The lawyers and professional staff of Dean Mead share the responsibility and a commitment to enhance the communities in which we live and work. That is why we contribute time to a wide spectrum of community service projects. And, while many of us serve on boards and committees for various arts and civic organizations, our greatest passion is Education. Our goal is to support organizations that bring services, cultural arts and education to those who would not otherwise have access in an effort to enable those individuals to achieve their dream of a quality education.
Community Service Highlights
Dean Mead Helps College Of Medicine Reach Its Scholarship Goal (April 2008)
Dean Mead, a law firm with offices in Orlando, Fort Pierce and Viera, helped the University of Central Florida College of Medicine make history by becoming the first medical school in the country to offer scholarships to its entire charter class. Dean Mead endowed the College's first scholarship. Click here to read more.
Dean Mead Leads Scholarship Efforts at UCF College of Medicine (February 2008)
Dean Mead has taken a leadership role in the effort to provide scholarships to all 40 students of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine's charter class. Michael Minton, president of Dean Mead, is a founding member of the College's Scholarship Committee, a group of University officials and local professionals whose mission is to raise funds for the scholarships.
It was slightly more than a year ago, at an Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce Leadership Retreat, that Dean Deborah German shared an innovative vision for the up-and-coming UCF College of Medicine. At the retreat, two business leaders immediately stepped forward and made the first donations. A few months later an organized campaign to raise funds was launched. Dean Mead was one of the first organizations to announce at the retreat that it would fund not only a four-year scholarship, but also committed to endow a scholarship in perpetuity. Click here to read more.
Dean Mead Builds a House for Orlando Family (February 2008)
Members of Dean Mead's Community Service Team helped to improve the lives of an Orlando family by participating in a local home building project with Habitat for Humanity. More than a dozen Dean Mead lawyers and staff members volunteered their time on a recent weekend to paint and roof a house in the Pine Hills area of Orlando. The home will be occupied by a deserving local family. Click here to read more.
Dean Mead Spreads Holiday Cheer to Local Children (December 2007)
The attorneys and professional staff of Dean Mead brightened the lives of ten Orlando children this December when they provided clothing and toys to the Rock Lake Elementary students. The gifts were purchased with donations from Dean Mead employees and were distributed at the school by Melanie Shoemaker, an associate with the firm. Click here to read more.
Orlando Office Community Service Committee (December 2007)
The Orlando office has formed an informal committee of employees who are coordinating local fundraising and volunteer activities for members of Dean Mead. The group has selected two national and three local causes to support, including the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, The Russell Home, Coalition for the Homeless and Habitat for Humanity. Click here to read more.
Dean Mead Takes Leadership Role in Helping the University of Central Florida College of Medicine (June 2007)
Dean Mead is committed to education. Therefore, when presented with an opportunity to take a leadership role in helping the University of Central Florida establish a world class College of Medicine in our community, we jumped at the chance.
As a brand new medical school, it was recognized early on that, to attract well qualified applicants, there would have to be a special incentive. That is why Dr. Deborah German, dean of the College, made plans to award scholarships to all of the students in the charter class, which begins in the Fall of 2009. Dean Mead assumed an early leadership role in the scholarship campaign by participating as a founding member of the Scholarship Committee and funding a four year endowed scholarship. Click here to read more.
United Way of St. Lucie County (March 2007)
As part of his duties as chairman of the United Way of St. Lucie County, Dennis Corrick presided over that organization's Campaign Celebration in March 2007, attended by several hundred community and business leasers, in which the United Way announced that it had successfully met and exceeded its campaign goal, raising $1.88 million for United Way agencies.
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Communitywide Commitment
Dean Mead has a tradition of providing leaders for local professional and civic organizations. Our lawyers and staff are actively involved in their communities and support the following organizations and programs:
Education/Children's Organizations
• Indian River Community College SOAR Scholarship
• University of Central Florida College of Medicine Scholarship
• University of Florida College of Law Scholarship
• Florida Institute of Technology
• 4-H Foundation
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee Counties
• Boy Scouts of America
• Camp Boggy Creek
• Community Coordinated Care for Children (4C)
• Downs Syndrome Association
• Girl Scouts of the USA
• Give Hope Foundation
• Hebrew Day School
• Junior League of Greater Orlando Children's Programs
• Justice Teaching Program of the Florida Supreme Court
• Rotary Club Annual Dictionary Project
• St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
• Valencia Community College Paralegal Advising Committee
• Viera High School Academy of Business and Finance
• Young Lawyers' Division Backpack Project
• Young Professionals of the Treasure Coast Children's Service Projects
Community Organizations
• bioOrlando
• Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast
• Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando
• Kiwanis Club
• Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission
• Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Seniors First
• St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce
• United Way of St. Lucie County
• YMCA
