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FPL awards $50k in grants

| Staff Reporters
Florida Power & Light Co. has awarded 10 nonprofits across northwest Florida with grants totaling $50,000 that will help provide life-changing opportunities for communities.

The grants are funded by the NextEra Energy Foundation, the charitable arm of FPL’s parent company.

The grant recipients include the following entities in Okaloosa, Walton and Bay counties:

  • Emerald Coast Theatre Company: Provides free theatre field trips to students in Okaloosa and Walton counties, aiming to expose them to fine arts despite reduced school arts programs. Over 1,600 students attended last year — $3,500.
  • A Bed 4 Me Foundation: Since 2018, the Foundation has served over 2,800 disadvantaged children in Okaloosa and Walton counties with beds and bedding. Grant funds will buy a twin-sized bed, sheets, pillowcases, comforters and pillows for 41 children — $2,500.
  • Okaloosa Public Schools Foundation: Launching “Building Math Skills” program for struggling fifth graders, focusing on hands-on construction-based activities to teach math literacy. Pilot program at Elliott Point Elementary — $10,000.
  • Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation: Supports the ArtsReach program in Okaloosa and Walton counites, which provides diverse, inclusive and accessible art education and therapeutic sessions to underserved communities, including veterans, children and adults with disabilities — $5,000.
  • Able Trust Florida Endowment for Vocational Rehabilitation: Supports high school high-tech programs in Escambia, Okaloosa and Bay counties, helping students with disabilities pursue postsecondary education and employment — $5,000.
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