A big thanks to Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints in Niceville 1st ward for the 3,800 lbs of food and $5000 check!
Big thank you to the Niceville Kiwanis club and their continued support throughout the years.
Pictured: Sarah Porter and her 5 boys Cameron, Jackson, Benson, Spencer and Aiden stopped by the other day to donate toys to other children for Christmas.
A great big thank you to the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Eglin AFB for their generous donation to Sharing & Caring! We appreciate all that you do for our community and our country.
Niceville Sharing and Caring would like to thank our local area Postal Carriers, the volunteers of First Presbyterian Church who helped unload, sort and store food as well as all of our community members who donated food to the NALC's Stamp-Out-Hunger campaign for our area. This year's intake of non-perishables greatly exceeded expectations and will help provide stability to area families in the coming months. In all, the combined efforts of our community helped bring in over 16,700 pounds of food. Be sure to thank your local Postal Carrier for helping our community Stamp Out Hunger. Their participation in this drive is 100% voluntary.
NWFSC Student Life donated toiletries already organized in bags with useful items for those in need.
Thank you to LDS Activity Day Group donated 25 birthday bags for our clients, Saturday, March 30. The bags included cake mixes, frosting and birthday decorations. The girls earned money to buy the goodies from doing extra chores.
11-year-old Gaige Adkins generously donated $100 to Sharing and Caring. To earn the money for the donation, Gaige mowed lawns. This is his fourth time donating.
Thank you St. Paul Lutheran Church for your donation of $5,000. It is generosity like this that helps keep our community strong.
Pictured Left to Right: Steve Clark, Joe Ellison, Evelyn Ellison, Beverly Byrne, Carole Langford, President Claire Jones, Pastor Dave Charlton, Bob Hoffman, Pat Torre, Tony Randle, Jim Vohs.
Thank you to the Gold Wing Road Riders Association for making not one but two generous donations in January totaling over 20,000 lbs. It is local community members like all of you whose support help provide stability to those who need it in our community.
Pictured Left to Right – Coach: Doug Martin, Assistant Coach: Chris Johns, Players: Zach Funkhouser, Matt Boswell, Justice Thompson.
Thank you NWFSC baseball team members for joining us Wednesday (12/13/18) at Rosemont Baptist Church to help Sharing & Caring get ready for our Christmas store. This is the third year of the team’s ongoing support of efforts to provide area families in need a place to shop for the holidays. It is volunteerism like yours that helps keep our community strong.
Pictured Left to right: Daniela Martin, Paige Brownsberger, Erika Stewart.
Thank you Twin Cities Hospital for providing toys in support of our Christmas program along with your generous donation of $100. Contributions like these truly help make holidays brighter for area families.
Pictured: Far left, Suzanne Johnson secretary at the elementary school.
A big thank you to Rocky Bayou Baptist school for the over 900 lbs. of food donations. The elementary age students grade k-3-6th do a food drive the entire month and deliver each Friday.
Pictured: Jamie Avery children's ministry director and Taylor Mixon student ministry director.
A big thank you to Crosspoint at Bluewater Bay for collecting Thanksgiving baskets items for out Thanksgiving and Christmas program. Over 650 lbs donated food value of $979.35.
Pictured: Jamie Avery children's ministry director and Taylor Mixon student ministry director.
A big thank you to Crosspoint at Bluewater Bay for collecting Thanksgiving baskets items for out Thanksgiving and Christmas program. Over 650 lbs donated food value of $979.35.
Thank you to all parties who participated in this year’s Postal Carrier Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Sat May 12, Postal Carriers across the nation picked up bags and boxes of non-perishable food items left next to mailboxes by everyday community members. These bundles of food were then distributed to local food pantries across the country. This event is entirely voluntary to our nation’s postal carriers, but In Niceville, 100% of our postal carriers participated in this event. This year, postal carriers brought in over 11,000 pounds of food to Sharing and Caring with an estimated value of $16,844. Volunteers from First Presbyterian of Niceville, the Niceville Fire Department, North Bay Fire Department along with other community volunteers helped collect, sort and shelve these goods at the Sharing and Caring Food Pantry. And thank you to all you community members who left food items for your postal carriers to collect. Be sure to thank your postal carrier today for helping not just our community but our Nation Stamp Out Hunger.
Thank you Bluewater Fitness for hosting and sponsoring the 4th Annual Hunger Run 5K and Kids Fun Run. Overall, $4000 in funds were generated from this community event! We appreciate your efforts in helping to Sock it to Hunger in 2018.Pictured: Nora Clements owner of Bluewater Fitness and Claire Jones President of Sharing & Caring.
