Community Service

At Jill S. Schwartz & Associates, we believe that giving back to the community is vitally important.   Our Community Action Team meets regularly to discuss the most significant areas of need in the Central Florida area. The Firm’s attorneys and staff devote significant time and resources to over a dozen charitable organizations each year including:

bullet United Way of Central Florida

  • Women’s Leadership Council member
  • Women’s Leadership Council Chair (2015-2017)
  • Literacy Book Drive

 

bullet Hospice of the Comforter

  • Past Board of Directors
  • Organizer and Chairperson of annual Life.Art.Music event (2003-2010), raising several million dollars for the building of Central Florida’s first inpatient facility for end-of-life care

 

bullet Harbor House of Central Florida

  • Board of Directors
  • Purple Door Luncheon Co-Chair and sponsor
  • Paws for Peace Co-Chair and sponsor

 

bullet Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center

  • Board of Directors
  • Dinner of Tribute Committee

 

bullet Orlando Ballet

  • Past Board of Directors
  • Personnel Committee
  • Advisory Council

 

bullet American Heart Association

  • Circle of Red
  • Go Red Luncheon Co-Chair

 

bullet Boy and Girls Town

  • Past Board of Directors
  • Annual holiday wish list fulfillment

 

bullet Ronald McDonald House

  • Annual preparation of care packages for patients and families
  • Serving dinner to patients and families

 

bullet Central Florida Women’s Resource Center

  • Summit Award Selection Committee
  • Sponsor of annual Summit Award event

 

bullet Legal Aid, Orange County Bar Association

  • Gala Chair 2013, 2014, 2015
    benefitting the Legal Aid Society and the Orange County Bar Foundation

 

bullet Second Harvest Food Bank

  • Staff members volunteer delivering services

 

bullet Women’s Residential and Counseling Center

  • Sponsor event and volunteer at Halloween party for disadvantaged children

 

bullet Wekiva Wilderness Trust

  • Past Board of Directors
  • Co-Sponsor of Wekiwa Springs Fall Fest

 

bullet Jobs Partnership of Florida

  • Staff members volunteer for LifeWorks Training program to deliver job coaching to displaced and disadvantaged workers

 

bullet Jewish National Fund

  • Board of Directors

 

bullet National Multiple Sclerosis Society

  • MS 150 bike ride annual sponsor