Category: Caring
Pam Childers’ costly games #4: Refusing to pay Foo Foo grants
With the 2024 Foo Foo Fest six weeks away, I learned County Clerk Pam Childers refused to cut checks for the Foo Foo grants approved…
Daily Outtakes: A Conversation with Lindsey Cannon
In this conversation on our podcast, Lindsey Cannon, the executive director of the Escambia Children’s Trust, discussed the Trust’s various Out-of-School programs, the challenges faced…
Pensacola locks SEC Championship through 2026
The SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament will remain in Pensacola through 2026, with a possible extension to 2029, following a successful partnership since 2022. This year’s…
Trust puts four OST programs on hold
The largest expenditure of the Escambia Children’s Trust has been for Out-of-School (OST) programs. With the third and final year of the agreements up for…
Pack the Pirate Ship to help Manna Food Bank
The fifth annual Pack the Pirate Ship food drive – presented by Krewe of Lafitte and benefitting Manna Food Bank – will be held on…
Step-by-Step Guide to Subscribe to Our podcast
The first episode of our new podcast, (we don’t) color on the dog, has done well. However, we’ve had several readers ask how to subscribe…
Out of Office
I will be out of the office until noon tomorrow. Our daughter Cat is a finalist for Birmingham Business Journal’s CEO of the Year Awards….
Daily Outtakes: Children’s Trust debates funding at Year 3 OST programs
The Escambia Children’s Trust Program Committee met on Tuesday to discuss its largest budget item, Out-of-School programs, and whether to fund all of them for…
Inweekly: Meet Improvable Cause
This week, our featured story profiles Improvable Cause. The cast includes Becca Timmons, Brooke Hardy, Cole Dickson, Laynie Gibson, Michael Daw, Rachel Earl, Topher Warren…
NAIA teams give back to Pensacola
Athletes from the NAIA Women’s National Soccer Tournament are set to make a meaningful contribution to Communities Caring at Christmas while competing at Pensacola’s Ashton…
Daily Outtakes: Heart-warming tales
Escambia County Animal Welfare rescued a kitten named “Pipes” from a drainage pipe near the Escambia Regional Juvenile Detention Center. DETAILS: Master Deputy Liddell heard…
Five Flags Rotary helps build Land Trust house
Pensacola Habitat for Humanity recently broke ground on the first home in its Community Land Trust to be built by the affiliate, aided in part…