Benefiting Charities

AMIkids Emerald Coast

AMIkids provides the kids in our community an opportunity to transform into responsible young adults. Since 1969, AMIkids has been providing a structured, family environment to guide more than 115,000 youth back on track to becoming productive and contributing members of society

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Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast

Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in Miramar Beach, Florida, delivers specialty care and 24/7 emergency care for  adults  and  children  in connection with  Studer Family Children’s Hospital . We provide advanced surgical care

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Boys & Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast believe every child has the potential to be great. Seven safe, positive neighborhood Clubs provide after school and summer programs for young people between the ages of 5-18 years old.    Mission: Inspire

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Caring and Sharing of South Walton provides crisis relief to families in need within our local community through financial assistance, food, counseling, and case management. Founded in 1994, the organization serves close to 500 local families each month.  

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Children in Crisis

“Providing Homes and Establishing Hope” for the abused, neglected and abandoned children of our community. The Children’s Neighborhood provides an emergency shelter for young children, and the group foster homes help with the severe shortage of foster homes in our community. Together

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Children's Volunteer Health Network

Children’s Volunteer Health Network began in 2005, when one little boy’s crooked smile touched the heart of Tricia Carlisle-Northcutt. Tricia volunteered at an outreach program at her church, and every Tuesday, Tyler and his little brother were there “only for

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The Ellison Foundation has been created to honor the memory of Ellison McCraney Ingram by supporting local children’s charities in the Destin, Florida and NWFL region.  

Working together with the Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF), a scholarship fund named after the youngest son

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Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center

Preventing child abuse...Protecting children…Restoring lives  The Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Center provides services for the most egregious cases of child abuse (sexual abuse, severe physical abuse) in Okaloosa and Walton Counties. Centers

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Emerald Coast Autism Center

Autism affects 1 in 68 children in the US today, and early intervention is the key to helping these children reach their potential.  Children with autism can learn, but they learn differently.  Emerald Coast Autism Center (ECAC) was founded in 2009 to fill a growing

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Habitat for Humanity of Walton County

Habitat for Humanity of Walton County, Florida is a 501(c)(3) Christian non-profit that builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of our partner families and the community. Our ministry provides housing opportunities through a helping hand approach

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Mental Health Association Okaloosa & Walton Counties

The Mental Health Association of Okaloosa/Walton Counties is a not-for-profit, United Way Agency, that provides strong array of mental health services through Wellness Recovery programs, Family to Family classes, Okaloosa Veteran's Court, Ombudsman

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Opportunity Place

Where new beginnings becomes a reality for women and families.

OUR MISSION IS TO HELP WOMEN AND FAMILIES, WHO ARE HOMELESS, ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENT. We believe...every woman, child and family has the innate right to be safe and an opportunity to succeed in life.  We are committed

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Point Washington Medical Clinic is a free primary care medical clinic that is operating as a pop-up clinic in Walton County. Currently in the process of building their first facility, the support provided by DCWAF will fund the clinic’s pediatric room.

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Shelter House of Northwest Florida

Domestic violence can take many forms. It may involve physical aggression, verbal abuse, emotional manipulation, forced sexual activity or financial control. Domestic violence crosses all age, racial, ethnic, nation-orientation, sexual, gender preference, spiritual

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The Arc of The Emerald Coast

The Arc of the Emerald Coast (Horizons) was founded in 1955 and is an affiliate of The Arc of the United States, the world’s largest grassroots advocacy organization for citizens of all ages with cognitive, intellectual, and developmental disabilities, and their families

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Westonwood Ranch emphasizes the importance of learning by “doing,” utilizing a holistic approach to teach functional living skills, personal and social skills, and vocational skills to teens and young adults with developmental differences.  The heart of the program is rooted in the creation

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Youth Village

Youth Village is a 501C3 non-profit organization located in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. They began in 1999 as an after-school program and summer camp for children in grades K-8. They provide adult supervision in a safe, nurturing, and encouraging environment that lends itself to the continued

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In 2016, DCWAF created a fund for future needs through the DCWAF Children's Fund. Renamed in 2019 to the Jumonville Family Children's Fund following a generous $1 million donation by the Jumonville Family, the Children's Fund is cash held in a separate account available to any of the DCWAF charities

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Interested in becoming a beneficiary of Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation? Applications are available beginning each year in May to receive funds for the upcoming fiscal year beginning on August 1. We ask that all interested organizations reach out to us after May 1 of the year for the application

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