December 3, 2021
Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading 2021 Community Update
During the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading's 2021 Community Update, representatives from Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota counties shared in the accomplishments of the pa…
July 23, 2020
Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Celebrated as National Pacesetter for Sixth Consecutive Year
As a driving force of innovation, impact, and improvement in its work to support early school success, the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading has received multiple Pacesetter Honors fro…
July 7, 2020
2020 Great Futures Academy Summer Program
Thanks to lead support from our wonderful community partners for making the 2020 Great Futures Academy Summer Program possible, Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation, Community Foundation…
December 11, 2019
Empowering Families and Individuals to Succeed
While we each aspire to lead a successful life in our own way, the path to reaching our greatest potential is often found through education. Education breeds skills and, more importantly, conf…
July 8, 2019
The Power of Summer Learning: Thoughts on My Alta Vista Eagle Academy Experience
My name is Matt Twargoski, and I am a rising junior at the University of Notre Dame participating in the Notre Dame Summer Student Learning Program (SSLP) here in Sarasota. In this program, I…
July 1, 2019
Independence Day, Netflix, and our Courageous Community
Dear Friends: Courage is having a moment in pop culture. Forbes Magazine, Vanity Fair, Newsweek and Oprah Magazine are all talking about courage. But not in the way you might expect. Right now…
June 1, 2019
From Surviving to Thriving
Dear Friends: These last several weeks area students have marked the end of another school year with graduation ceremonies, year-end band concerts, and celebrations of student athletes. But th…
April 1, 2019
Hope & Belonging
Dear Friends: In January, I wrote to you about the values that were guiding my focus for this year. There were 10 principles, and each continues to inform all we do with our donors and non-pro…
February 5, 2019
Sowing the Seeds that Create Meaning in Our Lives
Dear Friends: I have been thinking a lot lately about my favorite line from Lois Ehlert's children's book, Planting a Rainbow. "We sow the seeds and set out the plants in the soil, and watch…