The Souper Douper is IDignity’s annual fundraiser! This year our goal is to raise $150,000 with your help! This fundraiser will allow us to help others understand and support the critical work IDignity does by helping to restore hope and dignity by assisting individuals in obtaining their identification documents.
When is the Souper Douper?*
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
Sheraton Orlando North Hotel
600 N Lake Destiny Drive, Maitland Fl 32751
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
*By invite only
2024 Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service
Watch the 2024 Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service for Central Florida by clicking here.
Below is the list of names who were honored during the service.
Joshua Alegarbes
Heriberto Aponte
Mykel Arnold
Edgar Baez
Amandalee (Mandy) Barber-Delano
Delaney Barnes
Paul Barnes
James Beasley
Raymond Belschner
Ginger Bingham
Michael Boudreau
Robbie Brown
Edwin Bryant
Alicia Carmona
Eugene Carrasco
Bernice Cauthen
Caleb Chandler
Ronnie Compton
Billy Conger
Charles Corle
Joseph Dalzell
Nichole Daniels
Harold Davis
John Davis
Shirley Devine
Hector Diaz Delgado
Terrance Dunn
Gilbert Edgar
Kyle Ehmke
Maurice Ellis
Fatia Flowers
Daniel Gainey
Jose Garcia
Andrew Gelber
Terrill Golding
Jennifer Gomez
Vincent Goodman
Jose Goyco Torres
Joseph Graney
Gaynell Hall
Jeffrey Hardenstine
Carl Hardison
Donald Hawkins
Raymond Hess
Melvin Hicks
Alicia Hill
Brett Houseman
Mark Huckaba
Leonard Hutcheson
Jose Ingles
Louis Izzo
Frank Jackson
Scott Jarvis
Justin Jensen
Ivra Jones
Robert Kassabaum
Paulyah Kaufman
Barbara Kelley
Brian Kettinger
Lane King
Thomas Kotel
Ericka Lawrence
Charamonte Lawson
Christopher Lawson
Thomas Lawson
Robert Lee
Sardal Leonard
David (Dave) Lippincott
Grant Maffett
Rodrick Maring
Benjamin Massey
Sean McCrae
Wanda McRae
Muriel Mendenhall
Warner Neal
Lesli Neale
Jumal Nelson
Steven Parker
Cheyenne Patten
Robert Pedraza
Pablo Pena Rivero
Scott William Perry
Marco Phillips
Rashelly Pinnock
Anthony Plotkin
Marlene Pringle
Steven Prissel
Brenda Reynolds
Sandra Richmond
Travis Rimes
Reimon Rivera
Andereri Roubel
Eddie Lee Rouse Jr
Susan Rowe
Claude Fred Saul
Robert Sawyer
Michael Scott
Henrietta Sealey
Tyler Shephard
Latoya Smith
Matthew Smith
Stephanie Smith
Timothy Smith
John Snyder
William Stabler
Daniel Stephens
Vincent (Vinny) Stumbo
Branon Jack Suomumaki
Eddie Thomas
Mark Thompson
Talmadge Thompson
Richard Tobin
Pamela Torres
Carlos Torres Cardona
Jaeson Turner
Jeffrey Vandermark
Jesus Vazquez Arce
Frank Jimmy Washington
Penny Watts
Thomas Werner
Amir Wesley
James White
Deborah Williams
Stephanie Williams
Mary Wood
Matthew Worth
Margaret Wyatt
Raymond Yarn
Timothy Zimmerman
Steven Zittle
Volunteer Appreciation Event 2024
April is National Volunteer Month, and to celebrate our outstanding volunteers, IDignity hosted a get-together at Azalea Lodge in Mead Botanical Gardens! We were able to share our love and gratitude for our volunteers’ dedication to IDignity’s mission, compassion, and generosity. Volunteers celebrated the night with good food, great company, and lots of laughs. Check out the photo gallery below!
Thank you to every single volunteer; you are the heart of IDignity!
