The community is divided over the Escambia Children’s Trust, especially since last Tuesday’s program committee workshop regarding the Out-of-School Time grants. Other nonprofits have questioned the large amount of funds paid to…
Category: Caring
Children’s Theater Company called out for ‘blatant lies’
When the Escambia Children’s Trust’s program committee met this morning, the leaders of the Children’s Theater Company (CTC), Eric Dozier and Mehr Mansuri, tried to explain why they overspent their budget, failed…
Daily Outtakes: Important meetings today
Escambia County, City of Pensacola, Opening Doors Northwest Florida have been on the path to revamp the Continuum of Care, which receives federal and state grants to help people move out of…
Fill the Mayflower on Friday
The 16th Annual Fill the Mayflower food and funds drive – presented by Coastal Moving & Storage and benefitting Manna Food Bank – is 5 a.m.-6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov 17, at…
Foo Foo celebrates
In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Pensacola Foo Foo Festival, the event’s inaugural Committee members and grant recipients from 2014 recently gathered with the 2023 Committee and grant recipients to…
Gulf Breeze Will Do awards grants
Gulf Breeze Will Do (GBWD), a women’s philanthropic group, awarded $37,000 in grants at its annual meeting on Nov. 5. A group of Gulf Breeze women formed the organization to serve as…
Daily Outtakes: Foo Foo heats up
Week in the Park Pensacola and Veterans Memorial Park will showcase and celebrate all the park has to offer during a weeklong Veterans Day celebration featuring Comedy in the Park 6:30 p.m….
Ret. Vice Adm. Robin Braun new NAMF Board chair
The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation (NAMF) is honored to announce the appointment of retired Vice Adm. Robin Braun as the NAMF Board Chair. A groundbreaking figure in U.S. military history, Vice Adm….
Gulf Coast Veterans Week
Gulf Coast Veterans Week, along with Rep. Michelle Salzman, UWF Military and Veteran Resource Center, Veterans Memorial Park, Veterans Upward Bound at PSC, and VetCV, have created a week-long celebration to support…
Opening Doors returns call
Opening Doors Executive Director John Johnson said he learned of the eviction of the homeless population at Jones Swamp on Monday morning. He admitted fulfilling the mission of Opening Doors is extremely…
Real News: Support local nonprofits
LandrumHR 5K Runners, walkers and all those passionate about mental health are invited to join the LandrumHR 5k Run/Walk on Saturday, Oct. 21. The 5K starts at 8 a.m. from the LandrumHR…
Perfectly Aged Calendar returns
Local celebrities and philanthropic powerhouses are throwing caution – and some of their clothes – to the wind in the return of Council on Aging of West Florida’s unique fundraising project, the…