Half a century of forging futures.
For over fifty years, Frontline Outreach has served the youth and families of Washington Shores and greater Orlando — each generation of leadership rising to meet what the community required, exactly at that moment.
A safe place to be born
Dr. James R. Smith, one of only five Black physicians serving a 40,000-person dispersed community, opened a hygienic 'Lying-In Hospital' for African American women.
Florida's first Black-owned S&L
Dr. Smith helped found Florida's first and only Black-owned savings and loan during Central Florida's racial segregation.
W.S.A.R. is born
He rallied the board of Washington Shores Federal Savings & Loan to purchase and renovate the burned Roosevelt Bowling Lanes — establishing the Washington Shores Association for Recreation to address childcare and community needs.
Frontline Outreach Inc.
What began as W.S.A.R. has grown into a comprehensive youth-empowerment organization serving thousands of Orlando families with mentorship, athletics, entrepreneurship and academic programs.