Our Story
In 2019 two thought leaders came together to solve a quickly growing problem….Okaloosa County, and more-so, Northwest Florida, having one of the fastest growing AND HIGHEST youth suicide rates in the state. Together with a great team and a WHOLE lot of community support, they began solving that concern.
David Triana, Founder of United for a Good Cause, Inc and entrepreneur Peggy Brockman agreed that although it was not the mission of U4aGC, she would help him take it on knowing that one day, if successful, it would dwarf the mission of his smaller organization for youth. They secured the URL BringHopeNow.com with the thought that they might one day need to separate into two organizations in order to grow forward.
With that, they began bringing HOPE to the community through a national peer-to-peer suicide prevention program designed for schools. They vowed to raise the money to make Hope Squad available to every school in our school district and not only did that, but then started the program in every secondary school in Santa Rosa County and paid for all schools in Escambia, Bay and some in Walton and Leon Counties so that when they were ready to start the program they could.
David Triana, Founder of United for a Good Cause, Inc and entrepreneur Peggy Brockman agreed that although it was not the mission of U4aGC, she would help him take it on knowing that one day, if successful, it would dwarf the mission of his smaller organization for youth. They secured the URL BringHopeNow.com with the thought that they might one day need to separate into two organizations in order to grow forward.
With that, they began bringing HOPE to the community through a national peer-to-peer suicide prevention program designed for schools. They vowed to raise the money to make Hope Squad available to every school in our school district and not only did that, but then started the program in every secondary school in Santa Rosa County and paid for all schools in Escambia, Bay and some in Walton and Leon Counties so that when they were ready to start the program they could.