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Back by popular demand....Plantation Community Foundation Notecards and Donation In Honor Of cards (these make great hostess gifts) are available in the Foundation Office. Six cards for $5.00. Come "buy" the office for yours!
UPCOMING EVENTS
2019-2020 FUNDRAISING EVENTS
DAY DATE EVENT CHAIR(S)
Thursday 11/14/19 November "Fun" Raiser Party Pete & Barbara Petrie
Wednesday 2/05/20 Fashion Show
Ruth Ruud
Sunday 3/01/20
and Monday 3/02/20 PCF Pro-Am
Pete Petrie
Sunday 3/29/20 Bluegrass & BBQ Festival (cancelled) Donna Kubik
Annual Grant Awards Luncheon scheduled for Wednesday, April 8, 2020 has been cancelled.
PCF Office Hours:
The office is open 8:00 am to 4:00 pm - Monday through Friday.
If you need assistance contact Dorothy at (941) 497-4826 or by email at:
pcfoundation500@gmail.com
Winners: Bob & Joanne August, Byron Hill, Norma Noyes, John Hardenbergh, Pat Richards.
Check out the video of the drawing held March 31,2020
below on the right.
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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