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Volunteer
Honored |
Lydia Barton was honored as the outstanding humanitarian by the Mental Health Association of Okaloosa Walton Counties.
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Our
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here
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view our commercial airing on TV
stations now! It features the local
homeless family of "Melissa's
Story"
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Crestview
Homeless Resources Available
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here
for
a recently posted resource list for
Crestview homeless.
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a Difference Today in the Lives of the
Homeless |
We
are in need of volunteers and specific
items. Click
here
to see our needs during the month of
July.
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A dream in progress for homeless families and individuals
Homelessness is changing in Okaloosa and Walton Counties. Foreclosures, evictions, job loss and rising costs have pushed formerly middle class families into poverty and despair. The annual point-in-time count last January showed children as the fastest growing homeless population, rising from 619 in 2007 to 684, an increase of nearly 10%. Children now outnumber the chronic homeless (582 at last count) that are so visible in and around our downtown areas.
Click
here for the latest local homeless
survey
Opportunity, Inc. and its participating agencies and churches serve our unsheltered neighbors by providing cold night shelter when the weather drops to 40 degrees or below; provision of hot meals and sack lunches, laundry facilities, showers, assistance with prescription medications, job placement and much else. We also link to mainstream benefits such as food stamps, Medicaid, and vocational training.
Direct assistance in the form of rents, utility payments, and various deposits are also provided when possible to individuals who need just a bit of help to avoid or work out of homelessness. Opportunity Inc. provides coordination in order to verify claims of need, and to ensure duplication of service, as well as necessary financial help when funds are available.
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Friends
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Friends of Opportunity |
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Open
An Account At SunTrust
Bank |
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Funds
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Opportunity, Inc. and its partner, the HOPE Network in Crestview, are looking for “Friends of Hope” and “Friends of Opportunity.” The idea is to find sponsors
willing to pledge $10 per month toward helping those in desperate need.
Act now to become a charter member of the Friends of Hope or the Friends of Opportunity! Contributions may be made
online or via mail.
Our goal is to find at least
50 Friends of HOPE, and 100 Friends of Opportunity. Thank you for becoming one of them.
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The
MY Cause promotion has been extended to September 30. Each person or family is limited to one personal account and/or one business account under this program.
Open
an account at Suntrust
Bank and help homeless
families and individuals
gain self-sufficiency. A
$25 deposit can generate
$100 for Opportunity,
Inc. State that you wish to support the Okaloosa Walton Homeless Continuum of Care/ Opportunity, Inc.,
and SunTrust will make a donation of $100 to
our organization. There are no fees involved, and the account can be closed at the end of six months.
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Each day brings ever-more heartbreaking requests for help. An elderly woman, probably in early states of dementia, fell prey to con artists working on her fears concerning safety and loss of income. Several women have lost homes and employment because of violent attacks and trauma. Single parents, juggling for years to keep up with rent payments, utility bills, health care, and groceries out of a single income, can no longer keep all the balls in the air. Service providers trying to meet the ever-growing requests for help are struggling to make their own meager payrolls.
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Okaloosa
Walton Homeless Continuum Care / Opportunity,
Inc.
941-L Central Avenue | Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547
Phone: (850) 226-7694 |
info@okaloosawaltonhomeless.org
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Opportunity, Inc. All
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