Category: Caring
Local Children to Benefit from Wendy’s Donations
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has awarded a $70,000 grant to FamiliesFirst Network of Lakeview. The money will be used to find forever families…
USO hosts Thanksgiving Fest, looking for volunteers
USO of Northwest Florida will be hosting the 6th Annual Thanksgiving Feast & Festivities at their Naval Air Station location from November 28-December 1, 2013….
Jimi Delezen passes away
James “Jimi” Delezen, father of our editor and creative director Joani Delezen, passed Monday morning. We want to let her friends know that the Memorial…
Pray 4 Trey Benefit, Nov. 23
On Labor Day 2012, children’s pastor and worship leader Trey McClendon tragically injured his neck in a diving accident at a church gathering in Pensacola….
Buzz: Push for Catholic vs. West Florida High game to be played at maritime stadium
West Florida and Catholic will face off this Friday to see which team advances in the Florida 5A football playoffs. The Catholic Crusaders won their…
Upwords: Mayor cares about homeless, grant helps 32 families (update)
No one can ever accuse the Pensacola Mayor’s Office of being subtle. After a week when the city was getting criticized in social media for…
Letter to the Editor: Pregnancy Discrimination
The State of Florida, through Florida Statute 760, provides vital protection against discrimination for individuals on the basis of several categories including sex, color, and…
Viewpoint: Bring Fairness to Military’s Sexual Assault Process
SIDING WITH GILLIBRAND ON HOW TO BRING CLEAR FAIRNESS TO THE MILITARY’S SEXUAL ASSAULT PROCESS By Phyllis Hain In the U.S. Senate, two female Democratic…
Gallery Nights are expensive
Each Gallery Night, the monthly special event hosted by the Downtown Improvement Board on Palafox, costs the DIB $9,357 -which the organizations tries cover with…
Art: Pyramid School Handmade Christmas Ornaments
Quayside Art Gallery is proud to present the local talents of Pyramid artists. Its Christmas tree will be exclusively adorned this year with unique, one-of-a-kind…
PLT: A Year with Frog and Toad has tickets still available
Pensacola Little Theatre’s Treehouse Series, Andrews Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center present A Year with Frog and Toad, November 15-17 and 21-24, 2013. Arnold Lobel’s…
Seeds of Hope 5K set for Nov. 23
The University of West Florida’s chapter of Students for Suicide Awareness (SSA) is hosting the 4th Annual “Seeds of Hope†5k Community Walk on Saturday,…
Operation Christmas Child set for Nov. 18-25
Individuals, families, churches and groups in Pensacola and surrounding counties are working hard to make Christmas a reality for needy kids around the world by…
Sarah Palin coming to Pensacola
Former GOP Vice Presidential candidate, former Alaska Governor and former Fox News pundit Sarah Palin is coming to Pensacola to sign copies of her new…
Rotary Tree of Remembrance debuts Dec. 7
On Saturday, Dec. 7, local Rotarians will debut The Rotary Tree of Remembrance at Cordova Mall. During the Christmas season, the families of our community…
IMPACT 100 recruiting members, check it out Nov. 14
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local women’s philanthropy group, is conducting its annual membership drive for 2014 with a series of open house events….
War on Pensacola’s homeless continues
Occupy Pensacola hasn’t disappeared. The group is still fighting to help the homeless in the city of Pensacola. As the weather turns cooler, many of…
Commissioner May comes to aid of parade organizers
The daily newspaper has an article on how the volunteers that have organized the Pensacola Veterans Day believe that they have been given the runaround…
Chopped, Santa Rosa County version
Taking inspiration from the competitive cooking show “Chopped,†Sodexo is hosting Santa Rosa County School District’s first Chopped Competition. State Rep. Doug Broxson (R-Midway), Sheriff…
