Published 9:36 am CT May 20, 2021 |
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The Gulf Power Foundation donates US $ 100,000 to support local victims of child abuse. (Photo: Gulf Coast Children’s House)
Between Hurricane Sally and COVID-19, the Gulf Coast Kid’s House continues to provide a safe place for children and families who are victims of child abuse, helping more than 3,000 children in 2020.
To support this mission, the GCKH is one of four centers in northwest Florida that receive grants from the Gulf Power Foundation. The four – Gulf Coast Children’s Advocacy Center, Gulf Coast Kid’s House, Santa Rosa Kid’s House, and Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Center – are receiving $ 100,000 to support their efforts across northwest Florida.
The grant will help GCKH with immediate family needs such as counseling as well as child abuse prevention programs. GCKH teaches all K-12 students on child abuse and child trafficking prevention and has created a 40-minute online training course called Know Child Abuse (knowchildabuse.org) so that all adults in our community can learn to recognize to report and respond to child abuse.
Visit gulfpowerfoundation.com/ for details.
FamiliesFirst seeks help with care services during National Foster Care Month
The Lakeview Center’s FamiliesFirst Network became the designated lead agency in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties for foster families and related child care services 20 years ago in 2001. The team is working towards an important goal in 2021 and seeking help from the community.
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Too many children are currently being placed in nursing homes or group nursing homes outside the region, as there are not enough homes in the four-district region. The distance makes family visits more difficult, removes children from friendships and other support, and can re-traumatize children.
Here are the latest statistics by county showing how many foster children live in homes outside their communities:
- Escambia County, 58%
- Walton County, 98%
- Santa Rosa County, 70%
- Okaloosa County, 65%
Children entering the child care system need love and security. They also need medical and therapeutic nursing homes. It is important to keep siblings together as well, and currently 96% of children in care have one or more siblings.
Call Michelle Giordano, FFN Community Relations Manager at 850-860-4259 or visit FamiliesFirstNetwork.org for help.
Hold Pensacola Lovely Hosts Paint Your Heart In: Juanita Williams Park
Paint Your Heart Out, part of Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup, is helping restore Juanita Williams Park on Saturday, May 22nd, 9 am-1pm.
Juanita Williams Park is a waterfront park in the Pensacola area with a hiking trail, outdoor grills, benches, and play equipment. The park has a jetty that leads to the water and has a small ramp where you can launch a kayak or paddle board.
Participants are asked to wear work clothes, a mask and comfortable shoes. KPB will provide a painting shirt, a reusable water bottle and snacks / lunch.
Call 850-438-1178 or email [email protected] for more information.
Suicide prevention paddle this weekend
Paddle for Prevention, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s paddleboard fundraiser, takes place on Saturday, May 22nd, 11am to 2pm at 1451 Navarre Beach Causeway. Bring your own paddle board and enjoy the food and drink specialties at Juana’s Pagodas.
Call 918-261-3161 or visit afsp.donordrive.com/event/panhandlepaddle for details.
CareerSource EscaRosa hosts the first Youth Career Expo
CareerSource EscaRosa is hosting the first Youth Career Expo HIRED (Helping Individuals Reach Employment Development) on Saturday, May 22nd, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio, 1000 College Blvd., on the Pensacola State College Century campus , 440 East Hecker Road, and the Studer Community Institute, 220 W. Garden St.
Email [email protected] with “Career Expo” in the subject for details.
The WSRE’s annual event on early childhood education will be virtual this year
After being canceled last year due to COVID-19, the WSRE’s annual Be My Neighbor Day will return on Saturday May 22 as a virtual event for families with young children.
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A three-hour marathon on the Daniel Tigers Neighborhood show focuses on neighborly values with accompanying practical Kindness Kit activities that children can do at home. The program will be broadcast live on WSRE from 6 a.m. and again at 1 p.m.
Participants have online access to activity materials. Activity kits are also available for collection from public libraries in Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa counties and Baldwin County, Alabama.
Call 850-484-1054 or visit wsre.org/neighbor for details.
The next mayor’s neighborhood cleanup for the East Hill area. (Photo: City of Pensacola)
The next mayor’s neighborhood cleanup for the East Hill area
The Mayor’s next neighborhood cleanup will take place on Saturday, May 22nd, in part of the East Hill borough and its surrounding area. This event enables Pensacola City Sanitation customers in the cleanup area to leave authorized items at the curb for free for pickup.
Sanitary customers in the clearing area must leave the items on the roadside by 7 a.m. on the day of the clearing up. Note that items that are outside the roadside tidying area will not be picked up.
This month’s cleanup will affect part of the East Hill neighborhood and parts of the surrounding area, generally east of the North Davis Highway, west of Bayou Texar, north of East Cervantes Street and south of East Maxwell Street.
Visit cityofpensacola.com for details.
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