The White-Wilson Community Foundation

News Releases

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – January 23, 2024 – The White-Wilson Community Foundation (WWCF) is currently accepting grant applications from not-for-profit and qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations seeking to advance community health, increase access to care or provide health-related educational services to the area.

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — October 26, 2023 — The White-Wilson Community Foundation (WWCF) hosted the return of its award-winning fundraising event, The Little Black Dress Party, on Saturday, September 16. Over 450 guests filled the Grand Sandestin to help raise more than $223,000 to provide critical health services for individuals in Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton Counties.

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — June 14, 2023 — The White-Wilson Community Foundation (WWCF) will host the return of its award-winning fundraising event, The Little Black Dress Party, on Saturday, September 16. Guests will gather at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort to help raise funds to provide critical health services for individuals in Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton Counties.

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – March 16, 2023 – On Wednesday, March 15, local families gathered at White-Wilson Medical Center for a vision clinic during which eight children with severe visual impairments received Electronic Video Magnifiers (EVMs) funded by The White-Wilson Community Foundation (WWCF) in collaboration with Sight Savers America (SSA). The high-tech equipment opens a new world of opportunity, allowing the children to see more clearly what they have not been able to before.

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — February 21, 2023 — The White-Wilson Community Foundation will host A Nonprofit’s Secret to Success, The Sight Savers America Story, an engaging and insightful lunch and learn for local nonprofit leaders. The free event will take place on Wednesday, March 15 at Crosspoint Church in Niceville, 214 Partin Drive S, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — December 12, 2022 — The White-Wilson Community Foundation partnered with Special Olympics Florida to provide free sports physicals to local athletes throughout Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton Counties on Saturday, December 10 at White-Wilson Medical Center’s main campus in Fort Walton Beach, 1005 Mar Walt Drive.