WCW June:July2020

JUNE/JULY 2020
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In this Issue:
■ How our Community
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■ Dining Guide: Mostly
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■ Selby Gardens and
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■ Lights Out! It’s Turtle
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WCW is back after a month long hiatus.
Due to so many closures, this month we don’t have calendars,
but we do have lots of restaurant news and a feature on how our community
came together as well as some health articles.
helping out
If you need a smile
or something to lift
your spirits, look to
this feature where
we highlight the
many ways our
community came
together during
this overwhelming
epidemic.
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7 helping out: how our community
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11 women’s health:
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restaurants are open
and offering dine-in, delivery and curbside
Restaurants are mostly open
and you have your choice
of dining in (50% capacity),
ordering takeout/curbside or
having food delivered.
We’ve got a lot of them, but by
no means all of them. Plus you’ll
also see how some restaurants
helped first responders.
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15 your health: Craniosacral
Therapy - how it works
on the cover: Dr. Heidi Anderson at her medical practice in Sarasota.
feature:
it’s Turtle Nesting Season
Sea turtle nesting season started May 1, with Sarasota County beaches playing
host to the largest population of nesting sea turtles on the Gulf Coast of Florida,
averaging over 200 nests per mile.
Unfortunately, only one out of every 1,000 hatchlings will survive to
adulthood. To help those hatchling survive, residents are urged to keep light
out of sight, and remove unused beach furniture and coastal structures,
through the end of the nesting period Oct. 31. Find out more on
18 west coast woman: Dr. Heidi Anderson
19 happening this month:
Turtle Nesting Season
• Photos by: Evelyn England
20 wcw foodie: restaurants
are back open!
24 your health:
The Renewal Point
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just some
thoughts
Louise Bruderle
Editor and Publisher
Our WCW this month:
Heidi Anderson, MD
Where’ve we been? Well, we could ask you
the same question! And we’d both have
the same answer: at home. Occasionally
at the store, or getting gas or picking up
essentials—but mostly beating a path from
the living room to the office, to the bedroom
and to the kitchen set on perpetual repeat.
We in Florida are a bit battle-tested
Heidi Anderson, MD
Photo: Evelyn England
due to hurricanes and it appears we
complied, stayed in and followed the best
recommendations. Florida never became
“the next hot spot” that was predicted—so far. Thus, as you read
this, business is crawling back to a reinvented normal with a few
serious considerations like wearing masks, keeping six feet apart
and not gathering in groups of more than ten.
WCW continued on…we decided to publish April just as things
were starting to crater. Now we’re back publishing with this our
June/July issue.
What did we do from mid-April to mid-May? We posted on our
facebook page and created a digital version of WCW’s April issue.
Personally, I took many webinars on things I’ve always wanted to
figure out, but never had time for—like software (snooze…).
WCW’s inbox was flooded with closures and updates from
government— local and regional —that we posted. Sadly, we saw
arts organizations tumble like dominoes one after another and
all canceled programming for May and June and in some cases,
canceled the whole summer.
Case numbers spiked, leveled off and then the state decided to
open things back up starting with the beaches. Then even more
things opened up - restaurants went from closure to curbside to
25% occupancy to a more hopeful 50% occupancy.
Tourism and the arts are big business here and they face
probably the hardest challenges recovering. By comparison, many
restaurants found inventive ways to keep the money flowing with
some restaurants selling not just meals, but wine, groceries and
the most sought after item - toilet paper. One restaurant even
baked bread and sold that for pick up.
What will happen? Recovery may be too slow for some
businesses. The balancing act between keeping livelihoods
going and sparking another outbreak is perilously fragile.
Unemployment hit 14.7% on May 8, the highest since the aftermath
of the Great Depression. Economists think the number is actually
worse – and it all happened more quickly than other downturns.
Women accounted for 55 percent of the 20.5 million jobs lost
in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, raising the
unemployment rate for adult women to about 15 percent from
3.1 percent in February. By comparison, the unemployment rate
for adult men was 13 percent. Women of color fared worse, with
unemployment rates for black women at 16.4 percent and Hispanic
women at 20.2 percent.
According to an analysis by the National Women’s Law Center, this
is the first time since 1948 that the female unemployment rate has
reached double digits. The jobs report represents an abrupt, disappointing
reversal from a major milestone in December, when women
held more payroll jobs than men for the first time in about a decade.
Some Good News
All Faiths Food Bank, which provides solutions to end
hunger, augmented its food distribution programs for school
children, who depend on meals from their now-shuttered schools,
and for residents who can no longer afford to feed their families.
In April the organization
saw a stunning rise in the
need for its services, with a
682% increase in numbers
of people visiting their
website to find food, leaping
from 1,518 to 11,864.
“We’ve increased the amount of food we’re distributing but there
is still so much more that needs to be done to meet the demand,”
said Sandra Frank, All Faiths Food Bank CEO.
Now for the good news. If you watched or participated in the
2020 Giving Challenge then you may know that the overwhelming
top earner was the AllFaiths Food Bank Inc. who received
$621,161.78. Following in that trend was #2 earner Meals on
Wheels with $294,445. Wow!
In This Issue
Our calendars are pretty empty now as events are few—plus it’s
summer. Instead, we included all the ways people have helped out
during the pandemic. Well, not all of them since that would take a
very large newspaper. But it should make you feel happier.
I especially enjoyed the creativity showed by Pittsburgh Mattress
making masks or the thoughtfulness of Reyna’s Taqueria
who donated lunches to Sarasota Memorial Hospital staff as a way
to say “thank you.” You’ll find lots more and it will show you how
our community has come together in many ways.
LuAnn Schecht, owner of Pittsburgh
Mattress Factory in Ellenton had her team
make over 1,000 masks for emergency
services workers
We’ll be back to running events in our next issue but you can
find events also on our facebook page, West Coast Woman.
Speaking of Restaurants
In this issue we are listing the restaurants that we know of that are
open. Please note…things changed three times in May and have no
doubt changed again by the time you get this. And no, it’s not every
restaurant. But it’s our best shot at helping you find restaurants that
may offer dining in, takeout or curbside. So I’ll let the salsa chips
fall where they may since I had to redo the listings four times…
You’ll also see how many restaurants donated food to places like
Sarasota Memorial Hospital, first responders and others. Between
the huge cash donations combined with the food donations, I saw
how fortunate we are to have people and businesses come together
to help. That’s what makes a community.
Another way you can help: please remember to wear your mask
until this virus is squashed! Take care and stay well!
Chef Gino
Calleja,
executive
chef and
proprietor
of Reyna’s
Taqueria,
donated
200 boxed
homemade
lunches to
Sarasota
Memorial
Hospital
staff.
Louise Bruderle | Editor and Publisher | wcwlmb@aol.com
We welcome your thoughts and comments on this column and on other columns and features in this issue.
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some positive news
The Kindness and Generosity
of our Community in this Time of Need
Here’s a look at the many ways our community came together to fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
From
Foundations:
All Faiths Food
Bank receives
$
150,000 for
COVID-19 relief
• All Faiths Food Bank
received $150,000 to support
its hunger relief efforts.
The funding came in the
form of two grants through
the COVID-19 Response
Initiative of Gulf Coast
Community Foundation and
Charles & Margery Barancik
Foundation.
A $40,000 grant for hunger-relief
services in Sarasota
County included a $20,000
gift from the Truist Charitable
Fund that was matched by
$20,000 through the Gulf
Coast and Barancik Foundation
initiative. The second
grant of $110,000 to fund
emergency food in Sarasota
and DeSoto counties included
$85,000 from William G.
and Marie Selby Foundation
matched by $25,000 through
the COVID-19 Response Initiative.
These funds will support
the Food Bank’s work to
meet increased needs as the
impacts of the coronavirus
hit area residents hard.
“The pandemic has created
a ‘perfect storm’ as the
need for food is skyrocketing
at the same time our donated
food supply has been sharply
reduced,” said Sandra
Frank, CEO of All Faiths Food
Bank. “We are so grateful for
this much-needed funding
– it will enable us to provide
more food to thousands of
our neighbors facing hardship
during this crisis.”
With schools closed and
children eligible for free or
reduced-price meals unable to access them,
the Food Bank has accelerated its Campaign
Against Summer Hunger, partnering with the
Sarasota School District to help feed children
at eight area schools as well as through area
Boys & Girls Clubs, Children First, Girls Inc.
and Early Learning Coalition.
Additionally, due to the temporary hold on
consumer food donations, the Food Bank
is stepping up the purchase of food to meet
the needs of the community. Finally, staff
members at all levels are now filling significant
gaps in mission-critical operations
– such as food sorting, packing, boxing and
distribution – in addition to performing their
regular duties.
The COVID-19 Response Initiative is a
joint philanthropic initiative of Gulf Coast
All Faiths Food Bank staff members ( from l-r) Alex Fixler, Carolina
Shin, Allison Craigie, Adeana Osika, Kristina Richardson and
Denise Cotler prepare to distribute food to families in need at
Fruitville Elementary School
Sarasota County Libraries created 5,000 cloth
face masks for the County’s essential employees.
Carolyn Michel Donates 1,000 Protective
Face Shields to City of Sarasota
Community Foundation and
Charles & Margery Barancik
Foundation to help ensure
the region’s immediate and
long-term well-being in the
face of the pandemic. During
its initial “response” phase,
the foundations have focused
on strengthening the health
and social safety net for those
who are most susceptible
to the devastating impacts
of COVID-19. Many donors
and funding partners such as
Truist Foundation and the Selby
Foundation have directed gifts
through the initiative to leverage
additional funding and realize a
A big thank you from The FCCI Charitable Foundation.
The FCCI Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of FCCI
Insurance Group, distributed $100,000 for COVID-19 relief.
Sarasota Memorial Hospital received a donation of over 1000 bags of Italian
Fisherman Chips for all their Healthcare Workers
In this 2011 photo, Jan Miller, senior executive vice president
and trust officer, stands behind nearly 300 pounds of food that
Caldwell staff members collected. A member of All Faiths Food
Bank waits to load the donations
greater strategic impact.
Want to contribute to All
Faiths Food Bank? Know
that the Food Bank can
purchase five meals for
every $1 given. To donate
or to learn where and when
to find upcoming food
distributions, go to www.
allfaithsfoodbank.org.
