Grants Awarded in January 2007 Grant Cycle

Organization

Amount

Purpose

Children First   $ 10,000 To replace equipment and furnishings for Head Start and Early Head Start classrooms
Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities   $ 8,000 To purchase a 2007 Kawasaki Mule utility vehicle for the Mobile Workforce skill training programs
Education Foundation of Sarasota County $ 10,000 Service Appreciation Grant in honor of Walter Mills to support "Literacy Roads to Reading" program
The Players $ 20,000 To support the purchase of a video projection system
Samaritan Counseling Services of the Gulf Coast $ 10,000 To support the Client Assistance Fund for low-income, underinsured and uninsured clients

 

Grants Awarded in January 2006 Grant Cycle

Organization

Amount

Purpose

American Red Cross $ 7,800 To purchase audiovisual equipment to enhance volunteer and community
Children's Haven & Adult Community Services $ 9,600 To purchase replacement tractor for hands-on instruction for those enrolled in the Mobile Workforce, Lawn and Landscape Training Program
Gulf Coast Heritage Association, Inc. $ 8,415 To purchase a new color copier
Suncoast Communities Blood Bank, Inc. $ 8,200 To purchase related computer hardware and software for a new blast freezer system
Thaise Educational and Exposure Tours, Inc. $ 6,500 To purchase a desk top computer and peripherals, camera and video equipment and job skill and drug prevention tapes

 

Grants Awarded in January 2005 Grant Cycle

Organization

Amount

Purpose

American Heart Association   $ 10,000 Purchase 5 automated external defibrillators for placement in vehicles of Sarasota County Sheriff's office personnel
American Red Cross, Southwest Florida Chapter   $ 12,300 Purchase communications equipment to support field disaster operations
Children's Haven and Adult Community Services   $  6,000 To support Selby Preschool Family Support Services for students who are birth-three years and have disabilities,
Florida Center for Child and Family Development   $  6,000 Help establish the "Preschool Learning Language and Loving It" family-focused early language intervention program
Greater Newtown Community Redevelopment Corporation   $  6,000 Help fund the purchase of computer system upgrade with workstations and software
Pines of Sarasota Foundation   $ 10,500 Purchase nine "high-low" beds for residents at risk of falling out of normal-height beds

 

Grants Awarded in January 2004 Grant Cycle

Organization

Amount

Purpose

Children’s Haven and Adult Community Services

$     5,000

Kitchen renovation at HBA House Group Home

     
Easter Seals Southwest Florida

$   10,500

Two pieces of rehabilitation therapy equipment for Braden Avenue Campus
     
First Step of Sarasota

$   10,000

Human Resources software package
     
Florida Center for Child and Family
      Development

$   10,000

Scholarships for Early Intervention Classroom and Therapy during summer 2004
     
Planned Parenthood

$     4,000

Purchase and installation of electric powered examination table for Sarasota County health center
     
Samaritan Counseling Services of the Gulf
     Coast

$   10,000

Support of Client Assistance Fund for low-income, underinsured and uninsured clients
     
SCOPE

$     7,500

Purchase copy machine and laser printer
     
Take Stock in Children

$     1,500

Purchase office furniture

 

 

 

Thaise Educational and Exposure Tours

$   5,000

Purchase computers, printer and scanner