OKEECHOBEE — Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino is proud to announce that 4KIDS Treasure Coast has been selected as a 2026 Hard Rock Heals Foundation grant recipient. The organization will receive a $5,000 grant to support the mission of providing hope to kids in crisis.

Nominated by the team at Seminole Brighton Bay, 4KIDS is one of 51 global nonprofit organizations to receive a grant as part of Hard Rock’s ongoing commitment to strengthening the communities it serves. The grant is awarded this year by the Hard Rock Heals Foundation, with $255,000 total supporting local nonprofit 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 safe, loving foster homes, keep siblings together and offer prevention and therapy services that help children and families find stability and healing.

The grant will cover 25 hours of EPIC therapy that cannot be billed for children affected by trauma in foster care or adoptive homes. After 26 weeks of therapy, the program aims for participants to improve their assessment scores by at least three points compared with their scores before therapy. The program also aims for 95% of participants to show symptom improvement or progress toward treatment goals, as documented in their discharge plans.

To celebrate the grant, Marty Johns, General Manager, 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, on Oct. 2.