OKEECHOBEE, FL – Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino announced that 4Kids Treasure Coast has been selected as a 2026 Hard Rock Heals Foundation grant recipient. The organization will receive $5,000 to support its work with children and families in crisis.
Nominated by the team at Seminole Brighton Bay, 4Kids is one of 51 nonprofit organizations receiving grants this year from the Hard Rock Heals Foundation, which is awarding a total of $255,000 to organizations around the world.
“We nominated 4KIDS because of its commitment to helping children find safe, loving homes and supporting families in crisis throughout our region, including Okeechobee County,” said Marty Johns, General Manager at Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino. “We’re honored to support their work and proud to partner with organizations that bring Hard Rock’s mottos, ‘Love All – Serve All’ and ‘Take Time to Be Kind,’ to life in our community.”
Based in Stuart, 4Kids Treasure Coast is a faith-based nonprofit serving children and families in Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties. Since 2014, the organization has worked to provide foster homes, keep siblings together and offer prevention and therapy services.
The grant will fund 25 hours of EPIC therapy that cannot be billed for children affected by trauma in foster care or adoptive homes. The program aims for participants to improve their assessment scores by at least three points after 26 weeks, with 95% showing symptom improvement or progress toward treatment goals.
To recognize the grant, Johns and Aaron Mollura, Director of Marketing and Promotions at Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino, presented a $5,000 check to Kenya Reinhardt, Community Relations Coordinator at 4Kids Treasure Coast.