Scottish Rite Valley of Tallahassee
Philanthropy

Philanthropy

Children are tomorrow’s citizens and the hope for our world.

The value of this philanthropy has long been apparent. Thousands of youngsters across the state of Florida have been helped significantly. With the excellent work of dedicated clinicians and parents, the Scottish Rite Foundation of Florida, Inc. 501(c)(3), has achieved successes that could only be imagined a few years back. Children who might have remained educationally behind for a lifetime can now talk, read, and lead productive lives.

The Center for Speech and Learning created a wonderful video of testimonials from families directly benefiting from the Scottish Rite Foundation of Florida.  Please feel free to view and share this video.

TESTIMONIAL

My husband, Steve and I are the very proud parents of three wonderful children. Our eldest, James, who is now 23 years old, was born autistic. He began receiving the services of Speech therapy at All Children’s Hospital at the age of three. After approximately one year of therapy, it was clear that much more work was necessary, and our insurance carrier denied any further payments. That left us in the perplexing circumstance of desiring the very best for our son, yet not being in the position to supply the much-needed help merely due to a financial hardship. As you can well imagine, this was heart-breaking to us.

We were informed by All Children’s that there might be financial assistance available to us through your organization, The Scottish Rite. We were given the information, filled out the paperwork and quickly were notified that we qualified for a percentage of the costs. The gratefulness we have for this donation of “love” towards our son and his future cannot simply be expressed in this letter. It made all the difference in his life. Had he not received these services, it is entirely possible that James would not be the man he is today. Not only did he learn to speak clearly, but he learned to express his thoughts and ultimately became a voracious reader and speller. He is an avid historian, digesting book after book on his favorite subjects, WWI and WWII during all his free time. He graduated from high school, even took several college classes and has worked for Publix Grocery stores for 3 years. He is a respected and hardworking employee.

Our family thanks you from the bottom of our hearts. We talk kindly whenever given the opportunity to share about this organization that so generously assisted our family at a time of need. Thank you! We are eternally grateful.

Sincerely and gratefully,

Mona and the Tomlin Family (Steve, James, Melissa and Patrick)

Clinics

JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN’S OUTPATIENT CARE BRANDON
885 South Parsons Avenue
Brandon, FL 33511
813.436.5900

JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN’S OUTPATIENT FT. MYERS
4550 Colonial Boulevard
Ft. Myers, FL 33912
941.931.5700

UF SPEECH & AUDIOLOGY CENTER SHANDS HOSPITAL
1600 SW Archer Road, D2-055
Gainesville, FL 32608
352.273.5555

WOLFSON’S CHILDREN’S REHABILITATION
841 Prudential Drive, Suite 140
Jacksonville, FL 32207
904.346.0394

JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN’S OUTPATIENT CARE LAKELAND
3310 Lakeland Hills Boulevard
Lakeland, FL 33805
863.802.6600 ext. 6615

JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN’S OUTPATIENT CARE PASCO
4443 Rowan Road
New Port Richey, FL 34653
727.846.9900

CENTER FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE, LLC
5020 Goddard Avenue
Orlando, FL 32804
407.299.1533

REHABILITATION CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS, INC.
300 Royal Palm Way
Palm Beach, FL 33480
561.655.7266

GULF COAST REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
449 W 23rd Street
Panama City, FL 32405
850.769.8341

BAPTIST HOSPITAL
1717 North E Street
Pensacola, FL 32501
850.434.4957

JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN’S OUTPATIENT CARE SARASOTA
5881 Rand Boulevard
Sarasota, FL 34238
941.927.8805

JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL SPEECH LANGUAGE FEEDING
880 6th Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727.892.4141 or 800.888.9794

L.L. SCHENDEL SPEECH AND HEARING CLINIC
201 West Bloxham Street.
Tallahassee, FL 32306
850.644.2238

JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN’S OUTPATIENT CARE TAMPA
12220 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33612
813.631.5014