CRESTVIEW — United Way of Okaloosa-Walton Counties has approved allocation of funds from the 2013 campaign.
Forty-two partner agencies will receive the allocations as follows.
CHILDREN & EDUCATION GROUPS
AMIkids of the Emerald Coast, $7,939; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida, $8,378; Boys & Girls Club of the Emerald Coast, $20,187; Boy Scouts of the America Gulf Coast, $16,012; Eleanor J. Johnson Youth Center, $22,441; Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Center, $31,808; Emerald Coast Science Center, $1,891; Girl Scouts of the Florida Panhandle, $1,849; Independence for the Blind of West Florida, $3,874; Okaloosa-Walton Child Care Services $23,948; S4P Synergy $13,472; and Walton Education Foundation $17,589.
FINANCIAL STABILITY & DISASTER READINESS ORGANIZATIONS
American Red Cross $26,128; Bay Area Food Bank, $7,526; Caring & Sharing of North Walton, $2,258; Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida, $26,118; Habitat for Humanity in Okaloosa County, $21,875; Habitat for Humanity of Walton County, $3,193; Judge Ben Gordon Jr. Family Visitation Center $7,883; Okaloosa Coalition Homeless/FRESH Start, $14,629; Okaloosa Public Schools Foundation, $1,231; Salvation Army of Okaloosa-Walton Counties, $15,083; Sharing & Caring of Okaloosa County, $37,287.
HEALTH & PREVENTION ORGANIZATIONS
The Arc of Walton County, $12,143; Bridgeway Center-Psychological Healthcare, $9,166; Chautauqua Offices of Psychotherapy, $15,768; Children in Crisis, $49,446; Children’s Home Society of Florida, $15,935; Children’s Volunteer Health Network, $6,034; Covenant Hospice, $47,879; Crossroads Center, $17,214; Elder Services of Okaloosa, $15,971; Family Life Ministries of Northwest Florida, $8,742; Harvest House, $10,271; Horizons of Okaloosa County, $28,147; Mental Health Assoc. of Okaloosa-Walton, $13,977; Okaloosa AIDS Support & Information, $7,559; Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Florida, $13,157; Shelter House, $42,100; United Cerebral Palsy of Northwest Florida, $1,213; Walton-Okaloosa Advisory Council on Aging, $14,198; and the YMCA of Florida’s Emerald Coast, $6,625.
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