All Faiths
Food Bank also
receives $64,290
in support
of children’s
programs
• On May 11, All Faiths
Food Bank received grants
and support from the following
organizations:
• $10,000 from Bank of
America Client Foundation
in support of Backpack
and School Pantry
programs
• $20,000 from Bank of
America Charitable
Foundation in support
of the School Pantry
program
• $14,290 from The Mosaic
Company Foundation
in support of COVID-19
response efforts
• $20,000 from The Smart
Companies in support
of COVID-19 response
efforts in support of
Backpacks which provide
students with nutritious
snacks over the weekends
and holidays,
School Pantries that provide
fresh produce, meats
and groceries to families
in need, and COVID-19
response efforts.
$
2.7 Million
for COVID-19 Relief
• Together with its donors and Charles
& Margery Barancik Foundation, Gulf
Coast Community Foundation has awarded
over $2.7 million in grants to nonprofit
organizations for COVID-19 relief.
That total includes more than $1.1 million
funded from the COVID-19 Response
Initiative, a joint initiative of Gulf Coast and
Barancik Foundation designed to support
immediate and long-term needs in the
region stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.
Grants awarded from this initiative
are funding services such as virtual mental-health
counseling for children and for
veterans, childcare for first responders, and
emergency food and financial assistance
for displaced hospitality workers, foster
families, and others.
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positive news continued
The late Charles & Margery Barancik
A $25,000 grant from Gulf Coast and
Barancik Foundation to The Florida Center
for Early Childhood is funding much-needed
mental-health resources for young children
and their families who are not fully covered
by Medicaid or other insurance.
“These funds will ensure that vulnerable
families with young children can receive
the professional support they need to cope
with the isolation, unemployment, and food
insecurity they are experiencing as a result
of COVID-19,” said Kathryn Shea, President
and CEO of The Florida Center. “Many
were already facing stressors like poverty,
domestic violence, and physical or mental
health challenges, so our goal is to provide
them with positive strategies to manage
their emotions and ultimately avoid child
abuse or neglect.”
The foundations also awarded grants to
Operation Warrior Resolution ($3,200) to
provide telehealth counseling to Sarasota-area
veterans, and to the Family Network
on Disabilities ($5,000) to provide relief
for caregivers of children with disabilities
through virtual respite care.
Another ongoing need amid the pandemic
is childcare for essential personnel who
must continue to work outside their homes
while schools are closed. To provide relief,
the foundations awarded a second installment
of funding to SKY Family YMCA
($75,000) and Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota
County ($80,000) to support their respective
programs to provide no-cost childcare
for essential safety and healthcare workers.
“We are honored to continue providing
free care for children of first responders
thanks to the COVID-19 Response Initiative,”
said Bill Sadlo, President/CEO of Boys &
Girls Clubs. “We’re proud to do our part in
keeping our local heroes’ children safe while
they keep our community safe.”
While the foundations have awarded
dozens of grants for immediate relief from
COVID-19 impacts in the region, they also
are preparing for the significant challenges
of recovery and rebuilding from the pandemic.
Generous donors and other funders
have contributed an additional $1.5 million
in support of what they anticipate will be a
multiyear initiative.
“As phased ‘reopening’ begins in our state
and our region, we will focus on helping
nonprofits increase their capacity to serve
people who are struggling with lost wages
over the long term,” said Mark Pritchett,
President|CEO of Gulf Coast Community
Foundation. “The recovery will demand innovation
by our strongest nonprofit partners,
and we are confident they will continue to
deliver on their missions.”
Other recent funding from Gulf Coast
Community Foundation for COVID-19 relief
includes $470,000 awarded to arts & cultural
organizations that have lost significant
revenue from canceled performances and
events, and over $1 million in grants recommended
from donor funds within the foundation
to various nonprofit organizations.
In addition to $500,000 in funding to establish
the COVID-19 Response Initiative with
Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Barancik
Foundation issued the following grants to its
nonprofit partners:
• CenterPlace Health—A $375,000 grant to
ensure the organization continues to serve
residents who rely on Medicaid and public
health care now and into the future by covering
payroll expenses and lost revenue.
• SKY Family YMCA—A $285,000 grant to
continue their leadership in providing early
childhood education and programing for
essential employees and front-line responders
while school campuses remain closed.
• Marie Selby Botanical Gardens—
$250,000 in funding to support the accelerated
transition of Historical Spanish
Point under the administration of Selby
Gardens due to the pandemic-induced
economic fallout.
• Harvest House—$200,000 in crisis
response funding to provide homeless
families, veterans, and unaccompanied
youth with service-enriched housing and
financial assistance.
• Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting
(WEDU)—A $200,000 grant to
support the organization’s publicly broadcasted
at-home learning programming for
children, parents, and teachers.
• CareerEdge Funders Collaborative—
$150,000 in funding to offer and incentivize
on-the-job training, internships, and
fast-track vocational training so displaced
and underemployed workers gain skills
and wages.
• UnidosNow—$150,000 in funding to
provide support for program participants
and their families to help with economic
stability and student success.
• Children First—A $125,000 grant to allow
the organization to remain operationally
and fiscally resilient in order to serve the
families who rely on them.
• The Florida Center for Early Childhood—
$125,000 in funding to continue to provide
critical childcare services during the
COVID-19 crisis and ensure highly-trained
mental health therapists remain available
to help families in need.
• Girls Inc. of Sarasota County—A
$100,000 grant to allow the organization to
remain operationally resilient as families turn
to the organization for extra support due to
unemployment and related hardships.
• Teen Court of Sarasota County—
$100,000 in funding to meet the unforeseen
needs of Teen Court clients and
families, including mental health counseling,
financial assistance, transportation
and other identified needs.
• Women’s Resource Center—A $100,000
grant to meet the rising demand of employment
and case management services
and build the organization’s capacity for
serving the Latina population.
• Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota
County—$30,000 in funding to maintain
the organization’s efforts in coordinating
and conducting virtual visitations for
low-income mothers and their newborns.
• Take Stock in Children of Sarasota—
A $25,000 grant to provide support for
the organization to continue its operations
and help their students and families
navigate through challenges created by
the pandemic.
An additional $412,000 in funding was
granted to arts and cultural organizations to
cover lost revenue from canceled events and
provide payroll assistance. Grantees include:
• Asolo Repertory Theatre
• Chicago Botanic Garden
• Embracing Our Differences
• The John and Mable Ringling Museum
• Museum of Science and Industry
of Chicago
• Ravinia Music Festival
• The Sarasota Ballet
• Sarasota Opera
• Sarasota Orchestra
Barancik Foundation’s Board of Directors
have also authorized staff to provide flexibility
to repurpose existing grant agreements,
modify or waive reporting deadlines, and
fast-track sponsorship commitments for
current nonprofit partners.
Barancik Foundation continues to partner
with Gulf Coast Community Foundation
in identifying immediate nonprofit needs
and fulfilling critical funding gaps through
the COVID-19 Response Initiative as the
community begins to move from response to
recovery. 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charities
can request funds at www.gulfcoastcf.
org/covid-19-grant-requests.
2020 Giving Challenge Raises
$18.4 Million to Support
700 Nonprofits
• Within 24 hours on April 28 and 29, donors
across the community united with an
outpouring of support for the 2020 Giving
Challenge, raising $18.4 million for 686 participating
nonprofit organizations in Sarasota,
Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties.
With $10.9 million provided in community
support and prizes from 58,947 donors and
106,570 total gifts, along with $7.5 million in
matching funds from The Patterson Foundation,
the 2020 Giving Challenge set a new
standard for community generosity, outperforming
the previous six challenges.
The seventh of its kind presented by the
Community Foundation of Sarasota County,
the 2020 Giving Challenge was an online,
24-hour giving day that connected those
with the means to give with causes and nonprofit
organizations close to their hearts.
As a way to engage and strengthen the
community’s philanthropic spirit during the
Giving Challenge, The Patterson Foundation
provided a 1:1 match for all unique donations,
up to $100 per donor, per organization,
which amounted to $7.5 million in additional
funds for local nonprofits. While this matching
opportunity encourages participation in
charitable giving at all levels, it also helps
define the Giving Challenge as one of the
most unique giving days in the nation.
A hallmark of the Giving Challenge is its
“Be The One” philosophy, which reflects the
Community Foundation’s belief that everyone
can be a philanthropist and have the potential
to impact a person, cause, and community.
Moreover, participating nonprofits were
eligible for more than $260,000 in prize
opportunities, ranging from “Most Unique
Donors” to “Best Online Event.” These prizes
were made available through local foundation
and media partners.
Since 2012, the Giving Challenge has
raised more than $58 million in unrestricted
funding through seven Giving Challenges.
Participating nonprofits demonstrate a
commitment to transparency by developing
an in-depth profile in The Giving Partner,
an online resource that helps donors make
informed decisions through holistic information
on a nonprofit’s core mission and
needs, programmatic impact, leadership,
planning, and financial health.
The Giving Challenge was presented by
the Community Foundation of Sarasota
County, with giving strengthened by The
Patterson Foundation. Prize support came
from Manatee Community Foundation,
Charlotte Community Foundation, William G.
and Marie Selby Foundation and more.
For more information, visit www.CFSarasota.org
or call (941) 955-3000.
“Season of Sharing” Extended
• In just 26 days donors across southwest
Florida helped raised nearly $2 million for
Season of Sharing to quickly help the
most vulnerable individuals and families
with immediate basic needs such as payments
for utilities, childcare and rent.
In mid-March, the Community Foundation
of Sarasota County’s longtime partner, The
Patterson Foundation, committed up to $1
million to strengthen this safety net with an
immediate $500,000 contribution, along
with an additional dollar-for-dollar match
up to $500,000. By April 10 the community
responded with 808 gifts ranging from $15
to $250,000, surpassing the match and
inspiring additional matching gifts.
“The swift response of the emergency call
to support Season of Sharing affirmed that
our community is one where neighbors help
neighbors, and are inspired by neighbors,”
said Roxie Jerde, president and CEO of the
Community Foundation of Sarasota County.
