Food For Thought is looking to add volunteers to help support our growing program. Current volunteer are also encouraged to attend to learn about volunteer needs this new school year. 

Stop in anytime within this time frame and it will take 30 minutes for us to get you all the information you need. 

There will be time for Q&A, new volunteer paperwork, and explanation of volunteer opportunities for the current 2017-2018 school year. 

This session will be hosted at the Santa Rosa Beach Pantry on:

October 17th from 8:30am to 10:00am

and in the Destin pantry on:

October 24th from 9:00am to 10:30am

Volunteers of all ages are always welcome!

Join us for a mimosa toast and a tour of our newly renovated pantry! Come and learn about our new programs and sign up for volunteer shifts. We're excited to share this with you!

We are excited to return to the Eggs on the Beach event for the 2nd year in a row as the benefitting charity along with The Fisher House of the Emerald Coast, and we'd love to see you there! 

Eggs on the Beach is held at Seascape on September 30th where Cook Teams create bite size portions of their favorite recipes to be judged by the public as well as a celebrity judge. Tasters (that's you!) vote for their favorites, as teams vie for bragging rights and prizes! Registration is open now to teams, sponsors, and tasters. 

This is a family friendly event and not to be missed! For more information, visit https://30a.com/eggs-on-the-beach-contest/

Supported by a three-year $125,000 grant from the Emeril Lagasse Foundation, Food for Thought is launching the Full Circle Kitchen program to expand service and commitment to food insecure children and their families in Okaloosa and Walton Counties.

Offered to high school students enrolled in Food for Thought, the Full Circle Kitchen Program will bring students into Food for Thought’s Santa Rosa Beach Pantry where they will learn fundamental cooking skills from restaurant partners and local chefs.

The Full Circle Kitchen program will provide a fully functional teaching kitchen with basic cooking equipment and a safe learning environment to acquire the skills necessary to prepare a meal. Students will build upon the skills they learned the week before in classes designed around limited budgets and access to food.

“By providing life skills, education, and job placement opportunities, we will have seen these children from Kindergarten through graduation and ensured they have the skills to thrive and making a lasting impact on our community,” says Food For Thought Founder and Executive Director Tiffanie Nelson.

The grant from the Emeril Lagasse Foundation will support capital needs, operating expenses and programming efforts associated with the program’s newly constructed teaching kitchen.

 More information about the Emeril Lagasse Foundation is available at www.emeril.org.

About Emeril Lagasse Foundation:

Founded in 2002 by Chef Emeril Lagasse and his wife Alden, Emeril Lagasse Foundation is a 501c(3) public charity headquartered in New Orleans. The Foundation’s mission is to create opportunities to inspire, mentor and enable youth to reach their full potential through culinary, nutrition and arts education with a focus on life skills development. Since its inception, Emeril Lagasse Foundation has granted more than $8 million to several children’s charities to support culinary, nutrition and arts programs. The Foundation was recognized as the 2016 Nonprofit of the Year by Louisiana Association of Non-Profit Organizations. To learn more about the Foundation and its beneficiaries, visit Emeril.org, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

It was a lovely and successful night at Churchill Oaks. Thank you to everyone who attended the 5th and Final ART of Giving presented by Beachy Beach 30a and Porath & Associates, P.A.

The event raised $26,000, which will provide 15,000 meals! Congratulations to the winners of the beautiful pieces of artwork.