Mission
LLF has over 20 proprietary programs with 90 partner facilities, including, but not limited to, homeless shelters, hospitals, Title 1 schools, and youth centers. LLF’s programs include Fit Club at Big Brothers Big Sisters, Story Hour at Chapman Partnership, Adopt a Meal at Ronald McDonald Hour, Activity Hour at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Move & Groove at Girl Power Rocks, Craft Night at Lotus House, and more! LLF also holds annual Specialty Programs which serve thousands of children and families at a time and bring together hundreds of volunteers. These include LLF’s Back to School, Children’s Halloween Party and Holiday Toy Distribution, among others.
Goals
As South Florida’s top volunteer organization, LLF aims to continue expanding our reach and remain the leader in volunteerism.
Our goals are to:
- Bring smiles and impactful experiences to the underprivileged youth of South Florida
- Fulfill our mission with proprietary programming and concepts with the support of like-minded partners and individuals
- Create accessible and diverse volunteer opportunities for those actively looking to donate their time
History
In 2004, LLF Founder Robert Sena moved from New York City to Miami and operated the Miami chapter of his favorite New York City-based organization. In 2010, he decided it was in the best interest of the facilities and children he served in the Miami area to create an organization based and operated in South Florida. Recruiting the help of active LLF board members and co-founders Aaron Resnick and Charlie Venturi, LLF was born in January 2010. LLF then launched its first program, Adopt-a-Meal, at Ronald McDonald House Charities (“RMHC”) where volunteers serve meals to the families of children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals.
Since then, LLF has grown in strides and aims to make volunteer opportunities accessible for those who are ready and willing to give their time. We encourage individuals who are looking for a way to invest in their community to volunteer at our programs. Any LLF volunteer will tell you there is no feeling comparable to positively impacting a child’s day, year or even their life. The feeling of gratification is inarguably two-fold, as volunteers leave our programs feeling just as fulfilled as the children do.
We hope you’ll come see LLF’s impact for yourself by signing up for one of our programs today!
Co-Founders & Board of Directors
Aaron Resnick, a graduate of Leadership Miami, is a leader in the Miami’s legal and cultural arts scene and the managing partner of the Law Offices of Aaron Resnick, P.A. Mr. Resnick was awarded the “Shining Star” Award by the Arts & Business Council of Miami, Inc. This award each year honors the top Miami business professional supporting the arts and cultural community. Mr. Resnick was the founding chairperson of the Friends of the New World Symphony, and now serves permanently on its Executive Committee. He also sat on the Board of Directors for the Miami Design Preservation League for over 10 years.
He has served on the executive committee for numerous young patron groups in South Florida including, but not limited to: Best Buddies of South Florida, Big Brothers Big Sister’s Impact Circle, Art Crowd of the Bass Museum, the Green Room Society for the Center for Performing Arts, the Tropees of the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, the Jewish Legal Society of Miami, and the MOCA Shakers amongst others. He is also active in local, state and national politics. He is a Regional Board Member of the Maccabi World Union and a member of the Ben Gurion Society of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. Currently, he is a member of the Silver Director’s Circle for the Bass Museum, the Leadership’s Circle for the Museum of Contemporary Art (Miami), the Maestro’s Circle for the Friends of the New World Symphony, and a Supporting Member of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts (and a member of the Green Room Society). Professionally, Mr. Resnick is an attorney, who honed his craft at one of Florida’s oldest and most prestigious firms, Gunster Yoakley, before starting his own boutique law firm in 2005 with offices now in Miami, Boca Raton, Gainesville/Ocala, Jacksonville and New York City.
Mr. Resnick is admitted to all of the state and federal courts in Florida and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Resnick’s law practice concentrates on business and commercial litigation, real estate, and sports and entertainment law. His current practice also includes the personal representation of a number of current and former professional athletes in the National Football League, the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball, as well as members of the arts, fashion and entertainment world. Mr. Resnick himself is an avid collector of art, and is in a partnership with a famous celebrity photographer promoting and marketing his photographs, www.artofthenight.com. Mr. Resnick has lectured on art fraud and is in the process of writing a book related to some of the major art fraud cases of the 20th century. In addition to being an attorney, Mr. Resnick is one of the owners of Faction Capital, LLC, a distressed asset consulting firm, and AJAX Entertainment, LLC, a marketing company targeting young professionals and patrons of the cultural arts.
Robert Sena has proudly called Miami Beach home since 2004. He earned his B.A. in Business Management from Gettysburg College before pursuing a Master of Science in Real Estate at New York University, where he specialized in Development. Today, Rob is the founder and owner of a successful payment processing company. Deeply committed to community service, he volunteered with a New York-based nonprofit organization from 2002 to 2009, before establishing the Little Lighthouse Foundation
Charlie Venturi is one of the few South Beach natives you will ever meet. He was born at Mount Sinai Hospital and currently resides in Bay Harbor. Charlie attended Emory University with Aaron Resnick and works as the managing director of LIVE IT Productions International. Charlie’s boutique event firm specializes in LIVE musical event production all over the world.
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