The initial $1.8 million raised during the
26-day period, as well as additional gifts still
being made, is added to the $2.4 million given
during the annual Season of Sharing campaign
held between November 2019 and January
31, 2020. Funds are distributed through
a network of human service agencies working
across the four-county region of Sarasota,
Manatee, Charlotte and DeSoto counties that
have been a part of this 20-year-old initiative.
Debra Jacobs, president and CEO of The
Patterson Foundation, noted that “It was just
a few months ago when generous individuals
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positive news continued
propelled Season of Sharing toward reaching
its highest donation level in its 20-year history.
Yet, when this discombobulating crisis hit,
The Patterson Foundation along with donors
across the region responded quickly by
contributing to this time-tested and trusted
network. The Patterson Foundation was
proud to be a catalyst for the more than $2
million raised in under a month’s time with its
$500,000 donation and 1:1 match offer.”
Inspired by The Patterson Foundation’s
initial matching challenge, an anonymous
donor has authorized another $200,000,
dollar-for-dollar matching gift. The Community
Foundation’s Board of Directors
has also approved another $100,000 to
augment that matching opportunity to
$300,000 for future gifts.
Donations to the Season of Sharing fund
may be made online at any level at www.
cfsarasota.org/season-of-sharing or by sending
a check (payable to Community Foundation
of Sarasota County) to Attn: Season of Sharing,
2635 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL 34237.
Major contributions from the first wave of
responses to Season of Sharing in response
to COVID-19 included gifts from several
private foundations and businesses: The
William G. and Marie Selby Foundation,
The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, Bank
of America Charitable Foundation, Anspar
Foundation and PNC Bank.
From the Virginia B. Toulmin
Foundation
• Asolo Repertory Theatre received two
grants totaling $175,000 from the Virginia B.
Toulmin Foundation, including a $125,000
one-year award for general operating support.
In addition, the foundation elected to
give Asolo Rep a further $50,000 in assistance
for navigating uncertainties resulting
from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The $125,000 one-year grant will be
dispersed throughout Asolo Rep’s artistic,
educational and community engagement
programs. The foundation then added an additional
$50,000 to help redress Asolo Rep’s
truncated 2019-2020 season and to plan for
uncertain economic conditions going forward.
On March 13, shortly before the scheduled
opening of Lauren Yee’s The Great
Leap, Asolo Rep leadership made the difficult
decision to suspend the remainder of its
2019-2020 season—more than 100 performances—due
to the coronavirus pandemic.
The safety of artists, staff, volunteers,
audience and community remains paramount
to the theatre, and in canceling those
performances Asolo Rep was following the
guidelines of public health officials and the
Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Ticket-holders
were encouraged to convert the
price of their tickets to a full, tax-deductible
donation to Asolo Rep.
The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation has
been a consistent supporter of Asolo Rep
since the foundation was founded in 2011.
Patrons wishing to donate should visit
asolorep.org for more information.
Florida Studio Theatre Gets
$100,000 Matching Gift from
Patrick and Mary Mulva
• Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announced
that thanks to the generous support
of more than 1,000 donors, the nonprofit
theatre raised $321,000 through this
year’s 24-hour online Giving Challenge. The
organization went into the challenge backed
Patrick and Mary Mulva
by the support of a $100,000 additional
matching grant thanks to the generosity of
donors Patrick and Mary Mulva.
Now, following the exceptional success of
the Giving Challenge campaign, the Mulvas
announced they will be expanding their
matching grant to FST from $100,000 to
$175,000. The couple hopes their expanded
giving will inspire the community to continue
its outpour of support for Sarasota’s
Contemporary Theatre, even after the
official close of the 2020 Giving Challenge
presented by the Community Foundation of
Sarasota County with giving strengthened
by The Patterson Foundation.
“Pat and Mary Mulva are always there for
us when we need them,” shared Richard
Hopkins, FST’s Producing Artistic Director.
“This is a critical time in the history of FST,
and in the history of our nation. This is a time
when we really need Pat and Mary.”
On March 16, FST announced that it
was cancelling the remainder of its Winter
Season—including five productions
playing to full capacity, weekly FST Improv
performances, and educational programming—due
to COVID-19. As a result of these
cancellations, FST projects a loss of over
$1 million in revenue to date this season
alone—over 10% of the theatre’s total operating
budget. FST patrons were encouraged
to consider donating any unused tickets for
cancelled productions back to the theatre as
tax-deductible donations.
Patrick and Mary Mulva have been steadfast
supporters of FST since 2018, when they
relocated from Seattle to Sarasota. The Mulvas
have since become Season Underwriters
for FST’s 2019 and 2020 Winter Seasons. They
have also sponsored FST’s Shindig, its annual
fundraising event, for the past two years. Patrick
Mulva serves as a Trustee on FST’s Board
of Directors, contributing almost 40 years of
executive leadership to the governing body.
Westcoast Black Theatre
Troupe gets Funding
• Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, the
only professional black theater company on
Florida’s West Coast and one of only three
in Florida, received an emergency Arts
Appreciation Grant of $30,000 from Gulf
Coast Community Foundation. WBTT was
one of 10 of this region’s signature arts
Nate Jacobs, founder and artistic director
of WBTT, Julie Leach, executive director of
WBTT, and Mark Pritchett, president and
CEO of Gulf Coast Community Foundation.
Photo taken in October 2019
organizations to receive funding totaling
$470,000 in April, to assist arts and cultural
organizations hit the hardest due to the economic
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The funding is providing much-needed
cash flow for WBTT as well as helping WBTT
shift its operations – with regard to keeping
its education and mentorship efforts strong
and available through virtual means – until a
return to a traditional live format is possible
and safe. WBTT is proud that, even with the
significant financial hit the organization has
suffered in the wake of the cancellation of the
majority of its 2019-2020 performance season,
it has kept its entire staff on the payroll.
“While our prior fiscal health has put us
in a less dire situation than it could be, this
emergency funding will have a significant
impact on the long-term survival of our company,”
said Julie Leach. “We are currently
working to figure out how we can transition
our operations in order to continue our
impact and reach throughout the community.
Recent influxes of cash – including the
emergency Arts Appreciation Grant from
Gulf Coast Community Foundation – are
helping us to get through this crisis as well
as affirming our value to the community.”
The FCCI Charitable Foundation
• The FCCI Charitable Foundation, the
charitable arm of FCCI Insurance Group,
distributed $100,000 for COVID-19 relief.
The Foundation contributed $70,000
through the COVID-19 Response Initiative
of Gulf Coast Community Foundation and
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation,
and $30,000 for relief and response funds
in communities FCCI serves in Alabama,
Indiana, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, and
Winter Park, Fla. This contribution was
made in recognition of and on behalf of
FCCI’s agency partners.
Prior to distributing the funds, the FCCI
Charitable Foundation worked to identify and
maximize matching opportunities. The $70,000
awarded in our region was matched 1:1, resulting
in $140,000 for COVID-19 relief benefiting
organizations addressing hunger, mental
health, healthcare and medical supplies,
jobs and financial security, education, youth
services, and child care. Matches in other
regions are expanding the impact of the FCCI
Charitable Foundation contribution as well.
The purpose of the FCCI Charitable
Foundation, which was formally established
in April of 2019, is to maximize the impact of
each donated dollar. This Foundation was
formed in partnership with Gulf Coast Community
Foundation. FCCI leadership noted
that this is a highly efficient and cost-effective
way to operate its charitable arm: of every
$1 that is placed in the Foundation, there
is 99 cents available to donate to organizations
focused on bettering the lives of others.
How Groups and
Individuals Helped
Sarasota County Libraries
makes 5,000 cloth face masks
• Sarasota County Libraries created
5,000 cloth face masks for Sarasota
County’s essential employees. The county’s
six Creation Stations each have sewing
machines and crafting areas that library
staff can safely use to create the masks.
The libraries are joining the effort of
other government departments to help keep
the county’s essential workers protected
throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; the
goals is for each county employee to have
two masks. Supplies have been donated by
Joann Fabric, Walmart and CreativeBug, with
further supplies funded through FEMA. Librarian
Jamie Naylor of the Jacaranda branch
is leading the project, and library staff hopes
to complete 1,500 masks per week. The
libraries’ Creation Station equipment and the
training of library staff is part of a gift from
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation.
ECG Care Partner and
Volunteers making masks for
seniors & healthcare workers
• An Electronic Caregiver Master Care
Partner in Bradenton is making an impact
in the fight against COVID-19. Beth Stager,
along with thousands of volunteers in Manatee
and Sarasota Counties, is making masks
for medical staff,
senior living
communities,
and others.
The emergency
preparedness
and response
effort started
with the Manatee
County Aging
Network (MCAN),
of which Stager
is a member.
Stager worked
with MCAN president
Hope Carey
and other members to get the ball rolling.
“Our MCAN board had an emergency meeting
to take a look at where to focus funding,” said
Carey, who is also an independent eldercare
resource planner. “As we started reaching
out to the community, across the board, what
people were saying is, ‘We need facemasks.’
So, we started organizing a grassroots effort
to make facemasks.”
Along with the volunteer effort to make
masks, MCAN is endorsing Electronic Caregiver
as its preferred personal emergency
response system. Since the project began in
early April, the group has grown significantly
and partnered with several local businesses
and organizations. The number of volunteers
has gone from just six people to about 2,500
throughout Manatee and Sarasota Counties.
Early on, local Goodwill stores donated
89,000 pounds of clothes to the group. “I
called one Goodwill and Donn Githens, vice
president of operations at Goodwill Manasota,
hooked us up with four in the area,” Carey
said. Volunteers are using the cloth to make
the masks. Other partners include Bayside
Community Church in Bradenton, which provided
600 volunteers to the cause. Sheet metal
workers in Florida also donated thousands
of aluminum nose pieces for the masks.
As of mid-April, volunteers had donated
about 400-500 homemade masks to those
in need. Some of the donation sites included
Manatee Memorial Hospital, Lakewood Ranch
Medical Center, the local police department,
and the sheriff’s department. A few volunteers
and partners also got masks. “Our main goal
is hospitals, but we’ve also given some masks
away to other places,” Carey said.
As a nurse for more than 30 years, Stager
said she enjoys being able to help the medical
community during this challenging time.
