Kudos!


by Liz Rubini

Kudos!

On October 16, the Charlotte Community Foundation awarded 12 local nonprofit organizations with grants totaling $60,000. Foundation Chairman Ron Monck and Grants Advisory Council Chairman Denis Lowry presented the checks at a special program held at Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club. Congratulations to the following grant recipients:

  • Animal Welfare League, $7,500 for the purchase of an inhouse x-ray machine for injured animals
  • Charlotte County Arts and Humanities, $2,500 to publish a study on the impact of arts on the local economy
  • Charlotte County Boys and Girls Club, $2,000 for materials to support their Fit for Life program
  • Charlotte HIV/AIDS People Support, $2,500 for the purchase of a commercial refrigerator for their food pantry
  • Charlotte County Computer Group, $5,000 to help obtain storage space and software for refurbishing donated computers
  • Hearing Impaired Persons of Charlotte County, $4,800 for training materials and scholarships for the Cued Speech Program
  • Keep Charlotte Beautiful, $5,000 to assist in printing and awards for their 2010 calendar art contest
  • New Operation Cooper Street, $5,000 for new classroom furniture
  • Peace River Wildlife Center, $7,100 for expansion of their shorebird habitat and a new flight cage for eagles and raptors
  • Punta Gorda Historical Society, $3,000 for light fixtures and fire extinguishers at History Park’s Price House
  • St. Vincent DePaul Health Care, $7,500 for in-clinic diagnostic laboratory equipment
  • Suncoast Humane Society, $5,600 for surgical equipment for
    their expanded low-cost spay and neuter program

Additionally, the Hasan and Barbara Hammami Community Legacy Fund awarded a $3,000 grant to Habitat for Humanity’s Abrahamic House.

Since its inception in 1995, Charlotte Community Foundation has contributed more than $2 million to benefit the residents of Charlotte County.

HARBOR STYLE would like to extend a special thank you to the Charlotte Community Foundation for all the support it has given our community in the past 13 years. And heartiest congratulations to this year’s grant recipients. The work you do for our community is unparalleled. We hope this issue will inspire others in our community to do whatever they can to help you and the rest of our area’s nonprofit organizations make Charlotte County a better place.