Eglin Air Force Base Child Care Center graciously stopped by to donate 682 pounds of food. What a wonderful way to help support our community. Thank you Eglin Air Force Base Child Care Center!
One of the kindest things you can give another human being is the gift of a meal. Thank you to Girl Scout Troop 725 who generously used funds from their hard earned Girl Scout Cookie sales to help us provision our pantry. In all, Troop 725 collected 107lbs in food totaling just over $160. Fewer families in our area will want for food thanks to your hard work and generosity.
At this year's 4th Annual Hunger Run, hosted by Bluewater Fitness, Manna Church’s congregation collected food for donation. In all, they brought in 447 pounds of canned goods and $671.10 in monetary donations. Thank you to everyone who supported their efforts as well as those who donated.
(Pictured Claire from Sharing & Caring with Chad from Manna Church)
Eglin Air Force Base ALS Group made a very generous donation to help combat hunger in our community.
The employees of Asurion made a generous donation of 862 pounds of food collected during the month of December. Asurion employee, Tara, organized and delivered their awesome gift.
The Bluewater Bay Men’s Golf Association donated $585 to assist those in need. Shown are members Bob Boggs and Mike Boyer presenting the club’s check to Claire Jones.
Every year, Tim Lynn and his granddaughters, Molly and Keely Lynn donate bicycles. They donated 3 this year, along with other toys.
Doris Willis and Jacki Moriarty collected donations from the Armament Directorate (JASSM), Eglin AFB. Presented $502 to 2nd VP Gloria Price.
Thanks to the NWFSC Baseball Team for helping prepare our Christmas Store at Rosemont Baptist Church. These elves did a great job!!
This group of gals represent the Collegiate High School: (L to R) Ally Keen, Natalie Harris and Abby Bradley. They collected almost 300 pounds of food to help others!
The Child Development Center at Eglin AFB collected 930 pounds of food for families in need! What an awesome team! L to R: CDC staff Jennifer Valencia, Marcus King, Shananda Bond, Autumn Braxton.
Our pantry volunteers were hopping as they processed 2,015 pounds of food donations collected by Ruckel Middle School. Way to go Ruckel Rams!!!
Ginger Davis and Diane Freeman from Beds4Kids gave a very informative briefing to the Executive Board. Sharing and Caring looks forward to a collaborative effort to assist them with referrals, donations, and ongoing support.
Airman Leadership School collected 383 pounds of food to help me needs in our community! Shown L to R: SrA Cody Fulton; SrA Tim Schmidt; SrA Shawn Cigalotti; Patti Ferguson, Pantry Chairperson; and volunteer Misti Schneidewind.
Elead One in Bluewater donated 387 pounds of food for families in need. Thomas Harrell delivered their donation and is shown with S&C Treasurer Jennifer Boxen.
Rocky Bayou Christian School collected over 1,000 pounds of food the first week of October and will continue collecting food throughout the month. Pictured are Vice Principal Rachel Furlong and Principal Pamela Seeling.
Crosspoint Niceville delivered a generous donation of food to help restock our shelves. This past week we saw Irma evacuees in need of assistance so the timing was wonderful!
The great folks at Emerald Coast Hospice made a generous donation of food and funds to help Sharing & Caring!
The Twin Cities Women’s Club donated $500 to the work of Sharing and Caring. We’re grateful to have them partner with us to meet needs in our community.
Many thanks to the members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. who made a generous donation of school supplies to Sharing and Caring. Pictured left to right are Aleta Milton, S&C President, with sorority members Dorothy Robinson, Serita Winter and Julia Woodard.
Therese Baker recently held a LulaRoe fundraiser where she collected money and school supplies to help with our Tools For School project. Thank you Therese!
Twin Cities Hospital staff have been busy collecting school supplies! Jenni Brunson, Marketing Director, delivered the generous donation of supplies to Jim Rollins, Tools For School project chairman.
Our thanks to the parishioners at Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Church for the shopping cart full of school supplies! Shown are Tools For School coordinator Chris Rollins (L) and Tina-Marie Zermeno (R) from the church.
Our thanks to Samantha from NASH FM105 for providing the music and helping us ‘Cram The Van’ on Saturday. Samantha is pictured with S&C volunteers Donna Quinn (L) and Sam Hays (R) collecting school supplies for area children.