“It’s kind of amazing from the nursing aspect
of it since I’m not working in a hospital anymore,”
she said. “It’s helping me give back
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women’s health
Women’s Wellness
Is a 12 Month Commitment
The new year serves as a
reminder to women to make
their health a priority and
build positive health habits
for life. As women we should
be thinking about our health 365 days
a year. Intimate issues such as urinary
incontinence, sexual dysfunction and
pelvic pain can be hard to discuss.
I want to remind you that no issue is
too little or too big to talk about when
it is bothersome to you. As women, we
often compare ourselves to a friend, a
neighbor or a family member and forget
that we are all unique, we all individuals
and it’s personal. Your health is a lifelong
journey. It’s not always easy to take steps
to discuss intimate health issues.
Every woman needs to focus on her
own approach. Every woman needs a
purpose and to find her own motivation.
If you, like many other women,
have difficulty with urinary incontinence,
sexual dysfunction and/or pelvic
pain or if you want to learn more, see
me, Casie Wodzien, Nurse Practitioner,
at the Urology Treatment Center.
I specialize in the treatment of women’s
urological health issues and would
be happy to help you at our Sarasota or
Lakewood Ranch office. When you think
about pink, remember you are unique and
your health matters every single day of
the year. Your urological issues are not too
little or too big to discuss. Women’s wellness
and awareness always work together.
Many people are surprised to learn
that urology covers a wide range of
conditions for both men and women. In
addition to treating the male reproductive
system, urologists treat diseases and
conditions in the kidneys, bladder, and
urinary tract – all of which affect both
genders in all stages of life.
Women may experience urological
health issues that are unique to their
anatomy. While numerous urological
conditions can affect women of all ages
for a variety of reasons, childbirth, menopause
or a hysterectomy can alter the
body in ways that could lead to conditions
including pelvic floor weakness,
overactive bladder or inflammation of
the bladder wall (interstitial cystitis).
Fortunately, most conditions are highly
treatable, especially when caught early.
• Urinary Tract Infections/Bladder
Infections – Most women will
develop a urinary tract infection (UTI) at
some point in their lives. The infection
develops when bacteria enter the urinary
tract. Women with a UTI may have pain
or burning when they urinate. They may
also feel a sudden urge to go to the bathroom,
but then have trouble urinating.
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UTIs can be serious, but
they also can be treated
with antibiotics.
• Overactive Bladder
(OAB) – OAB is a condition
recognized by symptoms
including urinary
urgency, frequent urination,
waking up at least
twice a night to urinate or
urge incontinence (leakage
of urine). Treatments
range from medication or
nerve stimulation to Botox
injections or surgery. At least 30 million
Americans suffer from overactive
bladder.
• Urinary Leakage/Incontinence
– Millions of women experience involuntary
loss of urine, called urinary incontinence.
The condition affects all ages and
women of every social and economic
level, though urinary incontinence
occurs more often in older women than
in young women. The condition can
be driven by stress or by a weakness in
bladder or pelvic floor muscles and can
be treated with a variety of approaches,
depending on severity.
• Pelvic Floor Weakness/Vaginal
Prolapse/”Dropped Bladder” – Pelvic
floor prolapse occurs when the upper
portion of the vagina loses its normal
shape and sags or drops down into the
vaginal canal or even outside of the vaginal
opening. There are several types of
pelvic floor prolapse including bladder,
rectum, small bowel and uterus. It’s wise
not to let the condition go on too long,
as most worsening pelvic floor prolapses
can only be fully corrected with surgery.
• Pelvic Pain/Interstitial Cystitis –
Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a long-term
inflammation of the bladder wall, also
called painful bladder syndrome. Its symptoms
are very similar to a urinary tract
infection, such as urinary urgency and/or
pelvic pain, but lack an identifiable cause
such as bacterial infection. In the past, IC
was believed to be a relatively uncommon
problem, but now it is thought to affect
up to 12 percent of women.
Though women can be reluctant to talk
about these sensitive issues, it is important
to share details with and seek treatment
from a certified
urologist. Not doing
so not only diminishes
your quality of life,
but can put you at
serious risk.
SOURCE:
Casie Wodzien,
MS, APRN, ANP-
BC, Urology
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to our community, to some of my friends and
the hospitals that are in desperate need of
homemade masks for protection.”
Electronic Caregiver’s remote patient
monitoring and telehealth services can help
slow the spread and impact of COVID-19. According
to Harvard Medical School, using
virtual care technology for regular medical
care frees up vital medical staff and equipment.
This allows doctors to treat COVID-19
patients who are seriously ill more efficiently.
It also prevents patients from visiting the
doctor’s office, where they risk coming into
contact with, or potentially spreading, the
virus. “Right now, there is hysteria around any
sickness or symptom,” Carey said. “People
are backlogging and tying up the doctors’
phone lines, the hospital’s phone line, and
the healthcare system’s phone line by trying
to get answers. Utilizing Electronic Caregiver
and their telemedicine line would help free
up doctors so they can focus on people who
have an immediate need.”
Electronic Caregiver’s Pro Health system
allows clients to track their vitals, including
their temperature, from home. A fever is one
of the main symptoms of COVID-19. Vitals
information can be sent to a doctor or care
team member to monitor their health remotely.
The system also features 24/7 emergency
response, medication reminders, and
pocketMD telehealth. Electronic Caregiver’s
technology is ideal for seniors and chronically
ill patients living alone at home.
If you would like to get involved in making
masks, visit the Manatee Sarasota PPE
Mask public Facebook group or manateecountyagingnetwork.org.
Residents in these
counties who would like to learn more about
Electronic Caregiver can call Master Care
Partner Beth Stager at 941-321-4024. You
can also visit electroniccaregiver.com to learn
more or find a Care Partner in your area.
Asolo Rep Costume Shop
Sews Face Masks
for Local Organizations
• Just six weeks ago the costume shop at
Asolo Repertory Theatre was busy putting
final touches on costumes for The Great
Leap and Knoxville. When the season was
cut short and the theatre closed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the 1980s basketball
jerseys and 1915 dresses and suits were put
into storage. Beginning last week, the now
at-home workers are sewing face masks that
are being distributed to organizations-in-need
in Sarasota and Manatee Counties.
“When it became obvious that face
masks were in high demand and that, for
the foreseeable future, would become a key
Cameron Thorp (left), assistant company
manager for Asolo Rep, with Goodwill Mecca
store manager Jeff Motchok
part in keeping us safe from the spread of
the virus, we all felt this was the perfect way
to help out,” said David Covach, Costume
Shop Manager. “This project is a wonderful
opportunity for everyone involved. My team
had been homebound for several weeks,
in a state of abrupt confusion to their daily
routines. Now we all have a purpose again
and feel the joy of contributing to the greater
needs of our community.”
Using materials from its collection of extra
costume fabrics and scraps from productions,
so far the staff has generated roughly
750 masks. From cutting to completion,
each mask takes 25-30 minutes to make and
each staff person is using CDC-approved
patterns to build their masks.
Ten costumers are working from their
homes including Teresa Consolvo, Laine Marr,
Dee Sullivan, Jessica Hayes, Skyler Niedziela,
Maureen Klein, June Elisabeth Taylor, Sofia
Gonzalez, Kaitlin Jones, and Deb Kelly.
“The costume shop deserves credit for
generously offering to create cloth masks for
our community during a time of such uncertainty,”
said Asolo Rep Managing Director
Linda DiGabriele. “The supply chain for masks
of any kind is severely limited and we’ve been
able to find good homes for the masks as
quickly as our staff can make them. This is
truly a wonderful service to our community.”
To date, distribution of the masks
includes: Senior Friendship Center, Safe
Children Coalition, Meals on Wheels of
Sarasota, Visible Men’s Academy, Girls Inc.
of Sarasota, and ALSO Youth. Most of these
organizations are using the masks for their
food delivery programs and volunteers. Local
organizations in need of masks are asked
to email: Cameron_Thorp@asolo.org.
Businesses Helping Out
Pittsburgh Mattress Factory
set to make 1,000 masks
LuAnn Schecht, owner of Pittsburgh Mattress
Factory in Ellenton
• Pittsburgh Mattress Factory made
over1,000 masks for emergency services
workers. When COVID-19 hit, LuAnn
Schecht, owner of Pittsburgh Mattress Factory
in Ellenton, knew she had to find a way
to keep her two manufacturing employees
working. She also knew she wanted to find
a way to give back to the local emergency
services workers she’s built relationships
with with over the years.
“I wanted to be able to keep my employees
paid. They have families,” she said. “And
the emergency services in my area have
been very good. I make mattresses for EMTs
and firehouses.”
That’s how the 50-year-old mattress making
company got started making protective
masks over the past few weeks for emergency
services workers and whoever else
needs them. The company dropped off its
first batch of 50 masks to Southern Manatee
Fire & Rescue and made another 1,000 by
the end of April.
Making the masks was a two-week period
of trial and error for the company. They had
to get a prototype approved and put out a
call for supplies — their huge manufacturing
equipment isn’t set up for making something
small like a face mask.
But Schecht said she put out a call for
materials like fabric and pipe cleaners on her
Facebook page, and was overwhelmed by the
response. The company even received two
extra donated sewing machines, she said.
They’re still accepting donations of soft
cotton, pipe cleaners and spools of thread
in every color.
Despite the unpredictability of the economy
following the COVID-19 outbreak, Schecht
said that there’s still demand for mattresses.
She made one for a trucker who has to sleep
in his truck while he makes deliveries, and
another one, an adjustable bed, for a woman
who recently came out of the hospital.
Usually around this time of year, Pittsburgh
Mattress Factory makes mattresses for RVs
and boats, but that’s basically all dropped off
since travel has completely ceased.
Caldwell Trust Company
supports All Faiths Food Bank
and Child Protection Center
• In the few months since the coronavirus
pandemic arrived in Florida its impact has
been staggering, especially on children
and families confronting hunger or child
abuse. Even before Covid-19, Caldwell
Trust Company had provided support to All
Faiths Food Bank and the Child Protection
Center, two Sarasota-based organizations
that work to meet these needs in Sarasota
and DeSoto counties. Now Caldwell is
increasing its support as the organizations
gear up to meet unprecedented demands.
