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Alaqua's month of celebrations will conclude with the Wild and Free Festival this Saturday, March 25! This event will highlight Alaqua’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, a state and federally permitted facility, providing rescue, rehabilitation, and release of sick, injured, and orphaned native Florida wildlife.

The festival will kick off with a “baby shower” to raise awareness and gather supplies for the upcoming “baby” season, when the Refuge takes in hundreds of orphaned wildlife patients. There will be food trucks, craft beer stations, and live music throughout the day. Alaqua’s new wildlife rescue ambulance will be onsite for tours, and guests can meet our wildlife animal ambassadors. There will also be kid’s activities including a wildlife scavenger hunt, face painting, and birdhouse decorating.

Join us as we conclude our month-long celebration, all for the love of animals! 🐾

You are invited to the sweetest event in town! The 2023 Big Scoop is set for May 13th in historic Seville Square in Downtown Pensacola. This family-friendly event will run from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. and will include all you can eat ice cream, popsicles, games, activities and more!

Tickets are $10 for adults and children 12 years-old and up; $5 for children ages 4-11; Free for children 3 and under and Littles (please show your Magic Card).
Tickets are available now: bbbsnwfl.org. All proceeds will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida and their mission to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships.

If you are interested in learning about Sponsorship Opportunities, contact Lori Oswald, at loswald@bbbsnwfl.org.

Paper or plastic? Does recycling really make a difference? Which foods have the lowest environmental impact? More Americans are asking these questions as they try to make lifestyle changes toward more environmentally-friendly lives. Unfortunately, many consumers are flooded with advice based on emotion, not science, and are left confused about which are really the most important decisions.

Join us as we learn which actions do the most for the planet while also helping us live healthier and more enjoyable lives. We’ll hear from three Pensacola residents who have made changes to live lighter on the earth, while also improving the quality of their lives. Our guests are Paige Plier, an environmental educator and advocate; Brian O’Sullivan, a Pensacola resident who has transformed his home into a model for a low carbon future; and Zac Lane, advocacy chairperson for Bike Pensacola. Christian Wagley, coastal organizer for Healthy Gulf, will present the findings of scientific research on consumer impacts, and moderate the discussion.

This presentation comes the week of Earth Day and is a joint project of 350 Pensacola, Healthy Gulf and Climate Together Pensacola. Please join us for an interactive presentation and discussion! For more information: christian@healthygulf.org

Required Libraries notice: “This event is not sponsored or endorsed by the West Florida Public Libraries or Escambia County.”

The UWF Emerald Coast community is invited to make a difference through Emerald Coast Day of Service. Students, faculty, and staff are welcome to volunteer and participate in an Okaloosa Island beach clean-up.

Participants will meet in the parking lot in front of the Crab Trap on Okaloosa Island 1450 Miracle Strip Parkway Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

For more information and to sign up, please contact Deborah Hazen at dhazen@uwf.edu.

The University community will come together to make Northwest Florida an even better place to live, work and play through Founders Week Day of Service. Alumni will participate in service projects throughout and beyond Escambia County.

Alumni are invited to share their graduating decade when giving and non-alumni donors can choose from supporting the decade they got involved at UWF or when they made their first gift to the University. Donate $30 to earn a pair of exclusive UWF socks. In our first competition in 2021, the 90s decade won out for the most dollars raised. In 2022, the graduates of the 60s & 70s became the reigning champions.

Who will take home the final Battle of the Decades title in 2023? Join us on April 20 to find out! Learn more and make your gift at dayofgiving.uwf.edu.

#UWFDayOfGiving

The UWF Office of Undergraduate Research 2023 Student Scholars Symposium is a day dedicated to celebrating UWF research! The symposium will feature scholarly and creative works produced through collaboration between UWF students and faculty.

The symposium will be set up at various locations throughout campus, including the UWF Commons, Conference Center, Cannon Green and the Center for Fine and Performing Arts.

For more info and details on the OUR Student Scholar Symposium and Faculty Research Showcase, visit the informational website.

Bring your family and enjoy an afternoon outdoors with fellow Arogs at the UWF Sports Complex! We will have yard games, tie-dye shirt creation stations, shaved ice treats, vendor booths, and baseball and softball games. Shirts and treats are free while supplies last.

Activities, games, and booths behind UWF Softball Field

Free admission



1 – 6 p.m.

UWF Softball and Baseball games vs. Auburn Montgomery

Baseball @ Jim Spooner Field

Softball @ UWF Softball Complex

Free admission to all games

Help fill up the Argo Pantry! UWF Emerald Coast will be accepting non-perishable food donations for the UWF Argo Pantry from 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. in front of Building 2 in Fort Walton Beach. There will be a drive-thru option available.

Come out for a night of dancing with a live DJ and light show in the historic American Legion Hall to benefit Post 33 in raising funds to kick off their restoration project of the 1919 Pensacola landmark and resume community activities there!