Watch IDignity’s Annual Souper Douper Fundraiser and hear Karelyn’s story of determination, hope, and identity. With your help IDignity is able to help thousands more like Karelyn, and bring awareness to the barrier that is the lack of legal identification. A barrier that leaves many with no way to obtain employment, proper healthcare, food, access to their bank account, and much more.
To donate click HERE! Help us reach our goal of $100,000, the equivalent of 4,000 Florida State ID cards. Share this with your friends, family, and colleagues! Together, we can restore dignity and hope by providing identification.
2022 Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service
Wednesday, December 14th of 2022 we held the annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in Heritage Square Park, outside of the Orange County Regional History Center. The service was a beautiful remembrance of our neighbors who passed in 2022 while on the streets. In many cases, this service is the only commemoration of their life and their passing. The service is always held near December 21st, the longest night of the year, in recognition of the difficulties that nighttime causes for those who have no home. For those who were unable to attend, you can watch the service by clicking here. Below are photos taken during the service. Thank you to all who attended both in-person and virtually.
2020 Central Florida Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service
Please join us to remember and recognize the lives of persons who died this year in Central Florida after having experienced homelessness. During the service, names of homeless persons who died in 2020 will be read aloud, a bell will ring and a dove will be placed on a memorial tree to recognize and pay tribute to our neighbors who died on the streets or in emergency shelters.
*MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING ARE REQUIRED*
Location: Heritage Square Park | 65 E. Central Blvd. Orlando, FL 329801
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Attire: Casual dress preferred. Come as you are. All are welcome.
Parking: Metered street parking is available along surrounding streets. Hourly parking is also available in the garage on Central Blvd., across from the public library. Additional hourly parking is available on the corner of Washington and Magnolia.
Lymmo Bus: The free Lymmo bus has Orange Line and Grapefruit Line stops across the street from Heritage Square Park, located at the corner of Central and Magnolia.
2019 Central Florida Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service
Today we honored the lives of persons who died this year in Central Florida after having experienced homelessness.
During the service, names of homeless persons who died in 2019 will be read aloud, and a candle will be lit to recognize and pay tribute to our neighbors who died on the streets or in emergency shelters.
This candlelight service is always held near December 21, the longest night of the year, in recognition of the difficulties that nighttime causes for those who have no home. Similar services were held in more than 125 cities across the nation, providing the respect and honor the passing of any life deserves. In many cases, this service will be the only commemoration of their passing.
The Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service has been held in Central Florida since 2002. Each year the names of those lost from Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties are read and a candle is lit in their honor. Historically, there were individuals whose names were not available and thus a candle could only be lighted for a John or Jane Doe. Due to the efforts of our community to ensure that everyone has access to their legal identification documents, we are able to provide the dignity of reciting the name of every individual who has passed.
We are grateful to everyone who came out to honor these lives. A list of those we honored is provided below.
Woodrow Acres Trevor Ayton Teresa Bales Daniel Barnes Howard Beard Newton Becket Judith Binkley Richard Bishop Walter L. Brown Scott Brady Daniel Branch Robert Brin David Brinklow Robert Burchfield Debra Ann Campbell Michael Carter Mary Anne Castillo John Colman Bonnie Cooke Carlos Cosey Mike Creger David Earl Crowe Timothy DeJean Elvin Delgado Darryl Dozier Mindy Engstrom Harold Ford Brittany Fox Tracy Anne Fraser Donald Freymoyer Patti Grossman Kimberly Hand Jason Hartshorne Lawrence Holden James Henry Hopson Patrick Houle Jeffrey Hudson Larry Jackson WIlliam Joseph James Kearce Zac Kennedy Dawn Klenk Georgia Landers Bernard Leighton Carol Lutz Robert Mauck Robert “Road Dog” McConnell Lynette McPherson Catherine Elaine Merck James Ronnie Miller Nelson Montero Ivan “Dick” Morgan Qawi Muhammed Jerry Noel Timothy Noffsinger Axel Oquendo Javier Mike Pastore Ida May Pesole Michael Stapler Dean Stearns David Steele Timothy Turner Gladys Velez Ernest Ward Christopher Alan Washington Stephen Weimer Eugene West Warren Whisonant James L. Wilson Paul Anthony Wright William Yocum