“We can’t do otherwise,” said R. G. “Kelly”
Caldwell Jr., CEO/president. “These dedicated
people are helping our brothers, our
sisters, our children. We won’t turn away.”
In April, Caldwell’s board of directors chose
All Faiths Food Bank to receive a $5,000
grant, which will be used for Covid-19 relief.
The company also provided a major grant
to the Child Protection Center for 2019 for
its Children and Families Supervised Visitation
Program (CFSVP), which provides a safe
place for children to interact with parents.
Over the years, Caldwell has provided
tens of thousands of dollars and other support
such as collecting food for All Faiths’
food drives and wearing blue to heighten
awareness during Child Abuse Prevention
Month. “I’m grateful that Caldwell can help.
I can’t think of a better return on investment
than we’ve received by supporting these two
organizations,” Kelly Caldwell said.
Caldwell Trust Company is an independent
trust company chartered in the state of
Florida, with offices in Venice and Sarasota.
Suncoast Credit Union
donates $1 million to
COVID-19 relief efforts
• Suncoast Credit Union, Florida’s largest
credit union, made a one million dollar
donation to provide economic relief to
those affected by COVID-19 in the communities
the credit union serves. As an essential
service provider, the credit union has
been on the front lines interacting from a
safe distance with employees and members
who have also been affected.
After careful review, executives of the credit
union made the decision to focus on three primary
areas of need that correlate to the history
and core values of the credit union. Funds
will be distributed to relieve stress in the areas
of: healthcare, hunger and education.
While Suncoast has been an active member
of the communities it serves both as a
community partner and through the funding
of the Suncoast Credit Union Foundation,
this donation is the first of its size during the
credit union’s 86 year history.
“While we are focused on supporting our
members financially, we feel a moral obligation
to support other basic needs during this
very challenging time. We admire and are
inspired by other charitable organizations
who are providing relief through private donations
like ours,” said Suncoast Credit Union
President & CEO Kevin Johnson. “People are
struggling through no fault of their own and
because of the support of our Board of Directors,
Suncoast is committed to doing what
we can to address these serious needs.”
Organizations were notified of specific donations
in May. Organizations have been selected
due to need, viability and sustainability
and with consideration to the Mission, Vision
and Core Values of Suncoast Credit Union.
In 1990, Suncoast Credit Union founded
the Suncoast Credit Union Foundation, a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to
benefit sick children and their families and to
support educational initiatives. The foundation
is a vehicle for Suncoast to support the
communities served and assist residents who
live there. Since its inception, the Foundation
has raised and donated over $29 million to
help provide a better future for the children of
the communities Suncoast serves. In 2019,
the Foundation donated $3.5 million. This
particular contribution is separate from and in
addition to the Foundation giving.
Suncoast Credit Union is the largest credit
union in the state of Florida, the ninth largest
in the United States based on membership,
and the 10th largest in the United States
based on its $11.4 billion in assets. Chartered
in 1934 as Hillsborough County Teachers
Credit Union, Suncoast Credit Union currently
operates 71 full-service branches and
serves more than 884,000 members in the
following 39 Florida counties: Alachua, Brevard,
Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier,
DeSoto, Dixie, Duval, Gilchrist, Glades,
Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough,
Indian River, Lake, Lee, Leon, Levy,
Manatee, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe,
Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco,
Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns,
St. Lucie, Sumter and Volusia.
For more information,
visit: suncoastcreditunion.com.
Gold Coast Eagle
Distributing Delivers Drinks
to five area hospitals
• Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, an
Anheuser-Busch distributor, recently delivered
4,000 cans of Hi-Ball Energy Drink
and Hi-Ball Cold Brew Coffee to five area
The Sarasota-based company delivered 4,000
cans to each hospital. The Hi-Ball Organic
Ruby Red Energy Drink and Hi-Ball Cold
Brew Coffee are for staff, doctors and nurses to
enjoy and to give a boost to their shifts,
the statement says
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hospitals — in an effort to give back to the
region’s frontline medical workers.
The Lakewood Ranch-based company
delivered 4,000 cans to each location:
Blake Medical Center, Manatee Memorial
Hospital, Lakewood Ranch Medical
Center, Sarasota Memorial Hospital and
Venice Regional Bayfront Health.
Carolyn Michel Donates
1,000 Protective Face Shields
to City of Sarasota
• On behalf of the City of Sarasota, Mayor
Jen Ahearn-Koch and City Manager Tom
Barwin accepted a personal donation of
1,000 newly fabricated protective face
shields to help protect first responders and
those on the frontlines battling the COVID-19
pandemic in the Sarasota community.
“This is something I wanted to do,” said
resident Carolyn Michel, a professional actor
who has called Sarasota home for four decades.
“You feel so helpless with what’s going
on. I can’t even buy hand sanitizer for myself,
but I could do this. It makes sense and it feels
effective, especially knowing that the face
shields will be put to good use to protect first
responders and others who need them.”
The idea for the donation sprouted from a
shared familial desire to help others during
the public health emergency. Michel’s cousin
heard about Table Mountain Innovation, Inc.,
a medical device manufacturing company in
the D enver area, which recently converted
its operations to produce personal protective
equipment (PPE) with the name brand Emergency
Face Shield. Michel’s cousin purchased
and donated a large quantity of shields to first
responders in her community in Colorado.
Wanting to do something similar for her beloved
Sarasota, Michel contacted the company
owner and personally placed an order for 1,000
face shields to donate to the City of Sarasota.
Each shield is a solitary piece and slides
over the head to provide full ear-to-ear and
chin-to-forehead safety protection. The shields
can be reused and are spacious enough to
wear over a N-95 mask and safety goggles.
“These protective face shields will be
given to the dedicated men and women with
the Sarasota Police Department and those in
public safety working hard on the frontlines
to help protect them from this very contagious
coronavirus,” said Emergency Manager
Todd Kerkering. “Some a lso may be
distributed to those who have direct contact
with the most vulnerable in our community,
including elder care facilities and agencies
that assist the unsheltered.”
Suncoast Science Center/
Faulhaber Fab Lab
• In response to the COVID-19 pandemic,
the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services recently ordered an additional 500
million surgical face masks for healthcare
workers on the front lines. But what about
the workers on the second lines?
Workers in assisted living facilities,
nursing homes and doctors offices are often
caring for high-risk patients like the elderly
and immunocompromised, yet many are left
without even basic protection.
With high-tech equipment and tools–and
the help of 200+ dedicated volunteers–the
Suncoast Science Center/Faulhaber Fab
Lab stepped up to prototype and fabricate
face masks and shields to fill the expanding
community need. They’ve distributed 1,000
face masks and shields to date.
Mothers Helping Mothers
on the front lines
• Mothers Helping Mothers, Inc. (MHM)
is committed to ensuring that needy families
who have fallen through the cracks and have
nowhere to turn for help, receive the emergency
financial aid and assistance they need
during this time of crisis and every day.
(L to R): Rosemary McMullen (in front) and
Gabi DeVries filling Emergency Online Orders
free of charge for curbside pick-up by families in
need at Mothers Helping Mothers in Sarasota
MHM has announced that United Way
Suncoast, is providing MHM’s all volunteer
nonprofit organization, $20,000 in emergency
funding. The funds are part of more
than a $1 million of COVID-19 emergency
assistance from the United Way Suncoast’s
COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund being
distributed to human services agencies
across the Suncoast to support housing/
shelter, food, childcare, financial stability
and mental health services.
“Never in our 30 years of serving needy
families in our community have we seen the
need so great! This virus is affecting us all,
but for most of our clients, who live paycheck
to paycheck, this has been especially
devastating. These families are hitting
bottom fast due to loss of employment and/
or childcare. The essential items we are
providing through our new emergency online
order system with curbside pickup, will
provide needed relief in these tough times.
We are so grateful for this grant from United
Way Suncoast which will allow us to provide
additional relief in efforts to stave off homelessness
and help secure families in critical
need!” said Cheri DeVries, MHM Board Chair
According to Terry Stottlemeyer, Mothers
Helping Mothers Executive Director “This
wonderful grant from United Way Suncoast
was desperately needed to ensure that
emergency services for needy families can
continue during the COVID-19 pandemic
crisis. Our dedicated volunteer team already
filled over 150 emergency orders and aid
requests to date, in less than 20 days! Since
our inception, MHM has helped over 50,000
families in need, representing nearly 145,000
children in the Sarasota/Manatee area and
surrounding counties.”
For more information, visit MHM at www.
mhmsarasota.com.
Tammy’s Alterations &
Dry Cleaning donates masks
to All Faiths Food Bank
• To help employees at All Faiths Food
Bank, team members from Tammy’s Alterations
& Dry Cleaning made and donated
50 cloth masks for Food Bank staffers
- including (l-r) Rachel Bradley, Kristina
Richardson, Elaina Hammond and Allison
Craigie - to wear while working at the office.
With social distancing recommendations
Tammy’s Alterations & Dry Cleaning
mask donations
and, now, the stay-at-home order, the Food
Bank has not had access to its significant volunteer
corps to assist in food sorting, packing
and other tasks. At this time, employees at
all levels are filling significant gaps in mission-critical
operations, such as food sorting,
packing, boxing and distribution, in addition
to performing their regular job responsibilities.
As some of these duties require staff members
to be in the general vicinity of one another, the
masks are helpful in protecting their health.
“We really wanted to do something for all
the doctors, nurses and local organizations
in need of face masks who are helping those
in need in our community,” said owner Tammy
Vo on behalf of herself and her staff.
Tammy’s offers dry cleaning and laundry
services as well as a suite of alteration services.
The company is located at 2300 Bee
Ridge Rd., #101 in Sarasota.
SMH Gets Treats
• Sarasota Memorial Hospital received a
donation of over 1000 bags of Italian Fisherman
Chips for all their Healthcare Workers.
Collaborators Dan & Sue Dalpra, Resident
& Owner of Italian Fisherman Chips, and
Mike & Jenny Schenk, Owners of Bradenton
snack company Pineapple Kitchen, wanted
(L to R): Peggy Kerwin, Executive Director,
Solve Maternity Homes and her husband
Brian Kerwin, Solve Development
Director, wearing masks sewn and donated
by The LWRWC Mask and Sewing Angels team
to do something special for our Healthcare
Heroes during this unprecedented pandemic.
