Events
2020 BLUEGRASS & BBQ
THE PCF is excited to announce our first event of the 2020-21 Fundraising season.
Join your friends and neighbors in a mouth-watering BBQ served buffet, while listening to toe-tapping bluegrass performed by Midnight Train.
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2020
Time: 4 pm - 7 pm
Place: Outside on the Grounds of the PG&CC
adjacent to the Bobcat Course
Cost: $45/PCF Member $55/All Others
Sample three different bourbons with the purchase of a $10 ticket. The ticket will also enter you into a special drawing to win a bottle of your choice.
The Royal Ride Cart Raffle Winners will be drawn along with the announcement of the Big Shoot Out 56 Card Raffle winners.
We invite you to pull out your favorite pair of jeans and JOIN IN THE FUN!! In early Fall registration for the event and purchase of raffle tickets will be available on line at www.plantationcommunityfoundation.org/events.
PCF Programs
Huggy Bears Program
Each month, a small volunteer group constructs, sews, stuffs, and delivers 30 soft, cuddly bears to Venice Regional Bayfront Health Center to be presented to children who arrive at the Emergency Room needing some comfort. Volunteers are needed for this program, if you are available call the PCF office. No experience necessary!
Impact Grant
2019
The PCF was able to award 2 Community Impact Grants in 2019.
$26,000 was awarded to InStride Therapy to start a new therapeutic program for veterans suffering from PTSD and related conditions.
$48,000 was awarded to the Senior Friendship Center in Venice to fully upgrade two of their client lavatories.
2018
The 2018 Impact Grant was awarded to Literacy Volunteers of South Sarasota County. President Bob Hayden and the Impact Grant Committee presented the grant check to Joe Pokorney, LVSSC President, and Claudia Daniels, grant writer and Board Member.
The award of $19,271, will be used to fund a Study-Lab Program located in the Family Services Center, North Port, FL.
2017
The 2017 Impact Grant awarded to Habitat for Humanity South Sarasota County is presented to Aimee Holmes, Chief Develpment Officer.
The Foundation has generously partnered with Habitat to launch a new home revitalization program, A Brush with Kindness. The award of $16,000, along with paint donated by Sherwin Williams, will be used to paint one home per month for a qualified homeowner.
2016
Members of Plantation Community Foundation celebrate, with volunteers and the Executive Director of the Englewood Community Care Clinic, Inc., the Community "Impact Grant" which is funding a complete new laboratory.
2014-2015
Partnership
Plantation Community Foundation's partnership with Gulf Coast Community Foundation provided funding for two new STEMsmart (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) classrooms in Venice Middle School.
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