DEWALT helps Grow the Trades with local grant DEWALT is awarding nearly $4 million in Grow the Trades grants to 166 organizations in the U.S. and Canada focused on skilling, reskilling and upskilling tradespeople Grants and scholarships support trades education in fields including concrete, mechanical, finishing and pipe trades. DEWALT is also encouraging high [...]
Vero Beach Recreation Department plans parade The City of Vero Beach Recreation Department announces plans for the 64th Annual Halloween Parade & Costume Contest. The festive event, which is open to children of all ages will be held Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024 in downtown Vero Beach. Families are invited to celebrate this most joyful of holidays [...]
Partnership offers financial education for student-athletes Merrill Wealth Management and IMG Academy announced a three-year partnership to offer more education and resources around financial awareness to student-athletes and their families. The program aims to provide actionable financial education to IMG Academy student-athletes that can help them throughout their student-athlete journey and in life. “Athletes today [...]
Targeted funding opportunity: Keeping kids off drugs, alcohol, and other risky behaviors The Children’s Services Council of St. Lucie County is releasing a Targeted Funding Application in the priority category of Keeping Kids Off Drugs, Alcohol and Other Risky Behaviors. The amount of funding to be awarded is up to $95,000. The award will begin [...]
Summer Explore and More Days at Heathcote Botanical Gardens Summer is just around the corner, and at Heathcote Botanical Gardens, we’re gearing up for an adventure-packed season with our brand-new Summer Explore and More days! Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Walmart, the Morales family, 91.1 Treasure Coast’s R&B, St. Lucie Children’s Services Council, Rotary [...]
City of Fort Pierce Celebrates First Youth Recognition Award Program Honorees The City of Fort Pierce announced the recipients of the 2024 City of Fort Pierce Youth Recognition Awards. These awards celebrate the exceptional contributions of three young individuals to our community through their leadership, athletics, and innovation. The awards were presented during the [...]
Careers in focus at St. Lucie Public Schools Student career fairs, educator and counselor industry exploration tours, ready-to-work boot camps, and business leader tours of school Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs are just some of the ways high school students and area businesses are able to connect with each other in St. Lucie County. [...]
Florida Faith Alliance takes a stand against child sex trafficking Florida Faith Alliance was formed to 2022 under the 501c2 umbrella of Visionary Centers International, to fight child sex trafficking by founder and CEO Lynne Barletta, who is also the founder of Visionary School of Arts. Lynne has been working to stop Human Trafficking for [...]
PALM CITY – The Treasure Coast Builders Association, aided by dozens of mentors and sponsors, graduated 52 young men and women from the 2023 Ready-to-Work Skilled Trades, Marine & Manufacturing Boot Camp this summer at Project L.I.F.T.’s facilities in Palm City.
Better Together launches with $3 million pledge from Carroll Distributing Co. Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to families and children, has expanded to the Space and Treasure Coasts. To support the nonprofit's programs in the Space Coast region, local distributor Carroll Distributing Co. has pledged $3 million to Better Together over the next three years. [...]