced with the difficulty of having to fund their own education.With the assistance of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Georgia Bar, Bob Clyatt incorporated Kids’ Chance of Georgia and began raising money to fund educational scholarships for the children of injured Georgia workers, so that they could pursue their educational goals. Kids’ Chance of Georgia began reaching out to other states and encouraged and assisted them in establishing their own Kids’ Chance organizations. Thanks to their efforts, states have organized Kids’ Chance programs that are actively providing need-based scholarships to the families of seriously injured workers, and new Kids’ Chance organizations are being formed each year.
Since our early beginnings, Kids’ Chance has grown and evolved, and we have become a diverse group of employers, insurers, labor, state government, medical care providers, and both plaintiff and defense attorneys, who are working together to make a difference in the lives of all children affected by a workplace injury by helping them achieve their educational dreams.
Our team at FCBI, we’d like to extend our sincerest gratitude to all of our vendors, agents, trustees and policyholders who participated in our annual virtual auction and fundraiser to support KCFL! Only with your support are we able to have such success.
Kids’ Chance of Florida provides educational scholarships to children of critically and fatally injured workers.
We are pleased to announce that, in partnership with Kids’ Chance, our recent drive raised over 9k! Plus, FCBI is now recognized as a Scholarship Level Partner with this outstanding organization. 🎓
Pictured are Geoff Bichler, Board Member of Kids’ Chance, and Debra Ruedisili, CEO of FCBI.
Thank you to our major sponsors for their continued support and commitment.
