Over two years ago, The Patterson Foundation invited the Friends of Sarasota County Parks to an information session about how to enhance the financial sustainability of our organization to achieve greater social impact. Huh? Exactly … the invitation came from...
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Friends of Sarasota County Parks and its chapters invest hundreds of volunteer-hours annually in our County’s most beautiful assets, OUR PARKS and NATURAL RESOURCES. Without their help and your SUPPORT, who will stand up for Theodore Roosevelt’s belief that “…our...
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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...
Read MoreUPDATE: Happy to announce that Carol has worked very hard on the Shade is Good program and especially the Patterson Foundation matching Grant. We worked together as a team and have raised the $24,000 needed to match the grant.. I...
Read More[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...
Read MoreIn 2016, The Friends of Sarasota County Parks will be launching a new, multi-year initiative to provide the funding for SHADE STRUCTURES at all of the athletic field bleachers/dugouts and playground areas identified by Sarasota County Department of Parks, Recreation and Natural...
Read More2016 will be a banner year, for the Friends will launch Shade is Good, a social enterprise that will fight skin cancer. The goal is to install shade structures at all of Sarasota's athletic fields.[clearboth]
Read MoreThe Friends of Sarasota County Parks launched their entrepreneurial community enterprise, Shade Is Good, at the October 8th Fast Pitch session of No Margin No Mission, supported by The Patterson Foundation. "For more than a dozen years, I have been a volunteer...
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