Social & Community Engagement

The Hotel for Dogs & Cats is a Rescue & Adoption Service and is run solely by volunteers and donations.

Escambia County is committed to working in partnership with the community to create a safe, healthy and caring environment for both citizens and animals.

The UWF Campus Cat Program (CCP) was established 2017 to oversee the campus feral cat populations living on UWF campus.

The Pensacola Humane Society is committed to improving the lives of companion animals in our community through advocacy, adoption, education, and sanctuary.

309 Punk Project is the only artist run nonprofit organization in the South committed solely to archiving the creative efforts of the punk culture of our region. It is our primary goal to serve the local and regional community as archive, residency, and venue for divergent practices in DIY culture and contemporary art that critically examines the sociopolitical cultural moment that is shaping all our lives.

The Dream Defenders are building a powerful, deep, local organization and movement for freedom and liberation in Florida.

Learn to Read of Northwest Florida, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) volunteer organization dedicated to helping functionally illiterate adults improve their lives.

ReadingPals is a statewide early literacy initiative that provides volunteer mentors for students from Pre-K to 3rd grade who may need extra help, utilizing one-on-one or small group settings.

Open Books is a nonprofit, volunteer-run bookstore. Proceeds from the sale of books and donations support the Prison Book Project, operating since 2000.

If you're interested in a volunteer internship with an amazing nonprofit, please reach out to learn about our Special Events & Fundraising Internship. The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Florida is to be the BEST Home-Away-From-Home and source of respite and resources for children and families of children suffering a medical crisis.

The Pensacola MESS Hall aspires to attract and create a community of critical and creative thinkers of all ages who are inspired by and understand the basic principles of science. Volunteers are welcome.

350 Pensacola provides local support for the global 350.org campaign. We offer lectures, discussion courses, workshops and other activities to encourage people to examine their personal values and habits and develop strategies for acting on their commitment to a healthy Earth and sustainable future.

The mission of Keep Pensacola Beautiful is to provide education and resources for sustained community improvement.

Organized litter clean-ups around the community. Events are created using Facebook, as well.

"At 'From the Ground Up' Community Garden, we're growing veggies, giving back ... and nurturing a true spirit of community."

Manna is a local grassroots organization fighting hunger in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

The Argo Pantry provides food to currently enrolled UWF students in need of assistance.

The UWF Community Garden is an active service project of the Kugelman Honors Program. It is open to the public and we welcome anyone who shares our passion for digging in the dirt and growing things.

Seeking to put God’s love into action, Pensacola Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.

A place for the Pensacola LGBT+ Community & allies to connect, socialize, share and grow.

Strive is an advocacy and organizing group centered around the needs of transgender people in Escambia County. We are the only group of this caliber on the Gulf Coast; we serve the Pensacola community and some outlying areas to the best of our ability.

We are Sunday's Child, a Florida 501(c)3, non-profit organization that promotes diversity, inclusion and equality by awarding grants to significant charitable and economic initiatives. Founded in 2013, we comprise a group of citizens and professionals seeking to create permanent and lasting change in support of—and acceptance for—the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community.

FavorHouse of Northwest Florida is the Certified Domestic Violence Center for Escambia And Santa Rosa Counties in Florida.