Tag: pensacola

Associated PressDecember 21, 2015
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Homeless people in the Pensacola area are receiving free haircuts for the holidays. Pensacola News-Journal reports that local hairstylists volunteered and provided haircuts to dozens of homeless people at a special holiday event. The downtown Pensacola gathering also included gifts of warm clothing and holiday meal. Hairstylist Amber Graham said a haircut is a small luxury […]

Phil AmmannNovember 16, 2015
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On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced three appointments and four reappointments, including Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward, to the Florida Commission on Community Service, otherwise known as Volunteer Florida. Volunteer Florida is the lead state agency for volunteerism and national service, administering $31.7 million in federal, state, and local funding for programs throughout Florida. The agency […]

Shannon NickinsonOctober 13, 2015

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Researchers at Vanderbilt University have found that poor children benefited from the academic boost that the state voluntary prekindergarten program gave them. But the benefit didn’t last when they moved through elementary school. The researchers who conducted the five-year $6 million study had conclusions about why poor kids who got a boost from VPK didn’t […]


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