Betty Jane is known for championing healthcare for children and helped establish the Speediatrics children’s care unit at Halifax Health in Daytona Beach and Homestead Hospital in Homestead. In 2011 the Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award was created in her honor. She became chairwoman of the NASCAR Foundation in 2004. France is also a member of the Junior League of Daytona Beach and has served with the American Red Cross and the Garden Club of Halifax County. She received the Halifax Medical Center Foundation’s Humanitarian Award in 2003.