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MILTON — Over the last two weeks, Milton Rotary Club collected socks and underwear for East Milton Elementary School students who need them. When available, the school sends new underwear and socks h…

MILTON — OneBlood, the local nonprofit blood center serving Florida and the majority of the Southeast, has sent several shipments of blood to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria and plans to send m…

NAVARRE — The Panhandle Butterfly House’s 11th Annual Monarch Madness Butterfly Festival is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 20 at 8581 Navarre Parkway in Navarre.
Visitors can tour the vivarium — a screened…

Editor’s Note: This continues our Celebrate Community series on nonprofit organizations that improve Santa Rosa County residents’ quality of life.
MILTON — Due to a $100,000 donation from golf pro …

MILTON — An early-morning house fire left two University of West Florida students without any belongings other than the shirts on their backs.
On Sept. 13, Alexis Moore and Brianna Neal were asleep…

MILTON — Interested in helping pets and people during disasters? The Florida State Animal Response Coalition and Santa Rosa County Emergency Management are offering an Awareness Level Small Animal Sh…

5 things to do this weekend in Santa Rosa County

Visitors learned the history of the mill, which provided lumber and ironstone for the barracks that troops slept in during the Civil War.

MILTON — Upcoming Santa Rosa County events and activities are as follows.  NONPROFIT OFFERS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: Invictus Knowledge Institute opens its doors to students for the first time on Sept. 25. New to the Pensacola community, Invictus is a nonprofit organization providing students alternative educational paths to a professional career in information technology. Invictus… Continue reading What's Happening in Santa Rosa County

MILTON — These library events are scheduled throughout Santa Rosa County.   UPCOMING PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: through Dec. 8 as follows.  11-11:30 a.m. on Mondays at the Jay Library 11-11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays at the Navarre Library 11:15-11:45 a.m. on Wednesdays at the Milton Library 11:15-11:45 a.m. on Wednesdays at the Gulf Breeze Library 11-11:30 a.m. on… Continue reading Santa Rosa County library events