Mark Le collected 116 pounds of food at his office to help fight hunger in our community. Thanks for taking the initiative Mark!
The Miller family collected food from their neighbors during their Fourth of July celebration in Lake Pippin. Thank you for caring about the needs of others during your holiday!
Each year, CenturyLink hosts a food drive to raise funds and awareness for community food banks in their markets. They have identified nearly 150 food banks that serve the communities where their employees live and work and will include those agencies in their 2017 drive. Sharing and Caring is included in that list!
The CenturyLink Backpack Buddies Food Drive will take place June 5-16. This will be an online virtual food drive with a single website to process all monetary donations. The URL for the site is www.centurylink.com/fooddrive. The Century Link Clarke M. Williams Foundation will match donations. Donors can visit the site, choose their beneficiary (Sharing & Caring) and make a financial donation via credit card or PayPal. Please note that the site will open June 5 and close at 10 p.m. Central on Friday, June 16.
The Niceville Republican Women Federated collected much needed paper products for Sharing & Caring at their recent meeting. Shown with their donation are Libby Hill (L), First Vice President and Barbara Roberson (R), President.
Many thanks to the hard working Letter Carriers and volunteers from Niceville First Presbyterian Church for making this year’s Letter Carriers Food Drive a success!
Many thanks to the Exchange Club of Niceville for their generous donation of $500. Club President Paul D. McShane presented their check to S&C Treasurer Jennifer Boxen at a recent meeting.
Nora Clements, owner-manager of Bluewater Fitness, and Claire Jones, Vice President of Niceville Sharing & Caring are jumping for joy with the friendly Kids Fun Run Dinosaur over the results of the recent Hunger Run. Nora (left) presented Sharing & Caring with a check for $3,500 from the proceeds of this year's race.
The children of clients at Sharing and Caring will enjoy lovely Easter baskets this year. The baskets and contents were donated and assembled by the generous parishioners of Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Church.
Join us for the 2017 Hunger Run & Kids Fun Run on April 8th and help support Sharing & Caring.
Many thanks to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Star Charities for their generous contribution of $1,100! Captain Michael Card, President, presented their check to S&C Vice President Claire Jones and volunteer Tamara Schroeder.
St Paul Lutheran Church recently donated $2,349 collected by members. Carole Langford, Evangelism Deacon (R), presented their check to S&C President Aleta Milton (L).
Girl Scout Troop 731 took a tour of Sharing & Caring this week. Members decided they can do something about hunger in our community and left with a plan to collect food items. We love to see this generation get the vision for taking positive action to make our world a better place!
The Gold Wing Road Riders Association delivered over 5,000 pounds of food to restock our shelves!!! Led by Danny and Becky Donaldson, the Sr. Chapter Directors of FL1-E2, these generous folks demonstrated their heart for those struggling with hunger.
Tim Lynn's grandaughters love to give to other children. Is it any wonder they have such sweet, giving hearts when they started shopping and sharing with others as little girls?! Thanks Tim and family for instilling generosity in the next generation and for your faithful support of Sharing & Caring.
The Niceville Publix filled this truck with 1,800 pounds of non-perishable food for Sharing & Caring! Many thanks to the employees and customers of Publix for helping meet food insecurity needs right here in Niceville-Valparaiso!
Bluewater Bay Men's Golf Association recently presented Sharing & Caring with a check for $500 to assist with feeding families in our community. Tournament Director Steve Gardner (L) and member Arthur Jean presented the check to S&C Treasurer Jennifer Boxen.
Local children will not be cold this winter thanks to the Knights of Columbus at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church. Grand Knight Mark Williams delivered their generous contribution of children's coats to Sharing & Caring's president Aleta Milton.
Core Chiropractic patients and staff helped restock our shelves with their recent donation delivered by Shelley Jacks. Thank you Dr. Jacks for making a difference in our community!
A BIG thank you to the 96th CEG Dorm Management for doing your part in the fight against hunger by holding a food drive. We're so grateful for the 624 pounds of food you delivered!
It took a lot of muscle to move furniture and prep for office painting and thankfully the NWFSC Baseball Team brought it! Our thanks to John Barr, Jarrett Montgomery, Brayson Smith, Breon Pooler, Cameron Sands and Eric Orze for your part in helping others by giving your time here.
Recognize these folks? These are our local Publix employees making a difference in their community by taking part in the United Way Day of Caring. Thank you Aslinn Slatter, Mitchell Kuhn, Holly Woods, Stephanie Siegel and Kelly Campbell for your hard work improving our offices!
