Walton County Snowbirds 2011/2012

This is the Home Page of the Walton County Snowbirds of Miramar Beach, South Walton County, Florida 32550

"Local Community Volunteer Needs "

Food For Thought Outreach Needs your Help    http://foodforthoughtfl.org/

 

Happy New Year!  

I am a member of a local charity that helps feed children in our local schools - Food For Thought Outreach.  We distribute backpacks containing food to students who may not have food for the weekend at Butler & Bay Elementary Schools.  We are looking for volunteers to help with the following for our program:

Pack backpacks every Thursday

Deliver backpacks to the schools every Friday morning between 7:45 - 8:00 am  (approx 80 backpacks get delivered to Butler)

Is this something that you would be willing to share with the Snowbirds at your next meeting or through an email list?  The people who has been delivering backpacks recently told us they needed a break so that is our greatest need right now. 

Please let me know if this is something you think Snowbirds would like to help with.  They can contact me if they would like to help.  

Thank you for your consideration! 

 

Amy Walsh

850-699-3233

A Coldwell Banker United Realtor

and

Your source for the sand!

 

Here  is a small list of local agencies always needing help:

Caring and Sharing of South Walton, Inc. 850/267-2866

Walton County Citizens Advisory Council on Aging in South Walton- (892-8165) Contact Kay Brady- Social interaction with home bound clients.

Children in Crisis- (864-4242) Contact Reagan- Administrative Duties, Lawn Care, Tutor Kids (background check required)

Habitat for Humanity (315-0025) Contact Christy Jones- Home construction & volunteering in resale store

 Below is the direct link to a full listing of our member agencies.  They all love having caring volunteers!  Thank you to the Snowbirds do for all you do for our community.

http://united-way.org/agencies.htm

 Nikki Hemphill

United Way of Okaloosa & Walton Counties

Campaign Assistant

www.united-way.org

(850)243-0315

Thanks for your help.
Bob Bailey (our Snowbird Contact for volunteer opportunities in Destin and area)
850-650-5252   rdbailey50@yahoo.com

A great opportunity for volunteering exists at Eden Gardens State Park at Point Washington...Santa Rosa Beach, FL.   Every Tuesday, the Friends of Eden Volunteers meet at the park for gardening purposes to enhance the beauty of the park. They usually get together about 9 a.m. and weed, plant & rake or trim for several  hours, then share lunch with the other volunteers, if desired. Snowbirds have contributed greatly in this manner in the past (and continue to do so), but with our large annual turnover I am sure quite a few Snowbirds are not aware of the beautiful park and this opportunity to serve the community. 

Eden State Gardens is located off County Road 395 north of U.S. 98.  395 south (the other way) goes to Seagrove.The new entrance to the park is a left before getting into village of Point Washington. 

Any questions can be addressed to  Jane Angner, a Friends of Eden  board member and chairperson of the gardening committee. Her phone number is 654-5783,  and E-mail is angner@embarqmail.com

 Thanks to Walton County Snowbirds Jack and Ardyce Williams for the above information!  For their assistance, call them at 267-1535.

Boys and Girls Club of South Walton County

The Boys and Girls Club is always in need of volunteers!  One of our biggest needs would be assisting students with their homework. This would be in the learning center from 3:00 to 4:00 pm, and at times lasting until 5pm.

We enjoy having volunteers come  and play games and interact with the children. Kids love seeing new adult faces and getting to know them is very important.

There are a lot of single parent families at this site, so great role models are what members need.