Our Board of Directors
The Plantation Community Foundation held its Annual Meeting on October 26, 2020. The purpose of the meeting was to elect Directors for the upcoming year.
Newly elected to the Board are Don Broman, Linda Decker and Bruce Kilroy. Linda and Don were former members of our Grants Review Committee.
Continuing as current Board members are Donna Kubik, President; Brenda Eckard, First V.P.; Kathy Braglia, Secretary; Ray Leather, Treasurer; Bruce Hamlin, Volunteer Chair; and Kathy Mason, Event Chair.
Back row left to right: Don Broman, Kathy Mason, Linda Decker, Bruce Kilroy
Front row left to right: Ray Leather, Brenda Eckard, Donna Kubik, Kathy Braglia
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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