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Community Impact
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Bicycle Helmets |
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In December, 2007, the JLEC participated in a day dedicated to donating Bicycle Helmets to unprivileged children along with a Bike Safety Class.
As part of a grant, The Florida Department of Health donated bike helmets to a number of counties across the state and our league was fortunate to receive 200 helmets!
The Done In A Day (DIAD) committee arranged for a bicycle safety course, hot dogs and hamburgers and partnered with Front Porch, Okaloosa County Sheriff ’s Office and the Emerald Coast Cycling Association for an outstanding event.
The helmets were properly fitted to each child’s head prior to distributing them.
It was one of the many DIAD projects that directly benefit the community.
Follow the link below to some valuable information from the Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute. It has statistics, tips on getting children to wear helmets, tips on current trends and so much more.
Thank you for making this event a success!
http://www.bhsi.org/
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Hurricane Katrina |
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Students displaced to our area following Hurricane Katrina speak of their experiences and their temporary home at Camp Timpoochee.
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This year the Junior League of the Emerald Coast donated $5000 of our funds to help students that were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and moved in to our area schools. Donations were used to buy new clothing and school supplies for Middle and High school students in Okaloosa and Walton County schools.
The Junior League of the Emerald Coast would link to say Thank You to our sister League in Wichita, KS for their generous donation of $6,427 to our Hurricane relief program.
Thank you to Target in Mary Esther for their generous donation of $500 worth of gift cards.
Thank you to the Junior league of Baltimore for their gift of $500 worth of Target gift cards.
The Junior League of the Emerald Coast would also like to thank Destin Commons for their generous pledge of $3,000 to our Hurricane Relief Program.
Thankyou to our friends at the Junior league of Charlotte, NC who pledged to support our relief efforts through a donation of $2,000.
The Junior League of Stamford/Norwalk, CT is sending school suplies and gift cards to displaced students in our area.
On March 4th Lynn West, President of the JLEC, presented Desire Street Academy, with a check for $10,377. The funding is intended to help rebuild their school in New Orleans. School supplies donated are to help when they re-open in fall of 2006.
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Habitat for Humanity
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For more information on community projects contact the VP of community Affairs at community@jlec.org
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