February 9, 2026

Season of Sharing Campaign Raises $4.2 Million to Assist Families in Need

By Press Release, Blog, Homepage - Blog, Cooper Levey-Baker,

Nearly 2,200 donors contributed and 100 percent of the donations will go to help individuals and families pay for basic living expenses. Sarasota, Florida — The Community Foundation of…

January 26, 2026

Bishop-Parker Foundation Awards $100,000 Grant to Season of Sharing

By Press Release, Blog, Homepage - Blog, Cooper Levey-Baker,

The funding bolsters the Community Foundation of Sarasota County’s annual giving campaign and will be used to assist residents in Manatee County. Sarasota, Florida — As the Communi…

December 8, 2025

Holiday Season Is in Full Swing, and so Is Season of Sharing

By Blog, Homepage Spotlight Item, SRQ Media, Paul Hudson,

Hurricane season officially ended last week, and I know I’m not alone in breathing a sigh of relief that this year’s season was a quiet one in southwest Florida. After 2024’s…

November 3, 2025

Season of Sharing Donation Campaign Kicks off for 26th Year

By Press Release, Blog, Homepage - Blog, Cooper Levey-Baker,

The giving initiative has raised nearly $50 million for families in crisis in the Sarasota area. Families in need in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte and DeSoto counties will once again find suppo…

April 21, 2025

Homeless families with school-aged kids on the rise in Sarasota-Manatee and Florida

By Blog, Homepage - Story of Impact, The Herald-Tribune Media Group, Harvest House,

Earlier this year, Mendjana “MJ” Oge sat down with her 7-year-old son. What would he think, she asked Djaneli, who went by DJ, if he had to change schools one more time? Since star…

February 19, 2025

Local Hurricane Relief and Recovery Strengthened by 4.2 Million Dollars

By Blog, Homepage - Blog, Homepage - Story of Impact, The Patterson Foundation,

Even as many throughout the Suncoast continue to recover from Hurricane Ian’s landfall in 2022, our region was hit with an unprecedented hurricane season in 2024. From June 19, when Albe…

February 10, 2025

Sarasota-Manatee community raises historic $7.2 million for Season of Sharing

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

In the wake of a historic series of catastrophic storms, residents of the Sarasota region have made history themselves by raising an astonishing $7.2 million for the annual Season of Sharing c…

February 9, 2025

Season of Sharing sets historic mark for 25th annual campaign

By Blog, Roxie Jerde, Homepage - Blog, Homepage - Story of Impact, The Herald-Tribune Media Group, Mark Rochester,

Great achievements are accomplished through the collective efforts of many individuals contributing their best. From the Pyramids of Giza to the Human Genome Project, many hands and minds made…

January 27, 2025

Untold stories: Housing costs affect many helped by Season of Sharing

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

You've read about survivors of storms and fires, about residents with health emergencies.

Since November, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune has featured numerous stories of resilience, th…