Sunday’s Child awarded $120,000 in grants to six Pensacola Bay Area charities at its 9th Annual Membership Meeting yesterday.
- The 182 members of Sunday’s Child funded and selected the projects and initiatives, which include: Stamped LGBTQ Film Festival, Community Health Northwest Florida, Re-Entry Alliance Pensacola., Dixon School of Arts and Sciences, Pensacola Little Theatre and Bright Bridge Ministries.
Why this matters: Each organization will receive $20,000 to fund its project.
The mission of Sunday’s Child is to promote equality and inspire inclusion across the community by awarding grants for significant charitable and economic initiatives.
Its members fund projects that enrich the quality of life and well-being of others—regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, disability, marital status and socioeconomic status.
Sunday’s Child has no paid staff and is organized, maintained and managed by volunteers. Membership dues are used exclusively for awarding grants, never for administrative or operational costs.
Dig Deeper:
Stamped LGBTQ Film Festival’s grant “Growing Up: Expanding LGBTQIA+ Programs for Children and Families at Stamped Film Festival” will allow the festival to expand its programming and community reach to youth and families by expanding the festival beyond a singular theatre space.
Community Health Northwest Florida will use its “Closing the Treatment Loop for the LGBTQIA+” grant to expand its Unhoused Health Navigation program to pay for medication copays for financially needy members of the LGBTQIA+ community. This will include covering the full cost of medically necessary medications for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Re-Entry Alliance Pensacola, Inc., which helps individuals returning from incarceration, will use its funds for “Modernizing and Outdated System” to modernize its technology and computer system to enhance data collection and facilitate better communication between departments.
Dixon School of Arts and Science’s grant “Dixon Cultural Immersion Lab” will allow the school to curate and expand its library to create a safe space for kids to explore and learn through culturally diverse books and digital tools.
Pensacola Little Theatre will use the funds for their grant “On the Same Page: Race and Censorship at The Clark Family Cultural Center” to provide an educational opportunity for the community to better understand racial injustice and the relevant topic of censorship through live performance and professional engagement.
Bright Bridge Ministries will use the funds for their grant “A Comfortable Space is a Welcoming Place” to purchase a new HVAC unit for its dining hall and adjacent caseworker’s offices and life skills and recovery classrooms, allowing them to provide a comfortable space for the community served.
Sunday’s Child membership for 2024 is now open. For more information, visit www.sundayschild.org.