“Our Health Workers are the backbone of
effective health systems and our country’s
most valuable resource at this time,” Dalpra
stated. “As a local business, we jumped at
the chance to be part of this donation to
show our appreciation to our local Healthcare
Heroes with a snack in the midst of a
long and exhausting day,” Schenk said.
SMH accepted the donation gratefully and
acknowledged how important such thoughtful
demonstrations are to its front-line workers.
“Our healthcare team, like many others, are
working around the clock to care for patients
and each other. Gestures like these remind
them that our community appreciates their
efforts and cares about their own well-being,”
said Kim Savage, spokesperson for SMH.
Lakewood Ranch Women’s
Club, Make Masks
• In early May, Lakewood Ranch Women’s
Club (LWRWC) Co-President, Helene
Levin, delivered 50 masks to Solve Maternity
Homes that were sewn and donated
by the LWRWC Mask and Sewing Angels
team. Solve Executive Director, Peggy
Kerwin, was delighted to receive this very
thoughtful and much needed donation to
help keep the expectant mothers and dedicated
staff safe during the pandemic.
The Lakewood
Ranch
Women’s
Club wanted to
make a meaningful
contribution
to the
effort to keep
our community
Peggy and Brian Kerwin safe during
COVID-19. Accordingly, a group of women
with sewing skills formed the LWRWC Mask
and Sewing Angels team and began sewing
masks to donate to Lakewood Ranch Medical
Center and to their LWRWC adopted charities.
The LWRWC Mask and Sewing Angels
team has sewn over 400 masks that were delivered
to Lakewood Ranch Medical Center.
They then made 400 more for the LWRWC
four adopted charities, HOPE Family Services,
Solve Maternity Homes, SMART Riding
Therapy, and Children’s Guardian Fund. The
team will also be donating masks to Home
Health Care Workers and First Responders.
Members of the LWRWC Mask & Sewing
Angels include Linda Stone, Christina
Sodenberg, Susan Strahs, Miriam Echevarria,
Michelle Steiner, MaryLee Danahy, Nancy
Chaplin, Janet Stickel, Nancy LoPiccolo,
Rosie Sorrells, Trish Newman, Jan Howard,
Joyce Boccella, Edith Petrock, Laura
Kaufman, Katherine Benoit, Ann Sledz,
Hanne Johansen, and LWRWC Co-Presidents,
Cheryl Breining and Helene Levin. Val
Wheat, owner of Running With Scissors Apparel
Design Studio in Bradenton, donated
fabric to get the team started. Members also
donated fabric and much needed elastic.
The Lakewood Ranch Women’s Club is a
not-for-profit service club with around 300
members that was founded to improve the
quality of life in our community. For more
information, visit www.lwrwc.org.
Sarasota Heroes Mural
• On Friday, May
15 at 4:00 PM
the Sarasota
Heroes mural
at 1717 Second
Street will be officially
dedicated
in gratitude to our
local healthcare
professionals
and their tireless
work throughout
the COVID-19
pandemic.
The ribbon cutting ceremony was livestreamed
on the Facebook pages of Sarasota
Magazine and the Arts and Cultural Alliance of
Sarasota County. Local artist Karen Chandler
was commissioned by Sarasota Magazine,
Raw Sugar Living, and the Arts and Cultural
Alliance of Sarasota County to create the Sarasota
Heroes mural to honor our local healthcare
professionals. Painting began on April 28.
Other donors include The Helming and
Knies Family Foundation for its generous
donation, and contributions from Elizabeth
and Elliot Rose, Jenne Britell, Michael Kneeland,
PPG Paints, The Bazaar on Apricot and
Lime, and Williams Parker.
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Terrence Grywinski and Advanced Craniosacral Therapy has reopened for a limited number of sessions per week.
Craniosacral Therapy Can Be Life Changing
CST treats the whole body physically, physiologically, mentally, emotionally and energetically
Clients come to me because they are in physical
pain such as neck, back, pain and TMJ as well as
for chronic headaches and migraines.
● Both myself and all clients will be provided with Face Masks.
● Appointments will allow the client to come directly into my
office from their cars avoiding time in the waiting room.
● Hand disinfectant will be provided.
● An excellent air filtration system has been installed in the
Pain and stress caused by
shortened Fascia
Fascia (strong connective tissue) encases
all our muscles, organs, brain and spinal
cord. Whenever fascia shortens any place
in the body, the entire network of fascia
creates an increased tension affecting the
functioning of our physical body as well as
our organs, our brain and spinal cord.
Our body is the history of every major
trauma we have experienced physically
and emotionally beginning with birth
issues, falls, head trauma, car accidents,
childhood abuse issues, death, divorce
and other emotional issues. Our body tries
to minimize each trauma by shortening
fascia to isolate the energy coming into the
body from that trauma. Shortened fascia
results in pain, loss of mobility and range
of motion, organs becoming less efficient
and with parts of the brain and spinal cord
becoming stressed.
To keep the brain functioning, the body
transfers some of your functional work play
energy (7:00 AM-10:00 PM) to the brain
resulting in less energy to make it through
each day. As we age, the accumulation of
all the tightened fascia, from every major
trauma in life, begins to restrict every
aspect of our body’s functions resulting
in pain, loss of mobility, mis-functioning
organs, loss of energy, as well as our brain
losing some its sharpness.
How Craniosacral
Therapy Works
The Craniosacral Therapist creates a safe
place, with gentle holding techniques, that
engages your body’s ability to self correct,
reorganize and heal itself with the release
of some of that tightened fascia during
each session. As the Craniosacral Therapist
engages your body, you will feel fascia releasing.
As the fascia releases, pain begins to
decrease, range of motion and mobility improve,
organs begin functioning better and
with less stress on the brain feels, it returns
the energy it borrowed at the time of each
trauma resulting in an immediate increase in
your energy levels. Rarely does anyone leave
from my first session not feeling better.
Short Leg Syndrome
Eighty-five percent of my clients have one
of their legs pulled up 1/2 to 1 by shortened
fascia. The tension from short leg syndrome
on the sacrum (5 fused vertebrae
at bottom of the spine) is transferred up
Testimonials from Clients
■ “On a recent vacation to Siesta Key, I
re-injured my back. I found Terry online. I
can say with complete joy that was the best
decision I made in the history of my back
pain. I have sought many modalities and
visit a CST regularly and never have I had
such a healing in my entire body.
After 3 sessions, I made a 16-hour drive
home with no pain or discomfort in my
entire body. Unbelievable. My body has
a sense of moving freely and that is completely
new. I’m so grateful to Terry for his
knowledge, for his sensitivity to my needs
and his kind generosity in healing my body.
I will see him when I return next year.”
—Caroline M.
■ “I am a snowbird who spends 7 months
in Sarasota. I have had back problems for
25 years. Terry’s techniques have led to a
great deal of release and relief in areas that
have been problematic. I have been seeing
him over the years when my body says ”it’s
time”. Usually after a few sessions, I can tell
a huge difference.” —Lana S.
■ “I was introduced to Terry and Craniosacral
Therapy by a Neuromuscular
massage therapist who thought I needed
higher level of care. I found Terry to be
IN CONSIDERATION OF COVID-19
kind, empathetic and he genuinely seemed
to take an interest in my challenges. I have
a mild Chiari malformation (part of the
brain protrudes and puts pressure on the
spinal cord) I had been experiencing vertigo,
extreme pain in my neck combined
with a limited range of motion (I could not
turn my neck right or left) I tried both traditional
and holistic modalities including
chiropractic and acupuncture with limited
success. So I did not have lofty expectations
(unrealistic) going into my first session, but
was pleasantly surprised in the immediate
difference I experienced in my entire body.
There was less pain in my back and
shoulders, but also in my diaphragm and
rib cage area. I was able to breathe more
deeply, felt more limber and overall more
relaxed. With additional sessions, Terry
was able to relieve the burning sensation
in my shoulders that would radiate into
my lower neck and down my arms which
had been plaguing me for a long time and
causing numbness in my extremities. I have
been impressed by his intuitive nature and
his ability to listen to my body and focus in
on specific issues and pain points. The therapist
who referred me to him was right…he
is a gifted healer.” —Nicole M.
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● All surfaces will be disinfected between treatments.
● All clients will be questioned about self isolation and having
followed safety precautions such wearing a face mask in public
as well as being free of any symptoms.
The physical stress in bodies caused by
shortened fascia (connective tissue) shuts
down energy flows to certain organs. Short
leg syndrome by ½ to 1 in (where one leg is
pulled up by shortened fascia) shuts down
energy flow to the spleen (an important part of
your immune system) and the small and large
intestine. With the release of that shortened
fascia, energy returns to these organs.
the dural tube that encases the spinal cord
into the lower and upper back, the neck,
the cranium and the brain. Headaches, migraines,
TMJ and neck problems can originate
from the fascial stress in the sacrum.
Releasing this sacral stress increases
energy in the bladder, sex organs, kidneys
and the chakras as well as releasing major
stress in the upper part of the body.
Cause of Shallow Breathing
A great majority of the clients who come to
me for various problems are also shallow
breathers. Fascial stress in the diaphragm restricts
the depth of breathing by restricting
energy flow to the lungs, the pericardium
■ Chronic Pain: Sciatic, Back,
Neck and TMJ
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■ Migraines, Foggy Brain and
Lack of Concentration
■ Sight and Eye Problems
■ Asthma, Bronchitis, COPD
Terrence Grywinski
of Advanced
Craniosacral Therapy,
B.A., B.ED., LMT #MA 6049
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■ Terrence Grywinski of Advanced Craniosacral Therapy,
B.A., B.ED., LMT #MA 6049. Terry has specialized in Craniosacral
Therapy since 1994 when he began his training at the Upledger
Institute. Described by his teachers, clients and colleagues
as a “gifted healer”, Terry’s intuitive sense and healing energy
provides immediate and lasting relief from injury, pain, mobility
issues as well as dysfunctions of the body and the brain. Part
of Terry’s ongoing education, he has completed 4 craniosacral
brain and peripheral nervous system classes which
enables him to work at
a cellular level and with
brain dysfunctions.
