Have Fun, Help Fight Cancer

A quick reminder about our "Shade is Good" fundraiser It's about the kids, the sun, and cancer The Friends of Sarasota County Parks kicked off 2016 with a new initiative: Shade Is Good: Helping to Fight Skin Cancer.  Our goal over the next five...

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Seeking Shade – To Fight Skin Cancer

[clearboth]       [clearboth] *In early February 2016, The Friends of Sarasota County Parks, Inc. will begin a new program to FIGHT SKIN CANCER by raising funds to support the purchase and installation of SHADE STRUCTURES at Sarasota County athletic fields and recreational...

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Why Shade is Good

by Carol Kranitz Nonprofit organizations -- whether focusing on helping the homeless, providing better socialization activities for our aging adults, offering great cultural events or WORKING to IMPROVE and ENHANCE our community parks -- all have ONE common operating challenge,...

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