Volunteer Florida Awards $150K In Grants

May 5, 2015

Volunteer Florida announced $150,000 in grant funding for 15 nonprofits and service organizations in Florida, including two in Escambia County.

The Volunteer Generation Fund  program will help local nonprofits recruit, manage, and support approximately 2,200 skills-based volunteers throughout the state. The volunteers will serve Florida students and job-seekers, work to make Florida families healthier, restore and protect Florida’s natural resources, and support critical emergency management efforts.

“Volunteers significantly improve the quality of life in our communities, and helping local agencies more effectively use volunteers to serve more Floridians is a smart investment,” said Volunteer Florida CEO Chester Spellman. “As Florida continues to become a global destination for jobs, we are making communities from Pensacola to the Keys better places to live, work, and raise a family.”

The 2015 Volunteer Florida VGF sub-grantees in Escambia County are:

Community Organizations Active in Disaster (BRACE), Escambia County

Projected Impact: Recruit 150 skills based volunteers, provide 1200 hours of service

BRACE is a community based disaster coalition that works with families before, during, and after disasters to prevent homelessness.

Pensacola Promise (Chain Reaction), Escambia County

Projected Impact: Recruit 150 skills based volunteers, provide 1200 hours of service

Chain Reaction is a character education program that is teen-directed, teen-driven and teen-organized using volunteerism as its teaching tool. Since 2003, Chain Reaction has provided local teens ages 13 to 18 in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties with safe, meaningful and educational volunteer activities.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News