Community Involvement

Join us Saturday, October 10, 2015 for

Bras Across the Bridge!

• Registration begins at 8 a.m. (at The Grand Marlin)
• Event starts at 9 a.m.
• After-party at The Grand Marlin from 9:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

REGISTER ONLINE AT www.ebaptisthealthcare.org/articles/65 BRAS ACROSS THE BRIDGE 2015

Baptist Health Care, Pensacola Honda and CUMULUS MEDIA are excited to announce the sixth annual Bras Across the Bridge on Saturday, October 10 at 8 a.m. Join us, along with our partners The Grand Marlin Restaurant & Oyster Bar and Big Rhino, on the beach side of the Bob Sikes Bridge at The Grand Marlin. Breast cancer survivors, their loved ones and the community are invited to join together to increase breast cancer awareness.

Beginning at 8 a.m., participants can park and register at The Grand Marlin on Pensacola Beach. The first 300 participants will receive a pink Bras Across the Bridge T-shirt. Participation is $20 per person plus the donation of a new bra. At 9 a.m. the crowd will make its way across the bridge with bras strung together as a show of awareness and support for breast cancer. The garments will be donated to local organizations that help women and girls in need. Funds raised will be donated to the Baptist Health Care Foundation's Mammogram Fund. Join us for the Bras Across the Bridge after-party at The Grand Marlin to kick-off Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Live music, silent auction and more!

For more information  email Rachia.fields@pensacolahonda.com

Communities Caring at Christmas

Communities Caring at Christmas provides new toys, clothing and daily living needs for abused, neglected, abandoned children living in foster care,children living in poverty and adults with developmental disabilities in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties.
 
Bay Area Food Bank - Backpacks for Kids
www.bayareafoodbank.org

The mission of the Backpack Program is to meet the needs of chronically hungry children. We meet this need by providing easy-to-prepare food for children to take home on weekends and school vacations when other resources are not available.
Bay Area Food Bank's Backpack Program is targeted toward schools that have a high incidence of children in need. Students are referred to the program by teachers and counselors. Each backpack site distributes a pack of food to each participating child on Friday afternoon at no cost to the children or the school. The Backpack Program is not federally funded, therefore we rely on donations from corporate/community sponsors, individuals and grants for the program.
The typical backpack contains a variety of easy-to-prepare food usually including protein, grains and fruit. A bag of food is placed discreetly in each child's backpack to carry food home for themselves and their siblings. The weight of the food bag is less than five pounds. A typical weekend supply of food for one child could include the following items:

•  individual cereal or oatmeal packs
• pop-top meals (such as beef ravioli, macaroni and cheese or chili
• pudding cups
• fruit cups or applesauce 
• miscellaneous snacks (granola bar, peanut butter crackers, etc.)
  

Manna Food Pantry

Pensacola Honda recently contributed $5,000 to the Manna Food Pantry to help them continue to fight hunger in our community:

MWEAR ABC 3 News - Military Salute

We're also proud to partner with WEAR ABC 3 to recognize our local military: