The Monique Burr Foundation for Children (MBF) proudly announces its 2023 Dream Finders Homes Champions for Child Safety Pro Am Golf Tournament, presented by AT&T, Impact Landscaping and Irrigation, and MJC Land Development, raised $457,000 to support MBF Prevention Education …

[Read more →]

Tanya Ramos-Puig (photo credit: David Lang)

The Monique Burr Foundation for Children (MBF) is proud to announce the appointment of changemaker and education equality advocate Tanya Ramos-Puig as Chief Executive Officer. Building on MBF’s 25-year history of protecting children, Ramos-Puig …

[Read more →]

The Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc. (MBF) is proud to present “Let’s Talk About Thrivers,” an educational webinar with Dr. Michele Borba, Ed.D.

…

[Read more →]

From left, Jim Furyk, MG Orender, Ed Burr and Mark McCumber

The Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc. (MBF) proudly announces $300,000 was raised at the Dream Finders Homes (of Northeast Florida) MBF Champions for Child Safety Pro Am Golf …

[Read more →]

The Monique Burr Foundation for Children (MBF) successfully rolled out their MBF After School Safety Matters^® program – an addition to their already successful comprehensive, research and evidence-based/evidence-informed programs, MBF Child Safety Matters^®, MBF Teen Safety Matters…

[Read more →]

The Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc. (MBF) proudly announces the annual MBF Champions for Child Safety Pro Am Golf Tournament presented by Lennar. The tournament is Tuesday, Dec. 8, at The Palencia Club in St. Augustine. The tournament’s Pairings …

[Read more →]

Funding to aid in development and piloting of MBF Teen Safety Matters®: High School Edition

[Read more →]

Monique Burr Foundation for Children and LENNAR Hosts 21st Annual Champions for Child Safety Pro Am Golf Tournament Presented by Drummond. Pro and amateur golfers joined forces to benefit child safety and prevention education programs.

[Read more →]

Two decades after his mother’s tragic death led to the creation of the Monique Burr Foundation for Children’s (MBF) Foundation in her name, Austin Burr is carrying on her legacy by joining the Board of Directors. Austin will attend his first board meeting Tuesday, Nov. 14 at MBF’s Jacksonville headquarters, 7807 Baymeadows Road E. Suite 202. A Senior Audit Associate and Certified Public Accountant at KPMG in Jacksonville, Austin will join his father, MBF founder Edward E. Burr, on the board. Ed Burr established the Monique Burr Foundation in 1997, on the one-year anniversary of his wife’s death. By then, Austin was 6 and his brother Garrison was 3. Monique Burr had been revered as a compassionate children's advocate and the founder of a nationally recognized nursing and day-care program for sick and disabled kids, the PALS Center.

[Read more →]

Parents, teachers and students now have a one-stop online resource to use during National Bullying Prevention Month, thanks to a new website and initiative launched this week by the Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc. The #KindVibes website, KindVibes.org, and campaign encourages students, parents, and teachers to learn how to recognize bullying and deal with it in positive, constructive ways. Students are encouraged to counter bullying by doing acts of kindness throughout October. They can then share their activities by using the hashtag on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

[Read more →]