Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Is Today
May 10, 2014
The 22nd annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is today — the day you place a sturdy (perhaps watertight) bag of food at your mailbox for your letter carrier to pick up.
Non-perishable foods are needed, such as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal. Items should be placed next to your mailbox prior to regular mail delivery on Saturday. Donations may also be dropped off at any U.S. Post Office or Publix Store now through Monday, May 12.
Escambia and Santa Rosa County letter carriers will collect food donations for five local organizations including: Manna Food Pantries, Warrington Emergency Aid, Bay Area Food Bank in Pace and Milton, Acts Ministries in Gulf Breeze and We Care Ministries of Navarre United Methodist Church.
Flash Flood Watch Continues: Heavy Rain Possible
May 10, 2014
A flash flood watch continues through Sunday morning.
According to the National Weather Service, additional numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop again Saturday, potentially continuing into Saturday night. Storm total rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches will be likely, with localized totals of 6 to 8 inches possible where thunderstorms repeatedly move over the same area. Ground conditions over many locations in the watch area remain saturated from recent significant rainfall increasing the potential for flooding and flash flooding.
Here is your official NorthEscambia area forecast:
- Saturday Cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
- Saturday Night A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Sunday Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
- Sunday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Monday Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
- Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Tuesday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. South wind around 5 mph.
- Tuesday Night A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southwest wind around 10 mph becoming north after midnight.
- Wednesday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
- Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
- Thursday Sunny, with a high near 83.
- Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 58.
- Friday Sunny, with a high near 84.
Flooding: Project Outreach Sites Opening Directly In Impacted Areas
May 10, 2014
Escambia County has launched Project Outreach, a disaster relief program that uses field teams to provide aid to the most heavily impacted areas within Escambia County. These sites will be operational from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow, May 10, and Sunday, May 11. The field teams have set up tents at the following eight locations:
- Bristol Park*, 10100 Bristol Park Rd
- Crescent Lake*, 6105 Fairview Drive
- Damascus Road Mission Baptist Church, 8198 Untreiner Avenue
- Innerarity Point, Perdido Bay United Methodist Church, 13600 Innerarity Point Road, across from Ace Hardware
- Lake Charlene*, Corner of 6815 Kitty Hawk Circle
- Legion Field, 1301 West Gregory Street
- Piedmont Area*, Roger Scott Tennis Center, 2130 Summit Boulevard
- Wedgewood Community Center*, 6405 Wagner Road
*FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance Team (DSAT) will be on site Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Each location also has free tarps for flood victims.
The Escambia County Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) opens Sunday, May 11, at the Brownsville Community Center, 3100 West Desoto Street, Pensacola. Applicants may go to a Disaster Recovery Center for information about FEMA or other disaster assistance, or for questions related to your case.
The hours of operations are:
- Sundays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Mondays – Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Free Food Distribution Today At Ransom Middle For Flooding Victims
May 10, 2014
In response to the local flooding that has impacted Escambia County, Farm Share and State Rep. Clay Ingram will host a free food distribution today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ransom Middle School, 1000 West Kingsfield Road, Cantonment.
District 5 Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry, State Sen. Greg Evers, Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and District 5 School Board Member Bill Slayton will join the volunteer efforts to distribute food to assist families in need.
Families will be provided with Farm Share food bags free of charge with a variety of fresh, in season produce along with water, blankets and other needed goods.
Farm Share is a nonprofit organization working to alleviate hunger and malnutrition by recovering fresh, nutritious food and distributing it to those who need it across Florida.
Pictured: The Farm Share truck arrived early this morning at Ransom Middle School. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Flash Flood Watch: Heavy Rains Possible
May 9, 2014
There is flash flood watch in effect for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida through Sunday afternoon. From one to three inches of rainfall is expected on already saturated ground. Local totals of 5-7 inches are possible where thunderstorms repeatedly move over the same locations.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 66. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
- Saturday Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy, with a high near 80. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Saturday Night A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Sunday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 5 to 15 mph.
- Sunday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Monday Partly sunny, with a high near 87. South wind 5 to 15 mph.
- Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Tuesday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. South wind around 5 mph.
- Tuesday Night A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southwest wind around 10 mph becoming north after midnight.
- Wednesday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
- Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
- Thursday Sunny, with a high near 83.
- Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 58.
