MILTON — The numbers have been tallied, and the verdict is clear: Santa Rosa County has a number of civic-minded residents.
From cleaning yards, to cleaning homes, to gathering food donations, volunteers set about helping others during Santa Rosa County’s first Santa Rosa Day of Service.
Roughly 700 people across the county volunteered for the July 23 event, according to Daniel Hahn with the Santa Rosa County Emergency Management Office, one of the organizers.
The event benefited organizations including the Keyser Street Cemetery and Strickland Cemetery, Blackwater Forest, Santa Rosa County Animal Services, people who are disabled or elderly, the Pregnancy Resource Center of Milton, For The Children, and Feeding the Gulf Coast.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Santa Rosa County Day of Service draws over 700 volunteers