When you see a stove, a refrigerator and a sink, you may think: Dinner. When Chriss Brown sees them, she thinks: Opportunity. For more than 15 years, Chriss has been envisioning how to turn women’s kitchen skills into a better life. Following a successful corporate […]
The Way Free Clinic, established in 2006, provides 100% free medical care for uninsured, low income residents of Clay County. But The Way Free Medical Clinic can’t treat everyone, and there are other providers who are able to support these residents. A new initiative—ClayPASS—seeks to coordinate all the providers…
You may remember reading about Gabriel Valdes in our Fall 2016 newsletter. If not, Gabriel was the very first Dorothea B. Shaw scholarship recipient. As a 2015 graduate of Mandarin High School’s AICE program, Gabriel successfully competed for the Shaw scholarship, which provides $1,500/year for […]
Getting around is a major challenge for Beaches individuals and families without reliable transportation. It affects their ability to get to and keep a job, take classes, shop for groceries, and access health and other social services. Early on, the Beaches Community Fund resolved to […]
Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEF) is our region’s largest hunger relief organization/food bank and regularly helps nearly 300,000 children, families, seniors and veterans that struggle with hunger. After Hurricane Matthew, dire food needs quickly escalated because of power outages, school closings and storm damage, but many […]