- Friday Sunny, with a high near 84.
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Is Saturday
May 9, 2014
On Saturday, Escambia and Santa Rosa Letter Carriers will join forces to help Stamp Out Hunger in our community. In its 22nd year, the annual food drive has grown to the largest national single-day effort that benefits millions of Americans who struggle to put food on the table.
Residents are encouraged to leave a sturdy bag of non-perishable foods, such as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal next to their mailbox prior regular mail delivery on Saturday. Donations may also be dropped off at any U.S. Post Office or Publix Store now through Monday, May 12. Escambia and Santa Rosa County letter carriers will collect food donations for five local organizations including: Manna Food Pantries, Warrington Emergency Aid, Bay Area Food Bank in Pace and Milton, Acts Ministries in Gulf Breeze and We Care Ministries of Navarre United Methodist Church.
Last year, the organizations collected more than 150,000 pounds of food from the drive. Despite previous generous support, the need is still great in our community. Last year, Manna Food Pantries alone helped 42,116 individuals through their network of six pantries in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. Of those, 38 percent were children under the age of 18. Another 15 percent were senior citizens. Manna helped 17,993 families and 13 percent of those families were either active duty, retired or veteran military.
Because of the devastating flood that impacted our community last week, Manna had to suspend all services, and currently cannot accept food donations. However, generous community supporters are working diligently to provide a temporary location to store donations from the Stamp Out Hunger drive. These donations will be critical in helping Manna resume normal operations in the weeks to come.
Sandbags, Tarps Available Today
May 9, 2014
Sandbags and tarps are being made available today to Escambia County residents in advance of anticipated heavy rainfall.
Escambia County is making ten filled sandbags available per vehicle to the public at no cost, while supplies last. Full sandbags will available tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Escambia County Road Prison, 601 Highway 297A, Cantonment. A 10-bag limit per vehicle will be imposed until supplies run out.
Residents needing tarps prior to expected rains this weekend to cover belongings that have been brought outside of flooded homes can pick up free tarps from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Escambia County Public Safety Boulding, South Parking Lot, 6575 North W Street. Tarps will be distributed on a first-come first-served basis until supplies are exhausted.
Free Farm Share Food Distribution Saturday At Ransom Middle
May 8, 2014
In response to the local flooding that has impacted Escambia County, Farm Share and State Rep. Clay Ingram will host a free food distribution event on Saturday, May, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ransom Middle School, 1000 West Kingsfield Road, Cantonment.
District 5 Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry, State Sen. Greg Evers, Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and District 5 School Board Member Bill Slayton will join the volunteer efforts to distribute food to assist families in need.
Families will be provided with Farm Share food bags free of charge with a variety of fresh, in season produce along with water, blankets and other needed goods.
Farm Share is a nonprofit organization working to alleviate hunger and malnutrition by recovering fresh, nutritious food and distributing it to those who need it across Florida.
Flash Flood Watch In Effect: Possible Heavy Rain Returns
May 8, 2014
There is flash flood watch in effect for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida from Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon. During the time period, from one to three inches of rainfall is expected on already saturated ground. Local totals of 5-7 inches are possible where thunderstorms repeatedly move over the same locations.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. South wind 5 to 15 mph.
- Friday Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
- Friday Night Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 65. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
- Saturday Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 82. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Saturday Night A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Sunday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 5 to 10 mph
- Sunday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Monday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Monday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light southeast after midnight.
- Tuesday A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
- Tuesday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
- Wednesday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.
- Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
- Thursday Sunny, with a high near 79.
Volunteer Meeting Tonight For Those That Seek To ‘Reimagine Century’
May 6, 2014
The Reimagine organization will hold a meeting tonight in order to continue plans on how to best meet the needs of Century.
Reimagine Century will be held on Saturday, September 13 at Showalter Park. A volunteer meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Ag Building on West Highway 4 in Century.
Organizer Linda English said the group is on a mission to serve those less fortunate, bringing together churches, business, community groups and individuals.
Reimagine has held similar events in Brownsville, Warrrington, Thomaston, GA, Santa Rosa County and Peru. Events have included clothing giveaways, free haircuts, free food, free health checks and displays from community organizations.
For more information, contact Linda at (850) 454-5280.
Pictured: Scenes from Reimagine Warrington. Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.