IMPACT 100 Announces $107K Grants

October 18, 2011

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area has announced six local nonprofits who will receive $107,500 grants, including several that will have a direct impact on the North Escambia area.

The IMPACT 100 group has 645 members that has donated $1,000 in membership dues, which are distributed to non-profits each year.

Grant winners included:

  1. Pensacola Bay Baptist Association’s Health and Hope Clinic, which recently opened a second location in Century, to purchase equipment, expand diabetes care, add a nurse practitioner.
  2. Escambia County Public Schools Foundation to build an outdoor playground at the Roy Hyatt Environmental Center in Cantonment.
  3. Westgate Foundation to build a special needs playground at Westgate School.
  4. ARC Gateway, to purchase computer hardware and software to increase staff efficiency to allow more time to be spent with 750 children and adults with developmental disabilities.
  5. Ray of Hope of Northwest Florida to build wheelchair ramps for disabled residents.
  6. Pensacola Opera for a multipurpose facility in Pensacola.

According to Rick Hollis, director of the Health and Hope Clinic, the organization will be able to expand service hours in Century from the current Tuesday evenings only. The group will also be able to help with transportation costs for those from North Escambia that must travel to Pensacola for other care.

“This grant will be a blessing to the uninsured in the northern part of the county,” Hollis said, adding that the Health and Hope Clinic will be able to expand the number of patient-doctor visits by about 200 per month. (For more information on the new Century Health and Hope Clinic, click here for a previous article.)

Previous North Escambia winners of IMPACT 100 grants include $113,000 to the Leaning Post Ranch in Molino, a state-licensed facility and prevention program for developmentally disabled and at-risk young people, and $113,335 to the  Century Branch Library to fund a childrens’ reading room and literacy center.

Pictured top: Susie Farthing and Rick Hollis of the Health and Hope Clinic with their $107,500 check from IMPACT 100. Courtesy photo. Pictured inset: The Century Health and Hope Clinic. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.

Comments

6 Responses to “IMPACT 100 Announces $107K Grants”

  1. Rod Pumas on October 19th, 2011 2:13 pm

    This is great news! This group has already made a positive impact here in the north end of the County. They are providing much needed healthcare to our fellow citizens who have no health insurance. The Clinic on Church Street sees patients from Escambia Al and North Santa Rosa Counties too! We need to remember that the Impact 100 grant funds are to be used for certain designated items. There is still going to be a great need for everyone to help them by volunteering their time and continuing to provide our financial support.

  2. AL on October 18th, 2011 8:37 pm

    Rick Hollis and all involved with the care ministries at Health and Hope / associational counseling are wonderful, caring people. THIS is money well spent.

  3. Terri Sanders on October 18th, 2011 5:58 pm

    What a tremendous blessing for the clinic.It will allow a lot of people who do not have health care coverage to take part in the expanded services this grant will allow the clinic to provide.

  4. Claire Bockwith on October 18th, 2011 5:34 pm

    Congratulations to Health & Hope Clinic! We work with so many of the uninsured, underinsured or working poor, we’ve recommended many of our associates seek care through your beautiful organization. Thanks for all you do for your patients and this community.

  5. Willene Bryan on October 18th, 2011 1:27 pm

    Thank you Lord

  6. tamijane on October 18th, 2011 7:20 am

    This is great news for the Health & Hope Clinic here in Century! Thank you God for this much needed blessing.

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