Pensacola Youth Soccer Inc., the local nonprofit that organizes soccer for the City of Pensacola, today announced registration for its Spring 2023 season. City residents will be able to sign up starting…
Category: Education
UWF names new provost
University of West Florida President Martha D. Saunders announced the appointment of Dr. Gary Liguori as provost and senior vice president, effective Jan. 23, 2023. In his role as provost, Liguori will…
Gulf Winds announces new scholarship
Gulf Winds and the Gulf Winds Cares Foundation is now accepting applications to their annual academic scholarship program. The program offers five scholarships, each worth $5,000. Four scholarships will be offered to…
Living the Dream 2023
A decade ago, local entrepreneurs Quint & Rishy Studer partnered with Commissioner Lumon May to host the first Living the Dream event in Pensacola. Their hope was to recognize people from all…
Why the Children’s Trust should do pilot programs in 32505
CEO Chandra Smiley explains why Community Health Northwest Florida moved its headquarters to Jackson Street in the 32505 zip code. In the fall of 2015, the Studer Community Institute with the help…
Escambia Children’s Trust not advancing cash or paying for buildings
The Escambia Children’s Trust Board of Directors met yesterday and made the decision not to advance cash to providers because of concerns over tracking and auditing. The providers must have the cash…
Trust needs to focus on 32505 zip code
The Escambia Children’s Trust meets today to interview 29 providers about their proposals for out-of-school-time programs. While the Trust staff produced a Needs Assessment, it failed to list the neighborhoods it should…
Escambia Children’s Trust gives BCC annual report
The Escambia Children’s Trust staff has delivered to the Board of County Commissioners its annual report for 2022. The annual report must include the following: A) Information on the effectiveness of activities,…
Children’s Trust reboots grant reviews
The Escambia Children’s Trust will conduct interviews with the top 29 ranked proposers for its Out-of-School-Time RFP. The first is 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at its offices on Pensacola State…
Why were Children’s Trust proposals rejected?
After spending four hours reviewing dozens of proposals for out-of-school time programs in late November, the grant committee chair Tori Woods made a motion at the full board meeting last week to…
Sheriff’s office and Children’s Trust
Last week, the Escambia Children’s Trust failed to pass Escambia Sheriff Chip Simmons’ request $432,501 for Movie Nights ($40,000), Public Service Announcements ($50,000), Virtual Reality Training Simulator ($152,201.14) and a Real Time…
Podcast: Pensacola Sports High School All Star Football Game
Pitting the best of the best against each other in four quarters of east vs. west, the Pensacola Sports High School All Star Football Game will take place Friday, Dec. 16, at…