Bring Hope Now

Building hope. Saving lives. strengthening our community.

Bring Hope Now works to reduce youth suicide and strengthen mental-health support for young people and families in Okaloosa County.

Hope begins with connection

Bring Hope Now brings together schools, families, local leaders, and community partners to help young people feel seen, supported, and connected to help. Our work focuses on prevention, early support, and expanding access to mental-health care close to home.

Our work in action

Supporting 42 School C.A.R.E. Crews

Bring Hope Now helps fund C.A.R.E. Crews in 42 Okaloosa County schools. These student-led peer-support groups promote kindness, inclusion, resilience, and connection—helping young people recognize when a friend may need support and reach out to a trusted adult.

Building local youth mental-health care

Bring Hope Now is working to establish a youth mental-health treatment facility in Okaloosa County. Our goal is to help young people and families access compassionate, specialized care closer to home—without the added burden of traveling far from their support system.

Paddle for Hope 5th annual

Dragon Boat Festival & Race


The Dragon Boat Festival is Bring Hope Now’s largest annual fundraiser—bringing our community together for teamwork, celebration, and a shared purpose. Every team, sponsor, volunteer, and donor helps strengthen mental-health support for young people and families in Okaloosa County.

2026 Dragon Boat Festival and Race Sponsors

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Our Sponsors


Suicide prevention, intervention and postvention is a community responsibility.


The mission does not end with our children, but extends to our brave military community, businesses and organizations.


Please consider joining our growing list of sponsors as we continue to support the programs in our schools, expand our reach within our communities to prevent suicide and build out new programs and opportunities to serve families that are deeply affected by Suicide.

A BIG Thank You!

to our Sponsors, Teams, Volunteers and Everyone else that contributes to a successful 

​Annual Bring Hope Dragon Boat Festival & Race.

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