Local Impact
2006 Recipients
Bravo for Kids
- Bravo for Kids is a non-profit organization that provides musical instruments to middle schools located in Escambia and Santa Rosa County. The organization is able to order its musical instruments wholesale, and worked closely with the respective school districts to order the instruments required by the schools. As a result of the IMPACT grant, the organization purchased musical instruments for every middle school in Escambia and Santa Rosa County.
Century Library
- The Friends of the Library received the IMPACT grant to furnish the children’s room at the Century Library, which opened during 2007. With the poverty and needs of northern Escambia County, the children’s room has been a great success and is appreciated by the residents of Century.
Leaning Post Ranch
- The Panhandle Youth Association operates the Leaning Post Ranch, which provides equine therapy to developmentally disabled children, with the help of teenage "at risk" children. The grant was used to construct a cover for the horse arena, to shade and protect the children from the weather, which will allow them to provide more therapy to those in need.