Consider the variety of needs in the community:
Beds for children who are sleeping on floors, food, clothing and care for at-risk foster children, STEM and mentoring programs to spark brighter lives for children and teens, marine and wildlife conservation and protection programs.
These are among the many community needs FPL is honored to help support through 28 nonprofits in Walton, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Escambia counties with grants totaling $210,435.
NextEra Energy Foundation, a charitable arm of FPL’s parent company, awarded the grants to the Northwest Florida nonprofits each quarter through 2023, with the last ones announced in December. The money will support their programs well into 2024. Foundation grants are focused on education, food insecurity, senior citizen support and child advocacy, as well as grants focused on environmental conservation and protection.
One of the FPL grants for Children in Crisis in Fort Walton Beach is for operational costs to staff and operate The Children’s Neighborhood, a residential-style foster care neighborhood of homes, complete with a food pantry, therapy center, playground, and recreation center, as well as for other amenities to support the physical and emotional well-being of the children. Another nonprofit, Sleep in Heavenly Peace, was awarded a grant that Mickey Hawkins, president of the Fort Walton Beach Chapter, said grant is timely and greatly needed.
Some of the organizations awarded grants in Walton and Okaloosa Counties include Emerald Coast Fitness Foundation; Healing Hoof Steps Corporation, Expanding Access to Alternative Mental Health Services; Children in Crisis – The Children’s Neighborhood; Sleep in Heavenly Peace; Okaloosa Public School Foundation; Walton County Public School Foundation; and Alaqua Animal Refuge.
Author: Sowal Editor
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