John Clifton
John Clifton is the Founder and President of Somebody Cares St. Augustine, which exists to provide demonstrations of God’s love through unity in action.
SCSA was formed in 2007 and began to unite the "big C" church in St. Augustine through CareFest, That first year, less than a dozen churches participated. But over the years CareFest grew and blessed the community every year through 2018. In the 12 years that CareFest was an annual event in St. Augustine, a total of over 8,000 volunteers from 34 different churches and denominations completed 929 projects, which accounted for over 40,500 community service hours and over $1.2 million in goods and services. More important, thousands of lives were positively impacted, as His people united to serve their community.
In 2011, John was asked to sit on the St. Johns County School District's Unaccompanied Youth Advisory Board. This board was formed to find solutions and unite the community to provide for the needs of homeless students in the county. John’s task on this board was to unite the faith-based community to meet these needs. This was the beginning of Somebody Cares 4 Kids, which annually provides a college scholarship, emergency shelter, food, clothing, shoes, gas cards, school fees, school supplies, field trips, physicals, laptops, and more to the 600+ homeless students in St. Johns County.
John also sits on the Faith-Based Advisory Board for the St. Johns County School District, and is a member of the Board and Treasurer of Life Services of St. Johns County.
“Since the founding of Somebody Cares St. Augustine in 2007 God has taken me on an amazing personal journey," he says, "bringing some truly awesome people into my life and showing me what He can do with a few servants who are willing and don’t quit.”
Meet John and others at our Gala & Global Summit, October 17-19!
