November 9, 2026
'Thank God for Season of Sharing': High Costs Hit Sarasota Families
While the Sarasota area has passed another fall free of hurricanes so far, residents are facing a different type of storm. This month, as Season of Sharing launches its annual fundraising camp…
November 9, 2026
Season of Sharing Returns With Continued Support From The Patterson Foundation
Community donors have given more than $54 million to families in crisis in Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota counties since 2000 through the initiative. Season of Sharing, the annual ca…
February 9, 2026
Season of Sharing Campaign Raises $4.2 Million to Assist Families in Need
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
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
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
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
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
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…