Community raises more than $2.5 million for Season of Sharing

Categories: COMMUNITY CARE: Preventing Homelessness, Donors, Season of Sharing, The Patterson Foundation, Response and Recovery, William G. and Marie Selby Foundation,

At the campaign's halfway mark, the Community Foundation of Sarasota County's Season of Sharing campaign has now received more than $2.5 million in donations from the community and local foundations.

About $2.1 million of the total donations have been raised by donors in the community, and to incentivize the community to donate, The Patterson Foundation pledged to contribute $100,000 to the campaign for every $500,000 the community contributes through January.

With The Patterson Foundation's total of $400,000 contributed to Season of Sharing, the total for the annual campaign has now received over $2.5 million in donations.

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