{"id":1591,"date":"2017-03-13T15:53:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T19:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2024-02-13T08:32:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T13:32:33","slug":"former-congressman-david-jolly-launches-non-profit-policy-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/former-congressman-david-jolly-launches-non-profit-policy-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Congressman David Jolly Launches Non-Profit Policy Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Petersburg, FL \u2013 <\/span><\/b>Former Congressman David Jolly (FL-13) is launching Brighter Future Florida Inc. (\u201cBrighter Future\u201d), a non-profit organization created to continue his work on issues important to Pinellas County, Tampa Bay and the State of Florida. <\/span><\/p>\n

Funded initially with unused money from the 2016 campaign cycle, Brighter Future will focus on veterans\u2019 issues, early childhood education and literacy, community healthcare solutions, and issues impacting local fisheries and the environment.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am committed to continuing the work I started in Congress,\u201d Jolly said. \u201cBrighter Future provides a vehicle to serve our community and to work with people of all political leanings on smart public policy solutions,\u201d Jolly added.\u00a0 \u201cWith Brighter Future, I also hope to demonstrate a commitment to real campaign finance reform. Instead of using unspent money on endless campaign cycles for other candidates, I felt the right thing to do was to pour the money back into the community.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

As an example, Jolly has recently directed funds to I Support Youth, a youth development non-profit in south St. Petersburg, Drug Free America Foundation, and the Jim West Prostate Foundation supporting prostate cancer screenings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Assisting Jolly with Brighter Future will be Vito Sheeley, who will serve as the non-profit\u2019s senior policy advisor, and John David White, former Chief of Staff to Jolly and a Director with Brighter Future.\u00a0 The three have spent the last several weeks hosting listening sessions and briefing community leaders on the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I applaud David and his efforts on behalf of the citizens he has served. Diverse leadership on these important issues is critical for success,” said Janet Long, Chair of the Pinellas County Commission.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBy investing in locally-based programs, Brighter Future can make a real difference in our community.\u00a0 David’s continued commitment to taking action is the right thing to do,\u201d said Councilwoman Yolanda Roman of the City of Gulfport.<\/span><\/p>\n

For inquiries or to learn more about Brighter Future, please go to www.brighterfutureflorida.org<\/u><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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St. Petersburg, FL \u2013 Former Congressman David Jolly (FL-13) is launching Brighter Future Florida Inc. (\u201cBrighter Future\u201d), a non-profit organization created to continue his work on issues important to Pinellas County, Tampa Bay and the State of Florida. Funded initially with unused money from the 2016 campaign cycle, Brighter Future will focus on veterans\u2019 issues, … Continue reading Former Congressman David Jolly Launches Non-Profit Policy Committee<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1592,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions\/1592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/veterans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}