Call 941-321-8757
for more information,
Google Craniosacral
Therapy Sarasota.
and the heart. With the release of fascial
diaphragm restriction, the client immediately
starts breathing deeply and energy is
restored to the pericardium and the heart.
Shoulder blades that are cemented to
the body also restricts how much the rib
cage can open and thereby also restricting
depth of breath. Without proper breathing,
your cells do not get enough oxygen.
Everyone, especially people suffering from
bronchitis, asthma and COPD as well as
shallow breathing can benefit when the
fascial stress is released.
Specialized Training
to work with Brain
Dysfunctions
Just as the body physically gets stressed
from physical and emotional trauma, the
functioning of the brain is also affected
by fascial stress. For our brains to remain
healthy, we need dynamic production
of craniosacral fluid which performs the
important function of bringing nourishment
to all the cells in the brain and spinal
cord as well as cleansing all the metabolic
wastes given off by those same cells.
Once the craniosacral fluid cleanses these
metabolic wastes, efficient drainage of these
metabolic wastes into the lymph system is
absolutely necessary. Research has shown,
that at night, craniosacral fluid cleanses amyloid
plaques from the brain. If the drainage
is inefficient, then the brain is being bathed
in a toxic slurry. How does 15 or 20 years
of your brain being bathed in a toxic slurry
affect you: senile dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s
and other brain dysfunctions?
A Craniosacral Therapist, who has
received training in working with the
brain, can reverse that stress on the brain
that eventually can result in those brain
dysfunctions. As we all know, the proper
functioning of the body is dependent on a
healthy functioning brain.
What conditions does
CranioSacral Therapy address?
Immediate Relief Beginning with the First Session:
■ Shallow Breathing
■ Digestive and Constipation Issues
■ Leaky Gut and Autoimmune Problems
■ Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia and Depression
■ Concussions, Brain and Spinal Cord Health
■ Mobility and Energy Issues for Seniors
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JUNE / JULY 2020 WEST COAST WOMAN 15

Dr. Heidi
Anderson
Owner of DOCs
(Dermatology of
Coastal Sarasota)
S
he
graduated
from Princeton
University with
a major in molecular
biology, earned her MD at
Wake Forest University, became
Board Certified in Dermatology and
Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College
of Medicine. In her practice called DOCS (Dermatology of Coastal
Sarasota) she take care of the whole family from birth to 80s and beyond.
In spite of COVID-19, her office is doing 10 to 12 telemedicine appointments a day especially
for parents, working people, and teenagers. Her daughter Avery Brannan is a freshman
at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her son Quinn Brannan is a
freshman at Pine View School. Business owner, parent and generous supporter of the
community, Dr. Anderson and her daughter Avery are this year’s honorees at the Girls Inc.
Celebration Luncheon: She Knows Where She’s Going which is scheduled for this fall.
16 WEST COAST WOMAN JUNE / JULY 2020

Our lives have been disrupted
as we adjust to the new reality
of the Coronavirus pandemic
and adhere to the directives
from national, state, and local
officials. Yet, life goes on even
when the news can cause anxiety. Perhaps
a return to our previous lives is in the near
future. Throughout the altered landscape,
dedicated medical professionals are treating
patients with self-imposed or governmental-imposed
constraints.
Dr. Heidi Anderson, owner of DOCs
(Dermatology of Coastal Sarasota), is a
physician whose practice has been disrupted,
but who continues to treat patients
in her office and via telemedicine.
What’s her practice like? “I take care of
the whole family from birth to 80s and
beyond. Most of the people I treat are 40
and older for skin screening, skin cancer,
and emergent rashes due to allergy and
psoriasis. Their conditions range from
acute to chronic. I counsel and educate on
procedures and products.”
So, why did she choose dermatology?
“I explored pediatric and orthopedic
specialties, but I wanted a specialty with
continuity of care, procedures, and opportunity
for counseling which I experienced
in my dermatology residency at the
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Dermatology is a visual field which
is why we go into it.”
Dr. Anderson loves what she does. “I
love coming to work. I care for my patients
and engage in problem solving with
them. I want to deliver quality encounters,
to be accessible, and analytical. I
utilize resources, have high standards,
and educate, motivate, and inspire my
team. I have a fire in my belly to talk to
kids about having given talents and gifts
to share. My goals are realistic, but with
my competitive athletic spirit, I always try
to do my personal best,” she says.
What keeps her going? “I’m excited
about new medicines to treat acne and
psoriasis with less side effects and better
access to telemedicine.” She says her
challenges include managing the business
side of the practice in off hours, inspiring
people to share her vision, and inconsistent
and non-disclosed regulations and
rules. Seeing progress in her patients and
personal growth in long-term employees
are her rewards.
Knowing as a youngster that she would
follow a career path in medicine, Dr.
Anderson would don her pink-and-white
candy striper uniform and volunteer after
her Sunday obligations were completed.
In high school she conducted hands-on
research on rats. In grades 5 and 6, her
parents were tremendous opportunity-makers
and motivators. When Dr.
Anderson said she wanted to study medicine,
they cut out articles for her to read
and located science competitions to be
sure that medicine was right for her.
Patients are loyal to Dr. Anderson such
as Anne McFall, a retail specialist for New
Balance Sarasota.
“I’ve been a patient of Dr. Heidi’s for
more than 10 years. I have psoriasis so I
have seen plenty of dermatologists in my
life. She never gave up trying new things
to improve my chronic skin condition.
Between her efforts and improvements
in medicine, over time, I am 100 percent
clear. Along the way our relationship morphed
into a friendship as we have children
who are the same ages. As I have observed
multiple times, she never fails to do the
right and ethical thing in every situation.
Also impressive is her dedication to
numerous charities in town both in volunteer
and financial support,” he notes.
Dr. Anderson moved to Sarasota in
2009, motivated by the recession and a
desire to be near family since her children
were three and six years old at the time.
“My parents had lived here part-time and
I wanted a work-life balance and public
schools for the children. I had no job and
started a family business from scratch. It
was a risk; there was no room for failure.
I did it in a systematic manner to assure
sustainability. Plus I’m impressed by the
Sarasota community socially, culturally,
and athletically and by peers in their 40s,
50s, 60s who give their time and money to
the community,” she says.
Dr. Anderson is passionate about being
a role model and providing guidance to
her children, to young girls, and to other
professionals by teaching, sharing, and
motivating them. She frequently has high
school students or nurse practitioners
shadow or do a small rotation in her practice.
Professionally, she wants her staff
of 17 (that includes 3 PAs, an esthetician,
and a part-time Mohs surgeon) to live up
to their potential, work to their strengths,
and meet their personal goals.
Dr. Anderson and her daughter Avery
Brannan are this year’s honorees at the
Girls Inc. Celebration Luncheon: She
Knows Where She’s Going which has been
postponed until fall. In addition to being a
dermatologist, Dr. Anderson stresses that
she is also a female business owner who
encourages Avery to make an impact in
whatever she chooses to do. Avery participated
in the Girls Inc STAR youth leadership
program in her freshman year, volunteers
remotely, and is a summer camp
counselor. Dr. Anderson participates and/
or supports a number of charities, community
events, school and health fairs, and
charity runs (as a runner herself).
Dr. Anderson is accepting of telemedicine
in that it provides a means to decide
whether patients should come into the
office or use telemedicine to check on
ongoing treatment, make changes in medicine,
monitor patients’ progress, to screen
bumps, cancer, lesions, and ongoing acne.
Due to current circumstances her office is
doing 10 to 12 telemedicine appointments a
day especially for parents, working people,
and teenagers. She has chosen a telemedicine
company for its professional appearance,
ease of access, how it looks on the
Web, quality of audio and video, and environment
safety. There are HIPPA concerns,
but Medicare appears to be seamless while
private insurance companies are trickier.
Dr. Anderson graduated from Princeton
University with a major in molecular biology,
earned her MD at Wake Forest University,
became Board Certified in Dermatology
and Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine, and worked in
surgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Medical Center Emergency Department.
Raised outside New York City by
parents who both worked for IBM, she
attended public schools. There were
never labels in the family household; her
parents wanted their children to have
opportunities to find their passion. Dr.
Anderson counts her two other brothers,
a lawyer and an inventor, as supporters.
Her daughter Avery Brannan is a freshman
at University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and her son Quinn Brannan
is a freshman at Pine View School. Photography,
running, paddle boarding, and
taking care of two dogs are her leisure
activities—and dancing to music at home.
Her parting advice: have no limits, but
always have a plan, eliminate or redefine
failure, call on your friends, and accept
small second chances.
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happening this month
Sea turtle nesting season
started May 1
Keep light out of sight to help them survive
Sea turtle nesting season started May 1,
with Sarasota County beaches playing
host to the largest population of nesting
sea turtles on the Gulf Coast of Florida,
averaging over 200 nests per mile.
Unfortunately, only one out of
every 1,000 hatchlings will survive to
adulthood. Most die from predators,
and both the exhaustion and
starvation caused by disorientingly
bright, artificial lights. To help those
hatchling survive, residents are
urged to keep light out of sight, and
remove unused beach furniture and
coastal structures, through the end
of the nesting period Oct. 31.
Sea turtles are large, air-breathing
reptiles that inhabit tropical and
subtropical seas throughout the
world. Sea turtles around the world
have been studied to help collect
information about their growth
rates, reproductive cycles and
migration routes. After decades of
studying sea turtles, much has been
learned. However, many mysteries
still remain.
An Overview
Sea turtles are large, air-breathing
reptiles that inhabit tropical and subtropical
seas throughout the world.
Their shells consist of an upper part
(carapace) and a lower section (plastron).
Hard scales (or scutes) cover all
but the leatherback, and the number
and arrangement of these scutes can
be used to determine the species.
Sea turtles come in many different
sizes, shapes and colors. The olive ridley
is usually less than 100 pounds,
while the leatherback typically ranges
from 650 to 1,300 pounds! The
upper shell, or carapace, of each sea
turtle species ranges in length, color,
shape and arrangement of scales.
Sea turtles do not have teeth, but
their jaws have modified “beaks”
suited to their particular diet. They
do not have visible ears but have
eardrums covered by skin. They hear
best at low frequencies, and their
sense of smell is excellent. Their
vision underwater is good, but they
are nearsighted out of water. Their
streamlined bodies and large flippers
make them remarkably adapted to
life at sea. However, sea turtles maintain
close ties to land.
