When the parades and parties are over, donate your Mardi Gras beads to us! Through the Pollak Training Center, adults with developmental disabilities will sort and repackage the donated beads. These beads will then be sold to local krewes for the next festival! By collecting and selling bundles of beads, ARC Gateway is supporting our community’s effort to recycle and reuse materials instead of generating waste. We are also generating revenues that help to sustain our programs; and we're providing vocational training and job opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities.  

Drop-off locations throughout the Pensacola area include:

          o Apple Market - 1021 Scenic Hwy
          o Artissimo – 104 Palafox Place
          o Becky’s Philly-ing Station - 5 Interbay Avenue
          o Dollar Tree - 3355 Gulf Breeze Pkwy
          o Food World - 4051 Barrancas
          o Food World - 7859 Pine Forest Road
          o Food World - 8084 Davis Hwy
          o Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom – 10 South Palafox
          o Kooter Brown’s – 6014 North 9th Avenue
          o NW Florida Library - 200W.Gregory
          o Pampered Pet - 327 Gulf Breeze Pkwy
          o Publix - 5998 Mobile Hwy
          o Publix - 2180 Nine Mile Rd
          o Publix - 9251 University Pkwy
          o Publix - 5055 N. 9th Ave
          o Publix – 852 Gulf Breeze Pkwy
          o Water Front Mission - 2125 W. Fairfield Dr.
          o Will Call Sports Grille – 22 South Palafox
          o Winn Dixie - 4751 Bayou Blvd
          o Winn Dixie - 5975 Mobile Hwy
          o Winn Dixie - 7135 N. 9th Ave

  o WXBM - Quintette Road

POLLAK TRAINING CENTER

1000 East Fairfield Drive

Pensacola, FL  32503

850-438-5577

ptc@arc-gateway.org