Skip to main content

Charities

Truly Valued

Truly Valued of Sarasota Partners to Help Former Inmates Become the “Best Dad Ever”

September 9, 2023 | Charities

August 24, 2023 (Sarasota, FL): Truly Valued works to build positive relationships within families by providing parent nurturing education in the community. Parents who complete the program gain skills to successfully reunite with their children following separation while incarcerated and learn …

Giving Back

Tickets Are Selling Fast for the 9th Annual “Giving Back” Event in Cortez, Florida

August 9, 2023 | Charities

Tickets are selling fast for the 9th Annual “Giving Back” charity event at the Swordfish Grill & Tiki in Cortez, Florida on Thursday, September 7. Please make time to attend this very special event. Giving Back is an event that is benefiting The Blessing Bags Project & Foundation…

Summer Fest

Suncoast Charities for Children Announces Summer Fest Events & Ron Foxworthy Memorial Children’s Scholarship Fund

May 23, 2023 | Charities

Suncoast Charities for Children, organizer of Suncoast Summer Fest, officially announced several event fundraisers scheduled during the upcoming summer season. Each of these events helps sustain fundraising efforts, during a typically slower time of the year, for local children, teens, and …

Grant

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota Receives $50,000 Grant

December 21, 2022 | Charities

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota is pleased to announce that it has received a $50,000 grant from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. Funds from the grant will be used to expand and enhance its educational outreach program by creating an artist residency program. Artist Series Concerts will …

Pet

Holiday Celebration Event for Local Shelter Pets & 3 Ways to Help Manatee County Shelter Pets This Holiday Season

December 2, 2022 | Charities

Come celebrate the Holiday Season with local shelter pets! Join Manatee County Animal Welfare (MCAW), Friends of Manatee County Animal Services (FoMCAS), and Best Friends Animal Society at the Best Friends Holiday Celebration on Saturday, December 10th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.&nb…

Giving Back

Giving Back Scheduled for Thursday and Now Will Benefit Those Impacted by Hurricane Ian!

October 3, 2022 | Charities

The Giving Back event will go ahead this year, despite much of the Suncoast being impacted by Hurricane Ian. In an effort to best support some most impacted by the recent Hurricane, The Blessing Bags will redirect all proceeds from the event to Hurricane Relief Funds, and Hungers End will restock…

Giving Back

Swordfish Grill & Tiki Hosts Annual “Giving Back” Event, and Tickets Almost Sold Out

September 25, 2022 | Charities

In case you didn’t know, the “Giving Back” event is happening in October, right around the corner. Every year, the “Giving Back” event is not only one of the area’s most fun events, but the tickets become hard to get quickly. This event ALWAYS sells out; currently, just a few tickets are still av…

Amazing Things Happening with The Blessing Bags Project Here on the Suncoast

August 11, 2022 | Charities

The Blessing Bags Project was founded in 2014 by a group of concerned citizens in Manatee County to address the homeless population in the community. Providing hygiene products, necessities, warm meals, and special one-on-one requests for children and families alike is a big undertaking for this …

Party Under the Stars

Party Under the Stars and Possibly Win a Trip to New Orleans – You Don’t Want to Miss this Suncoast!

February 17, 2022 | Charities

We’ve been telling you this party was going to be one you didn’t want to miss. Now we are less than two weeks away from the Party Under the Stars for a great cause. Are you ready? Do you have your tickets and outfit? Can’t attend and be part of this amazing night out? Well, we have good news ever…

Party Under the Stars

2022 Party Under the Stars – It’s Just Around the Corner Suncoast

February 10, 2022 | Charities

It’s February, and you know what that means? The 2022 Party Under the Stars is coming on February 26, 2022! From 6-10 p.m. that evening the masquerade Mardi Gras style event of the year will be held at the Sarasota Hyatt Regency. If you have never attended one of these events, you are in for a re…

Blessing Bags Project

Prayers Have Been Answered for the Blessing Bags Project

February 9, 2022 | Charities

The Blessing Bags Project mission is dedicated to the homeless and less fortunate by providing basic critical needs. Founded by Betsy Plante, the organization has done wonderful things to help in our community. In mid-January, Betsy put a post on Facebook asking if anyone had a van that …