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Crystal Rothhaar
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The Harry Sudakoff Foundation Grant Helps Refurnish Friendship Centers
The Friendship Centers has outfitted its activity center in Sarasota with specially-ordered matching café tables and chairs and sturdy easy chairs and coffee tables, courtesy of a recent $42,000 grant from the Harry Sudakoff Foundation. The final delivery of...
Michael Saunders & Company Foundation Awards Friendship Centers with $1,000 Grant
Funds are earmarked to provide older adult programming through Friendship Centers to the Newtown community. The Friendship Centers has received a $1,000 grant from the Michael Saunders & Company Foundation (MSC Foundation) to help the Centers continue to provide...
Friendship Centers Announces Four New Board of Governors Members and New Chair for 2017
(Sarasota, FL) The Friendship Centers announced four new Board of Governors members and a new chair at its recent Annual Board meeting. The Board of Governors brings together regional community leaders from five counties to the govern Senior Friendship Centers and...
The Friendship Centers to Receive Match Challenge from The Patterson Foundation to Expand Caregiving Services
The organization is participating in The Patterson Foundation’s Margin & Mission Ignition initiative to implement an earned-income strategy to strengthen its Adult Day Service SARASOTA, Fla. (Nov. 10, 2016) – The Friendship Centers, a nonprofit organization...
Friendship Centers Receives Grant of Nearly $300,000 for Health Clinics in Three Florida Counties
Sarasota County Friendship Centers to receive $192,655 for its clinics (Sarasota, FL) The Friendship Centers, a non-profit organization serving older adults in Southwest Florida, has been awarded a grant of $290,580 to be used to upgrade equipment and enhance medical...
Caregiving Services Are Expanding With Help From The Patterson Foundation
We’re thrilled to announce the Friendship Centers has received a match challenge of up to $50,000 from The Patterson Foundation to expand our Caregiving Services through the foundation’s Margin & Mission Ignition initiative, designed to boost nonprofit...
Friendship Center for Aging Studies
The Friendship Center for Aging Studies is a new initiative will providing accredited continuing education training to local and regional professionals. The next course to be offered through the Friendship Center for Aging Studies will be “The Neurorevolution- The...
Wells Fargo Donates $7,500 to Support Friendship Centers’ Aging Mastery Program®
Wells Fargo has awarded $7,500 to the Friendship Centers to help extend the Aging Mastery Program® launched last year. This popular five-week course empowers participants to create their own personal pathways for aging well. Topics include Navigating Longer Lives,...
The Patterson Foundation Distributes Match for Entrepreneurial Earned-Income Plans
The match benefits organizations participating in Margin & Mission Ignition, an initiative of The Patterson Foundation, focused on boosting mission impact through earned-income strategies. SARASOTA – The Patterson Foundation boosted the fundraising efforts of the...
William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Awards $50,000 Grant to Friendship Centers
Sarasota and Venice - A $50,000 grant from the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation will update and support technology for educational and wellness programs at the Friendship Centers in Sarasota and Venice. It will be used to purchase 32 laptop computers and 80...