Kay Rawlins: How do you establish a healthy and interactive community?

Orlando Business Podcast with Eric English

How do you establish a healthy and interactive community?

Kay Rawlins is the founder of Orlando City Soccer Club where she sits as the Vice President of community relations. Her drive to help Orlando’s community thrive awarded her the title of Businesswoman of the Year in 2016, yet this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Aside from her role as VP, Kay is involved with creating awareness around homelessness, children’s cancer, and child obesity. Her goal is to better her community and showcase how everyone can work together for the cause.

Kay focuses all of her endeavors on growing a close-knit community in Orlando, giving a TedX talk on the importance of city sports for city pride. From helping educate children on the health benefits of fruits and vegetables, to ensuring they have a safe place to exercise and play, she’s a woman with a mission to help others live a healthy, happy life.

In this episode, we will talk to Kay about her growth into a community leader, how she identifies problems and finds a solution and how she has chosen to view the failures she has encountered.

Connect with Kay:

Kay on Twitter

Kay on Facebook

Mentioned in this episode:

2016 Businesswoman of the Year: Kay Rawlins

Cardboard Stories

Kay’s Tedx Talk: City Sports is City Pride

Central Florida Commission on Homelessness

Florida Sports Foundation

The 4R Foundation

Cannonball Kids Cancer

Central Florida Foundation

Boys and Girls Club of Central Florida

Orlando City Foundation

Orlando City Soccer Club

Orlando Pride Team

Quotes

“[Soccer] is definitely a sport that brings people together in a way that I don’t think any other sport does.”

“I think that’s the attraction to the companies that join our organization. They know that community is the most important thing for us. And, it is.”

“Don’t think of them as failures, think of them as an experience that you can learn from.”