Category: Caring
Community Foundation gives $8989 grant to 90Works
Founded in 1985 and rebranded in 2014, 90Works is a nonprofit organization, formerly Families Count, with a new mission for serving families in need. Their…
IMPACT 100 hosts 2018 Nonprofit Workshop
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area has announced its annual Nonprofit Workshop. The workshop is open to all nonprofit organizations in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties…
‘March for Our Lives’ on Saturday
“March For Our Lives” will happen in Pensacola on Saturday, March 24. From the Escambia County Democratic Women’s Club: “The March for Our Lives movement…
Scott signs bill targeting opioid addiction
By Jim Saunders NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — Saying it is critical to “stop the addiction in the beginning,†Gov. Rick Scott on Monday…
Autism Pensacola CEO retires
Autism Pensacola, Inc. (API) President and CEO Susan Byram has announced her plans to retire in 2018 after leading the organization for the past 16…
Essay contest for National Flight Academy scholarships ends March 14
The Studer Foundation is sponsoring an essay contest for 80 middle school students in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. The essay contest winners will get…
League has two upcoming meetings
The League of Women Voters Pensacola Bay Area has two meeting scheduled: C. A. Weis Community School Speaker: Holly Magee, Principal of Weis Community School,….
Historical commission rules wreck not famous slave ship Clotilda
Yesterday, the Alabama Historical Commission (AHC), in coordination with the National Park Service (NPS), the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, (NMAAHC),…
Audio sample of ‘City of Grudges’
With the help of Dennis Gould of Soundworks, we created this audio sample of ‘City of Grudges.’ The book debuts a week from today on…
Police report gives details on alleged battery by Pensacon vendor
Last Friday, several local television stations reported on alleged sexual assault that occurred during Pensacon. A worker with a speed dating service that was a…
Giving back to Pensacola
My two February book-signings generated a profit of $348. I put in the mail this morning checks for $174 each to Open Books and Sunday’s…
Dog House Deli helps Manna #schoolfuel
Dog House Deli will be joining the fight against hunger in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties by launching #schoolfuel next week, March 5-9. When approached…
Lawmakers cut Florida Cultural Grants
The Pensacola Little Theatre has asked its supporters to write state lawmakers to restore the Florida Cultural Grants to the FY 2019 budget: Friends of…
Rotary Club of Pensacola seeks grant applications
The Rotary Club of Pensacola is now taking grant applications for community projects by charitable 501(c)3 organizations. The Club supports targeted projects that address areas…
Studer Foundation launches contest to win National Flight Academy scholarship
The Studer Foundation will be providing scholarships for 80 Escambia and Santa Rosa students to go to the National Flight Academy this summer, but each…
Pensacola actor is an extra in ‘Black Panther’ movie
By Brooke Weber INWEEKLY A local Pensacola man, Shawn Enfinger, got to check something off his bucket list after he was an extra in the…
‘Pensacola Speaks’ 2.0 ends its run
After three years and over 600 shows, I have made the decision to close my run on “Pensacola Speaks.” I thoroughly enjoyed the interviews and…
Podcast: Writing a Southern thriller
In 2016, Pensacola attorney Mike Papantonio introduced Nicholas “Deke” Deketomis in his bestselling thriller “Law and Disorder.” Deketomis is a trial lawyer that has built…
Scott calls for meetings on school safety, mental health
Gov. Rick Scott’s office on Monday said a series of meetings will be held Tuesday in Tallahassee to address school-safety and mental-health issues after a…
Major clean-up of Johnson Beach begins today
Due to extensive structural damage, Gulf Islands National Seashore officials will remove several dilapidated structures at Johnson Beach in the Perdido Key Area of the…