Many thanks to the folks from Indyne who spent their recent Day Of Service trimming bushes, installing new wooden borders and other yard work around our building. We're grateful for their service to our community and for keeping us looking good!
Deanna Simpson (left) delivered some much needed personal hygiene items collected at a recent Northwest Florida State College staff meeting. Thank you for making these necessities available to those who desperately need them!
See that smile? That's the smile of a young lady who knows the joy of helping others. Sharlysse asked for school supplies instead of birthday gifts this year so she could share them with children who need them. Thanks Sharlysse...and Happy Birthday!
Twin Cities Hospital donated 450 school supplies to support our Tools For School campaign! Shown with S&C President Aleta Milton are Jenny Brunson (L) and Noel Newton (R) from Twin Cities Hospital.
Help us put the right tools for success in the hands of every child in our community going back to school in August. Sharing & Caring is collecting school supplies during the month of July for those children whose families cannot afford them. If you know a child in this situation, have the parents contact us for information and to sign up before the end of the month. A list of supplies needed can be found here.
Crosspoint Vacation Bible School chose to support the Tools For School drive as their mission project for the week. We're grateful for their desire to make sure all the kids in their community start school with the supplies needed to succeed. Way to go Crosspoint Kids!
The Twin Cities Woman's Club has been a faithful supporter of Sharing and Caring. We're grateful for their continued generosity to help hurting families in our area. Club members (left to right) Virginia Peters, President Roxanne Anthony, and Gail Weaver presented a check for $500 to S&C Vice President Gloria Price this week.
RED Day, which stands for Renew, Energize and Donate, is Keller Williams Realty's annual day of service. Sharing & Caring's building was fortunate to receive a much-needed facelift from the local Keller Williams employees during their recent RED Day. We are grateful for their commitment to serve in the community where they live and work.
Kudos to the hardworking letter carriers, volunteers from First Presbyterian Church Niceville, and many who gave time and food to stock the shelves this past Saturday. This drive is critical for feeding area needy during the summer months. Well done!
Bluewater Fitness sponsored the 2nd Annual Hunger Run 5 K and Kids Fun Run on April 16. This great family event helped raise funds for Niceville Sharing and Caring. Many thanks to all the great sponsors, organizers and participants!
We have amazing support from our military community. They spend many hours lending a hand, and generously donate food. Thanks go out this week to the Eglin Airman Leadership School for their big load of supplies!
We never like to run out of peanut butter and thanks to the staff at the Okaloosa County Extension Office we won't have to worry about that for a while. Jennifer Bearden (L) and Laura Tiu (R) delivered 234 pounds of peanut butter to Sharing & Caring volunteer Don Tomaschko. Thank you!
The Niceville High School Jr. ROTC cadets worked hard to collect almost 600 pounds of food for Sharing & Caring. What an awesome bunch of students!
The Knights of Columbus Council 7667 recently held their First Annual Niceville Father-Daughter Dance and collected 292 pounds of food at the event! Mitch McClaren (L) and daughters Morgan, Mariah and Macy (L to R) delivered the food to Sharing & Caring volunteer Marsha Thomas (R).
Niceville Urgent Care is taking food donations at their location for the Hunger Run. Anyone who donates food will automatically be registered to win a one-month free gym membership at Bluewater Fitness plus a $100 Winn Dixie gift card. Mary Beth Blanchard, shown here, is their business manager.
Goldwind Chapter FL1E2 (affiliated with the Gold Wing Road Riders Association) worked together to contribute over 2,000 pounds of food to stock our pantry! Thanks for being a faithful friend of Sharing and Caring and reaching out to the hungry in our community.
Mother-daughter team Sue and Megan McCool were on hand to help with holiday food distribution. Sharing and Caring has the best volunteers!
NHS teacher Shelley Weeks had a creative food drive---she told her Honors Geometry classes the price to put up a classroom Christmas tree was food for Sharing & Caring. You can see from their delivery, they got their tree! Left to right: Jacob Hohman, Emma Weeks and Shelley Weeks.
The EMS Programs at Northwest Florida State College collected toys for three families this year! Thank you for making Christmas merry and bright for others.
Tim Lynn is teaching his granddaughters the joy of giving. Each year they accompany him to select bikes, dolls and legos for children in need. Thanks Tim, for your generosity... and for raising up girls who find joy in helping others!
Members of Beta Sigma Phi generously donated food and funds to provide help and hope to others during the holidays. Thank you for joining with Sharing & Caring to transform lives in our community! Left to right: Marge Ballon, Mattie Williams and Doris Olig.
