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Dr. Phillip Phillips’ first visit to Central Florida was in 1894 but it was short lived. Freezing temperatures that year destroyed his newly purchased orange grove only to have him return to his Tennessee home. His return to Florida in 1897 to his 5,000 acres he purchased in Osceola County led to an empire of citrus groves and two packing houses.
In 1905, Dr. Phillips, nicknamed “Doc Phillips” purchased a grove on the south side of Sand Lake. Ultimately, this land would become the site of the Orlando Regional Sand Lake Hospital, which was renamed in 2006 as The Dr. P. Phillips Hospital. It wasn’t just the value of the 5,000 acres of citrus groves that led to Doc Phillips sucess but the innovations that the company incorporated in the packaging and processing of orange juice.
As the family business grew, Dr. Phillips sought out help from the Bahamas and established housing for the workers in the Dr. Phillips community. In 1950, Dr. Phillips recognized that black citizens lacked basic health care and was instrumental in establishing the Dr. Phillips Memorial Hospital. His son, Howard Phillips, having graduated from Harvard, worked alongside his father and encouraged two black doctors to relocate to Orlando to establish their practice. The Dr. Phillips family has a rich history in Central Florida and a passion for helping people which lives even after the passing of Dr Phillip Phillips in 1959.
Today his charities are run by The Dr. Phillips Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation, and all of the Phillips holdings are used in charitable ways. With more then $22 million in grants given in the past few years to Central Florida,
Dr. P. Phillips Foundation and Dr. Phillips Inc. continues helping people by directly touching the lives of tens of thousands of children and families each year.
Doc Phillips, a life that was so full of passion to his fellow man allows him to contine to give long after his passing!
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