Young lady seeks forever family of her own
Sara, whose real name is Amalia, is a beautiful, determined young woman. She has already earned her GED and is looking forward to getting into college.
Month: February 2018
Grant to fund additional therapeutic foster parents
Children removed from an unhealthy home where they experienced abuse or neglect may find themselves living with foster parents while they wait to reunite with their family or find a new forever home.
Technology helps foster kids find forever homes
FamiliesFirst Network of (FFN) Lakeview Center launched a new technology Feb. 15 that will improve compatibility matching and reduce wait times for adoptive parents to be matched with foster children in need of forever homes.
Cunningham shines bright among peers
The selection came as a surprise for Katalina Cunningham.
Measuring school growth gets complicated
South Santa Rosa County needs a new high school, but it is not likely to be built anytime soon. There are fewer than 147 student stations left open in Gulf Breeze and Navarre High School combined. By 2022 that number will be at least negative 261.
Parkland shooting full of flags and failures
A supposedly disturbed man walks into a school, pulls a fire alarm to lure students out of their classroom and begins shooting. They are easy targets for him. He leaves 17 dead on the school campus.
Out and About
Pensacola Bay Area Impact 100 has an ad in this issue explaining their mission and reasons all women should join. The deadline to join is March 1. See their ad for more details.
Backward glance at New Deal
My life started in 1926 while Calvin Coolidge was President of the United States. In 1929 Wall Street crashed causing America to plunge into a severe economic crisis. Then came the beginning of the Great Depression.
Chrys Holley Letter to Editor
Already 18 school shootings this year. Sad indeed! How many guns were found at schools; how many arrests were there?
African-American Chamber nurtures entrepreneurial drive
In 1999, a group of Gulf Coast black business leaders came together with a unique mission: Guide African-Americans in Northwest Florida to launch and grow their own businesses through the challenges of entrepreneurship.