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Party Girl: Planned Parenthood Annual Dinner Celebration
Embracing the mission at Planned Parenthood’s annual dinner.
Read More >>Party Girl: Circus Sarasota Gala
What amazed me at the Circus Sarasota Gala was not silly clowns or garish costumes but all the graceful girls and guys inside their Big Top, installed at the corner of Tuttle and 12th Street for this year’s winter season. I was surprised that the first young lady I met, draped in a sultry canary-yellow [...]
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What impressed me most, in an extremely impressive evening, was that the attendees at the Designing Women Boutique 10th anniversary gala genuinely enjoy each other’s company. So often at such events, if the people in the room even know each other, that’s about the extent of their relationships. But at the Designing Women Gala, the [...]
Read More >>Curtain Goes Up for Florida Studio Theatre’s New Additions
By Kay Kipling Florida Studio Theatre formally opened its new, renovated, revitalized Gompertz Theatre on First Street Thursday night during its “Next Act” gala, which also took a look back at the theater’s 38-year history in Sarasota. Theater patrons had actually glimpsed the inside of the venerable theater (which started life as a silent motion [...]
Read More >>The 2012-2013 Giving Register
Our annual register of local charities provides a glimpse of our community’s generous spirit, highlighting 286 organizations that provide aid, nourishment, shelter, guidance and inspiration, all to make our little corner of the world a better place. This year, the bulk of our list reflects our new partnership with The Giving Partner, an online tool [...]
Read More >>From The Editor: Better Together
Connections are everything, from getting your kid a summer job to the collision of those newly discovered “God particles” that scientists theorize are the basis of all matter. For 10 years, this annual Guide to Giving has also been sparking connections, bringing you, our readers, together with great causes, other generous people and neighbors in [...]
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Capital Ideas Campaigns to build a better future. One person’s dream can spark a great new organization. By Ilene Denton Barbara Richards, Project 180 “Why did I start this nonprofit? For 30,000 reasons.” Barbara Richards has been working toward launching Project 180—a free, two-year residential program to help former prisoners re-entering the community [...]
Read More >>My World: Karen Mersereau
What’s the hardest thing for a dog to learn? To stop for a branch or something blocking the path that the dog can pass under but the handler will hit. [They also have to learn] intelligent disobedience—refusing a command that would put the handler in immediate danger. What can every dog learn? Dogs are excellent [...]
Read More >>Volunteer of the Year 2012: Mr. Magic
They call him “Mr. Magic,” because many of his contributions occur when no one is looking. In two years, Robert Burns, a 50-year-old golf course irrigation specialist, has given more than 4,000 volunteer hours to Cat Depot—cleaning litter boxes, trapping strays and even parking cars at events. When they do see him, his Cat Depot [...]
Read More >>What Your Gift Can Buy
Want to lend a helping hand to our area’s myriad nonprofits, but not sure where to start? Here are a few of the many giving opportunities, in a range of choices that can fit your passions and your pocketbook. Whether big or small, every donation matters, and you’ll know exactly how you helped to change [...]
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