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2008 Grant Recipients

Pensacola Little Theatre

PLT will use the IMPACT 100 grant to purchase a truck and a Multicultural Portable Stage that can be transported and set up anywhere in the community. The truck and stage will allow PLT to schedule workshops and performances for community centers, nursing homes, foster homes and other public places. Each workshop will teach all aspects of theatre and will include theatre games that will build self confidence, trust and communication skills. The workshops will focus on a particular issue within the community that must be addressed. This project is expected to impact the entire community of approximately 430,000 individuals, with diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds in the Escambia and Santa Rosa County areas.

PACE Center for Girls

POWER UP PACE is a project designed to add 25 new laptop computers, 7 smart boards and curriculum based software to the center. PACE is lacking this basic equipment to assist their girls with their education, and with the learning of basic computer skills. The equipment will be used daily, and will also be incorporated into the after school program for transitioned students from 2-6 PM daily. This upgrade will bring PACE up to the same technological standards as the majority of public schools in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. Since students work independently, with individualized teacher support, the project’s computer assisted instruction will provide individualized tutorials, in academic subjects as well as allowing the girls to learn Word, Excel and PowerPoint. These skills are vital for all students today to become successful in school and in the workplace.

ARC Gateway, Inc.

The Going Green in Every Way Project will purchase the necessary equipment to expand the existing recycling services of ARC to include document storage and shredding services for our business community. An appropriate storage facility will be rented to provide a safe, clean and climate controlled environment for safe, confidential documents which can be faxed, copied or emailed to the customer. Through an expanded collaboration of their existing relationship with Gulf States Recycling, a storage truck will be provided to transport the shredded documents to their recycling facility where they will be weighed and purchased. The project will create an on-going income opportunity for ARC programs, decreasing the dependency on state and community funding, while providing meaningful work for those they serve.

Manna Food Bank, Inc. (MANNA)

Over its 25 years of operation, MANNA has expanded its reach into the rural corners of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. MANNA has established a network of pantries, and more recently of gardens as well, that provide food to many area residents in need. The vehicles and equipment used to receive, handle, store and redistribute these commodities are essential to MANNA's daily operations and are key components of operational efficiency and organizational stewardship.

MANNA Needs a New Set of Wheels is a grant proposal to secure new vehicles and industrial equipment to restore the effectiveness and efficiency of MANNA’s program operations. MANNA is requesting funding to purchase: (1) a step van to take the place of a “soon-to-be-retired” 15 year old cargo van; (2) two commercial indoor three stage forklifts for use in the main warehouse; and, (3) a pick-up truck for service in the MANNA Family Farms project.

Appetite for Life

The funds from the IMPACT grant will be used to purchase equipment with the dual purpose of continuing and expanding meal delivery services and to generate earned income from catering operations in order to reduce future dependence on grants and other private sources for funding Appetite for Life’s core charitable mission programs. There are an estimated 3,000 persons in the Escambia/ Santa Rosa area with HIV/AIDS, many of them elderly. Appetite for Life would be able to serve a larger percentage of this most medically and financially needy population. They would be able to establish satellite food pantries. By increasing the capability of their catering services, they would be able to increase their income by 400%, and thus cover a majority of the organization’s annual operational budget.