March 6, 2023

New Sarasota housing collaborative partners with landlords for more rentals amid crisis

By Blog, Homepage - Story of Impact, Saundra Amrhein,

Jonathan Frankel has called Sarasota home for 33 years. His kids went to local schools, he owned a nice house, and he ran a thriving tiling business. “I was the marble man for the rich a…

February 13, 2023

Season of Sharing raises $3.67 million from community to help neighbors in crisis

By Blog, Homepage - Story of Impact, Saundra Amrhein,

After a year in which a hurricane piled another crisis atop many already weighing upon working families, local residents came through once more to help their neighbors – raising more tha…

February 13, 2023

Season of Sharing: Trading anxiousness for awe

By Blog, Roxie Jerde, Jennifer Orsi,

There are numerous reasons to be anxious. Whether the reasons are personal or macro global concerns, what we all crave is a sense of safety and, ultimately, belonging. As we both know from our…

January 30, 2023

Season of Sharing helps Sarasota teacher and family displaced by storm

By Story, Homepage - Story of Impact, The Herald-Tribune Media Group, Saundra Amrhein,

For years, Chris Rhodes, a special education teacher in Chicago, felt stunted and overworked. With teaching prospects in Florida, Chris and his wife jumped at the chance to move. Before long…

January 27, 2023

Through grief and hardship: Season of Sharing helps Bradenton family keep the lights on

By Blog, Homepage - Story of Impact, Saundra Amrhein,

When her mother told her to be ready for the day she wouldn’t be around, Lorena Hernandez brushed it aside. To Lorena and her six siblings, their mom was their rock – her Bradenton…

January 25, 2023

From heartbreak to homecoming: Season of Sharing helps Sarasota family plant roots

By Story, Homepage - Story of Impact, The Herald-Tribune Media Group, Saundra Amrhein,

Michael Knowles and partner Ginger Remington had spent two years fixing up the old RV. Some days, nine months pregnant with their third child, Ginger could be found up on a ladder, pounding aw…

January 19, 2023

Purpose amid hardship: Season of Sharing helps Venice child welfare worker find stability

By Blog, Homepage - Story of Impact, Saundra Amrhein,

Erin Flanagan can remember when the light bulb went off. Through her childhood in Northeast Pennsylvania, her family was filled with firefighters and chiefs. She became an EMT herself at the a…

January 18, 2023

Broken to belonging: Venice man transforms with help from Season of Sharing

By Homepage - Story of Impact, Saundra Amrhein,

The night his life would start to change, Daniel Vowell was drunk and high. And his father, like many times before, was in his face, telling him to stop his ways, turn his life around. To Dani…

January 10, 2023

Power of laughter: Season of Sharing helps Lakewood Ranch couple raising grandkids

By Blog, Homepage - Story of Impact, The Herald-Tribune Media Group, Saundra Amrhein,

Angie and Marvin Gore craved a fresh start. Behind them was a string of disasters – a tornado, a stroke and a burned-down house. When they visited Florida five years ago, Manatee County…