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WINTER PARK, Fla. (April 2, 2012) -- Professors and leaders at Seminole State College's Nursing Program are preparing future heroes to provide critical care in the health care field. In recognition of these educators who teach these vital skills, the Nursing Program was honored March 29 as a Holler Driver's Mart Hero.
 
Innovation is key to education at SSC. Indeed, its Nursing Program received the 2011 Florida Chancellor's Best Practice Award for its use of patient simulation and advanced lab techniques to train nurses. These simulation tools not only better prepares future nurses to pass the state licensing exam, but to properly and efficiently treat patients in health care facilities. Representing the program during Orlando Predators College Night were instructors Carlos Ovalle (from left, above), Laura Aromando and Maureen Tremel, and president of the Student Nurse Association, Cathy Centurion (in pink shirt).

WINTER PARK, Fla. (May 2, 2012) - Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Valeria Brown are heroes to hundreds of Central Florida students, using creativity and persistence in their classrooms at Freedom High School and Jackson Heights Middle School. These outstanding teachers, who recently were named Orange County Teacher of the Year and Seminole County Teacher of the Year respectively, now have another honor to add to their roll: Holler Driver's Mart Hero.
 
Wondemagegnehu is a chorus instructor at Freedom High, where he has built an award-winning music program in just four years. Brown teaches language arts at Jackson Heights, frequently using supplemental materials such as movies and video games to engage students in stories.
 
Holler Driver's Mart honored the teachers at a recent Orlando Predators game.

WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 15, 2012) -- Holler Driver's Mart recently kicked off its fifth year of honoring community heroes -- individuals and organization that make a difference in Central Florida -- by saluting the Christian Service Center at the Orlando Predator's home opener.
 
Led by Executive Director Robert Stuart (pictured), the Christian Service Center works tirelessly to combat homelessness and poverty and restore hope to families and individuals throughout the community who are struggling financially and emotionally. The nonprofit organization has provided essential services to those in need, including food, clothing and counseling, for four decades. Stuart, who also is a City of Orlando commissioner, has steered the Christian Service Center over the past 16 years.