Thank you Schnitzel Lodge for highlighting the needs of others at the recent Market Fair. Owners Dirk and Andrea Bosner raised awareness of the hungry in our community and made a contribution to help meet the needs.
Thank you Schnitzel Lodge for highlighting the needs of others at the recent Market Fair. Owners Dirk and Andrea Bosner raised awareness of the hungry in our community and made a contribution to help meet the needs.
Cold weather is coming and there will be some warm and happy children with the coats donated by Knights of Columbus at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church. Stephen Zajac delivered the coats to S&C, shown here with President Aleta Milton.
What a beautiful display of holiday generosity by the Democratic Women's Club of Okaloosa County... At their recent holiday dinner they raised $600 for Sharing and Caring! President Ellen Holt (center) presented the club's gift to S&C Treasurer Jennifer Boxen (left).
The Boy Scout Oath states in part, "On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times…" Thanks Troop 157 for living this oath! The food you collected will "help other people" facing hunger.
We love it when young people catch the vision for helping others. Ruckel Middle School and its staff warmed our hearts with their generous collection of 2,797 pounds of food for the hungry! Way to go Ruckel Rams!!!
Many Americans believe that hunger is an issue that only plagues the "developing world." But volunteers see the faces of hunger every week in our office. Thanks to the generosity of folks like Dr. Dean Jacks we are able to meet the needs that walk in our door. Shelley Jacks (2nd from left) delivered over 200 pounds of food collected at Core Chiropractic!
One Hour Air Conditioning and Heating staff did their part to fight hunger in Niceville-Valparaiso. Thanks so much for partnering with us and caring about our community!
A big thank you to Manager Rick Webster of Grocery Outlet in Niceville and all the shoppers there who made this donation of 760 pounds of food! Look what happens when each of us do a little---it adds up to a whole lot of good!
Lisa Bellomy (left) delivered 410 pounds of food in addition to monetary donations collected at a recent Ladies Night Out! Many thanks---your creativity led to great good!
Here are the results of Stubbs Orthodontics recent canned food drive and fundraiser. Thanks to all who participated! Many more families will now call the holidays "happy" because of your generosity.
The Niceville High School Key Club is serious about building a better community. Evan Etheridge delivered 358 pounds of food this week collected by the club members. The club motto includes ...combatting all forces which tend to undermine the community... and we know hunger certainly does undermine the strength of our community. Thanks Key Club!
Thank you Rocky Bayou Christian School students, parents and staff for your generous support! During the month of October they collected over 4,000 pounds of food. Their gift will help feed many in our community who struggle to put food on the table each day.
Bealls Outlet in Niceville has a 'Collection Station' in the store from now until December 29th so you can enjoy shopping and donate to Sharing & Caring at the same time. Thank you Bealls!
Stubbs Orthodontics is holding a canned food drive and fundraiser for Sharing & Caring. Anyone may participate. Just take in a canned or non-perishable food item to their office and get one entry into their drawing for this awesome YETI prize package. Thank you Dr. Stubbs!
This is Bob Hoffman, President of the Mid-Bay Rotary Club presenting a $500 check to Gloria Price, VP of Sharing and Caring. We are grateful to the Rotarians for this gift which will have a direct impact on those facing hunger in our community!
Generous shoppers at the Eglin Commissary purchased 190 bags of food to donate to Sharing and Caring recently. These $10 bags will go a long way to help feed the hungry families in our area. Thanks Rick for delivering this load!
Great effort by our volunteers to pack over 200 bags of donated school supplies! So grateful our children will be equipped to succeed this school year.
The Niceville Library is accepting canned and non-perishable food items equivalent in value to fines during the month of April. A big thank you to our hard working library staff for their help!
We love it when NHS Key Club students visit! They collect food throughout the school year to help others. Way to go Key Club!
Volunteers Aimee and Mary sort Easter baskets given to benefit our clients by our friends at Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Church. Many thanks for bringing joy to our children!
What's not to love about the Bay Belles Red Hat Society? They get together every month for food and fun, and ALWAYS collect needed items for Sharing and Caring!
The mission of the Niceville Exchange Club is "Exchange, inspiring communities to become better places to live." They demonstrated that mission with their recent gift to Sharing and Caring. President Bill Moomaw presented the check to Sharing and Caring President Aleta Milton during a recent meeting at Cafe Bienville. Thank you Niceville Exchange Club!