BAY AID Franklin | Franklin's Promise Coalition

BAY AID Franklin Unites Organizations to Help Community

PLEASE HELP NOW as Families in Florida's most environmentally sensitive area suffer from a "Fisheries Failure" in Apalachicola Bay . The large number of seafood and tourism related workers have no other source of employment and struggle to survive.

How you can help!

Hold a Food Drive for the families in Franklin County. If you cannot arrange transport for the food collected, you can donate at any food bank across the state in the name of Franklin County and a credit for food will be allotted to our three pantries here in Eastpoint, Carrabelle and Apalachicola. Here is a map of Food Banks belonging to the Florida Association of Food Banks.

If you are able to collect and transport donations to Franklin County, please email us at mail@franklinspromisecoalition.org to schedule volunteers to assist. In this case, our community is short on canned meats such as tuna fish, hams, chicken, etc. Our young families are in desperate need of baby diapers, formula, baby wipes, etc. We could also use toilet paper for families.

Monetary donations will be used to support "A-Hand-Up", a volunteer engagement program supported by Volunteer Franklin, Volunteer Florida, Progress Energy, Catholic Charities, UF/IFAS Extension, The Gulf Coast Workforce Board and the Department of Children and Families. We believe the most sustainable solutions to our community's challenges will be solved by involving the most affected individuals in the work we do. AND IT WORKS! Volunteers who are active in supporting our community are assisted with utility bills as they donate their time at their childrens' schools, in our food pantries, with our churches' outreach programs, and in our BAY AID Franklin efforts. If you would consider a financial donation to BAY AID Franklin, this is how your resources will be used.

Please send checks made to BAY AID Franklin, 192 14th Street, Apalachicola, Florida, 32320

If you would like to volunteer, please contact us at mail@franklinspromisecoalition.org or call 850-653-3930.

Our Mission

With a clear purpose, we pledge to use your support to provide Franklin County residents with the necessary assistance to address basic human needs during or resulting from natural, economic or man-made disaster. Our commitment is to empower those we serve to establish sustainable solutions for reoccurring needs, leading to an improved quality of life.

Our Goals are….

1. To develop, maintain, manage and distribute a fund to expeditiously address basic human services for Franklin County residents

2. To collaborate with a wide range of partners to identify and establish programs that empower Franklin County residents to participate in, take ownership of, and benefit from sustainable alternatives for personal income

3. To support the preservation and enrichment of local culture through regional awareness and promotion

4. To build community

5. To build human capacity by encouraging and supporting education, technical training and preventative healthcare

Organization Overview

BAY AID Franklin is a disaster relief fund established by Franklin’s Promise Coalition, Inc. a 501c3 organization in partnership with over 30 civic organizations, churches, government entities, businesses, and volunteers. As a certified non-profit ,Franklin's Promise Coalition, Inc. is the fiscal agent for donations made to this project. The coalition partners are determined to empower the residents of Franklin County to face challenges more independently. This campaign will bring awareness to the problems that face the residents of one of Florida's most unspoiled regions and to the seafood industry crisis overall, and will provide crucially needed funding to spur recovery and empowerment in Franklin County. Please let us know if we can provide more information. Thank you for your support of our work in this very special community.

Partners:

Franklin’s Promise Coalition, Inc.

Gulf Coast Workforce Board

Florida Department of Children and Families

Franklin County Emergency Management

Franklin County Seafood Workers Association

Franklin County Board of Commissioners

City of Apalachicola

City of Carrabelle

National Institute of Enviromental Health; Nealthy Gulf, Healthy Communities

Franklin County Extension UF/IFAS

University of Florida Center for the Arts in Healthcare

Weems Memorial Hospital

Shands Hospital

Trinity Episcopal Church

Catholic Charities

Carrabelle Cares

Carrabelle Food Pantry

Capital Area Community Action

St. George Island Merchants Association

Eastpoint Church of God

Ministerial Association

Living Waters Assembly of God

St. Patrick’s Church

Gary Olrick Construction

Covenant Word Christian Center

Riverkeeper

Franklin County Extension Office

Franklin County Health Department

Franklin County Food Pantry

America's Second Harvest

Bay Media Services

Server Soultions, Inc

And many other supporters.......

General Information

BAY AID Franklin is a service of Franklin's Promise Coalition, a partnership of people, agencies and organizations who want to make Franklin County a better place to live for all its citizens.The mission of the Coalition is to improve the quality of life for Franklin County residents. To fulfill this mission, the Coalition will serve as an advocate for the community and provide the opportunity of a forum, for networking with service providers, churches, other institutions, and interested citizen volunteers of Franklin County, Florida for:

(a) Improving access to quality services and assisting in eliminating disparities of service.

(b) Streamlining, and preventing duplication and fragmentation of services.

(d) Informing and educating individuals on challenges, resources and opportunities in the community.

(e) Promoting positive youth development while emphasizing the reduction of substance abuse and other negative behaviors among the youth of Franklin County.

(f) Serve Franklin County as the lead agency for Emergency Support Function 15, coordinate the county’s Un-met Needs Committee/Agency Resource Survey, and serve as the county’s Long Term Recovery Coalition.

Franklin’s Promise Coalition (FPC) was incorporated in December of 2002 as a Florida Not-For-Profit Corporation and is designated as a 501 (C) (3) corporation under the Internal Revenue Code. Membership is open to all citizens and agencies and organizations that operate in Franklin County. Everyone is invited to attend.

Thank you to the many suporters of our community!

Below is a list of those who are supporting our efforts. Please forgive us if we have missed someone or have not had a chance to update the listing. We are reminded that "we won't make any mistakes if we don't do anything". We know we have alot of room for improvement and we appreciate these supports for believing in our efforts and our community!

Sherri Martin from the Department of Economic Opportunity represents hundreds of state employees who donated food for our families here in Franklin County. A list of those agencies will appear soon!