October 8, 2024
The Patterson Foundation Contributing Up to $3 Million to the Community Foundation of Sarasota County for Disaster Relief and Recovery
The new funding will support immediate relief and long-term recovery efforts in Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota counties SARASOTA, Fla. (Oct. 8, 2024) – In response to Hurricane…
April 17, 2023
Recent grants support All Faiths Food Bank's BackPack Program
Grants totaling $60,000 help All Faiths provide nutritional assistance for students over the weekend and during school breaks Nearly 50% of Sarasota County and 100% of DeSoto County students…
February 13, 2023
Season of Sharing raises $3.67 million from community to help neighbors in crisis
After a year in which a hurricane piled another crisis atop many already weighing upon working families, local residents came through once more to help their neighbors – raising more tha…
January 18, 2023
Broken to belonging: Venice man transforms with help from Season of Sharing
The night his life would start to change, Daniel Vowell was drunk and high. And his father, like many times before, was in his face, telling him to stop his ways, turn his life around. To Dani…
January 10, 2023
Power of laughter: Season of Sharing helps Lakewood Ranch couple raising grandkids
Angie and Marvin Gore craved a fresh start. Behind them was a string of disasters – a tornado, a stroke and a burned-down house. When they visited Florida five years ago, Manatee County…
January 4, 2023
Season of Sharing helps dozens of families after halt in Sarasota County childcare aid
Victoria Lopez and Lee LaVallee were just starting to feel caught up. The parents – military veterans raising three kids in a working-class neighborhood of North Port – had good, w…
December 29, 2022
Finding firm ground: Season of Sharing helps retired Venice pilot with major repair
Thomas Sosnowski can still recall the flight patterns through the restricted Hudson River corridor, or the way the wind could ambush your wings. For more than four decades Sosnowski was a co…
December 27, 2022
A simple accident: Venice woman helped by Season of Sharing after multiple setbacks
Cindy Brenner was an independent spirit, about to embark on a new chapter of her life. Leading up to that weekend in March, she expected her divorce to be finalized soon. Work was humming alon…
December 7, 2022
Plans for nearly $5 Million of Hurricane Ian Recovery Charitable Donations Underway
The Suncoast Disaster Recovery Fund has identified common funding gaps, best practices to support strategic grantmaking post-crisis. SARASOTA, FL – In the two months since Hurricane Ian&…