Females must come ashore to lay
their eggs in the sand; therefore, all
sea turtles begin their lives as tiny
hatchlings on land. Research on marine
turtles has uncovered many facts
about these ancient creatures. Most
of this research has been focused on
nesting females and hatchlings emerging
from the nest, largely because they
are the easiest to find and study.
Reproduction
Only females come ashore to nest;
males rarely return to land after
crawling into the sea as hatchlings.
Most females return to nest on the
beach where they were born (natal
beach). Nesting seasons occur at different
times around the world.
In the U.S., nesting occurs
from May through October.
Most females nest at
least twice during each
mating season; some
may nest up to ten times
in a season. A female will not
nest in consecutive years, typically
skipping one or two years
before returning.
Growth &
Development
Researchers do not yet know how
long baby turtles
spend in the open
sea, or exactly
where they go. It
is theorized that
they spend their
earliest, most vulnerable
years floating
around the
sea in giant beds
of sargasso weeds,
where they do little
more than eat and
grow. Once turtles
reach dinner-plate
size, they appear at
feeding grounds in
nearshore waters.
They grow slowly
and take between
15 and 50 years to reach reproductive
maturity, depending on the species.
There is no way to determine the
age of a sea turtle from its physical
appearance. It is theorized that some
species can live over 100 years.
Status of the Species
The earliest known sea turtle fossils
are about 150 million years old.
In groups too numerous to count,
they once navigated throughout the
world’s oceans. But in just the past
100 years, demand for turtle meat,
eggs, skin and colorful shells has
dwindled their populations.
Destruction of feeding and nesting
habitats and pollution of the world’s
oceans are all taking a serious toll
on remaining sea turtle populations.
Many breeding populations have already
become extinct, and entire species
are being wiped out. There could
be a time in the near future when sea
turtles are just an oddity found only
in aquariums and natural history museums
– unless action is taken today.
Green, leatherback and hawksbill
sea turtles are classified as Endangered
in the United States under the
Endangered Species Act, while the
loggerhead and olive ridley sea turtles
are listed as Threatened. Internationally,
green and loggerhead sea turtles
are listed as Endangered (facing a
very high risk of extinction in the
wild in the near future) by the International
Union for Conservation of
Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN),
while hawksbill and Kemp’s ridley sea
turtles are listed as Critically Endangered
(facing an extremely high risk
of extinction in the wild in the immediate
future), olive ridley seaz turtles
are listed as Endangered (facing a
very high risk of extinction in the wild
in the near future), and leatherback
sea turtles are listed as Vulnerable
(facing a high risk of extinction in the
wild in the immediate future).
Much can be learned about the
condition of the planet’s environment
by looking at sea turtles. They
have existed for over 100 million
years, and they travel throughout
the world’s oceans. Suddenly, however,
they are struggling to survive
— largely because of things people
are doing to the planet’s oceans and
beaches. But what does this mean
for the human species? It is possible
that a world in which sea turtles
can not survive may soon become a
world in which humans struggle to
survive. If, however, we learn from
our mistakes and begin changing
our behavior, there is still time to
save sea turtles from extinction. In
the process, we will be saving one
of the earth’s most mysterious and
time-honored creatures. We might
just be saving ourselves too.
According to Sarasota County Wildlife
Specialist Jaclyn Irwin, here are some
ways to help sea turtles
beat the odds:
• Each night, remove all furniture
and recreational items
from the beach and store
them in an area landward of
the beach and dunes.
• Properly dispose of trash.
Sea turtles ingest plastic bags
and garbage attracts predators
that eat turtle eggs.
• While at the beach for essential
activities avoid areas
identified as nesting sites.
• Reduce use of flashlights
on the beach at night.
• Recreate in locations
away from marked nesting
areas.
• Property owners must
either extinguish or
shield lights visible from
the beach, or replace
white incandescent,
fluorescent and highintensity
lighting with
amber or red lightemitting
diodes (LED)
or low-pressure sodium
vapor (LPS) fixtures.
“We are fortunate here in
Sarasota County to play
host to such an abundant nesting population,”
Irwin said, adding, “Let’s all do
our part to help them survive.”
For questions or assistance with adjusting
lighting, property owners can
reach Sarasota County’s Sea Turtle
Protection Program by calling 941-
861-5000 or visiting scgov.net and
enter the keyword “wildlife.”
To report an injured or dead sea
turtle, contact the Florida Fish &
Wildlife Conservation Commission
at 888-404-FWCC (3922).
Sarasota County prohibits discrimination
in all services, programs or activities.
View the complete policy at www.
scgov.net (keywords: ADA compliance).
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DINING OPTIONS
things have changed…
Here’s our update on restaurants in our area - who has takeout/curbside, and/or dining in
State guidelines for restaurants
and food establishments require
appropriate social distancing
measures and that they limit
their indoor occupancy to no more than
50 percent. In addition, outdoor seating
is permissible with appropriate social
distancing. Appropriate social distancing
requires maintaining a minimum of
6 feet between parties, only seating parties
of 10 or fewer people and keeping
bar counters closed to seating.
Well, that sure sounds official and formal.
What that means is that we can go
back to enjoying our wonderful restaurants
again. We just need to order up
an extra large serving of caution with a
side of precaution while patronizing our
bounty of area eateries.
By no means is this all dining establishments
and we apologize for omissions
or errors as things changed so much
up to press time. Please be sure to call
ahead and make sure you check on
specials, services and hours online as
things may have changed.
Sarasota
• Blasé Bistro & Martini Bar
1920 Hillview Street, Sarasota
(941) 312-6850
Re-opens June 4 for dinner, online ordering for
takeout and curbside pickup, and delivery service
through BiteSquad. Open Tuesday Saturday
starting at 5pm, Happy Hour will also resume
for in-restaurant dining only Tuesday-Friday,
5-6:30pm. Dinner available until 9pm Tuesdays-Thursdays
and 10pm Fridays and Saturdays.
Both Blasé Café and Pi 3.14 on Siesta Key are
also continuing with takeout and delivery service.
In-restaurant and outside dining resumed May 22
at both Siesta Key restaurants.
• Cafe in the Park
2010 Adams Lane, Sarasota
(941) 361-3032
Outdoor seating. Open seven days a week, 11am
to 6pm; Fridays to 9:30. Takeout and delivery on
request or use Bite Squad or UberEats.
Knick’s Tavern and Grill provided lunch for
Sarasota County Fire Department Station 2
• Knick’s Tavern and Grill
1818 S Osprey Ave., Sarasota.
(941) 955-7761
Lunch runs from 11:30am-4pm. Outdoor seating.
Extended hours until 9 p.m. Outdoor sink. Order
and pickup curbside. Also on UberEats delivery.
• Serving Spoon
1825 S Osprey Ave., Sarasota
(941) 388-7235
Delivery or pick up daily 8am-1:30pm. Hours: 8am-
1:30pm. Takeout, delivery & family meals available.
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• The Southside Deli
1825 Hillview Street, Sarasota
(941) 330-9302
Deli and caterer. Drive thru/ pick up and delivery
available. Hours: Monday-Friday: 7am-8pm;
Saturday: 7am-6pm.
Chef Oscar Revelli and his wife Carolina, owners
of Sarasota’s BodhiTree Cafe, have been donating
free meals to Sarasota Memorial Hospital
and to the Second Chance, Last Opportunity
food pantry on Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
Second Chance Manager, April Glasco, in yellow
jersey, receives food to distribute to the needy.
A mid-May delivery to Second Chance
included 350 single servings of pasta with
homemade tomato sauce topped with
fresh mozzarella and basil. BodhiTree Café
followed that with two more deliveries. Loyal
customers of Bodhi Tree Cafe came forward
to pay for the cost of ingredients - Oscar
and Carolina designed the menu as well as
prepared and distributed the meals. Want
to help Bodhi Tree Cafe make even more
meals? Call Carolina at 941-702-8552.
With help from family and other volunteers,
April hands out food packages at
noon three days each week. According to
April, “Our clients need more than just food
to survive, so we help them improve their
lives by also providing mental health counseling
and classes in life management skills.”
Before Covid 19 erupted, Second Chance
served approximately 550 people in need
each day. Recent demand has doubled to
over 1000 as a result of economic hardship
created by the pandemic.
April has been running this vital community
service since 1995. This year is her
25th anniversary - which would be a good
time to show your appreciation with a donation
of food or cash. Second Chance Last
Opportunity, 1933 Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. Way, is a 501c3 so contributions are fully
deductible. Visit them at : www.secondchancelastopportunity.org
• The Bodhi Tree
1938 Adams Ln., Sarasota
(941) 702-8552 • www.bodhitreecafesrq.com
Open for takeout Thursday-Saturday, 5-8:30pm
in Towles Court Artist Colony. Menu at www.
bodhitreecafesrq.com.
• Duval’s Fresh. Local. Seafood.
1435 Main St, Sarasota
(941) 312-4001
Free local delivery including menu, spirits, beer and
wine. Curbside Pickup also available. Call to place
your order Dine in Monday-Thursday: 11am-10pm;
Friday-Saturday: 11am-11pm; Sunday: 11am-9pm.
• Libby’s Neighborhood Brasserie
in Sarasota
1917 S Osprey Ave, Sarasota
(941) 487-7300
Tuesday-Saturday, 3-9pm. Sunday: 11am-7pm.
Order: doordash.com. Dine-in. Curbside pickup.
• Libby’s
8445 Lorraine Rd, Sarasota
(941) 357-1570
Hours: Reservations: buzztable.com. Tuesday-
Saturday: 3-9 pm. Sunday: 11am-pm.
• Lemon Tree Kitchen
1289 N. Palm Ave, Sarasota
(941) 552-9688
Tuesday-Saturday 11am-8pm. Curbside to go and
delivery with Bite Squad and Door Dash.
• Element
1413 Main St, Sarasota • (941) 724-8585
Opening in June.
• 1812 Osprey - A Neighborhood Bistro
1812 South Osprey Ave., Sarasota
(941) 954-5400
Lunch Tuesday-Saturday 11:30-2:30; Dinner
Tuesday -Sunday 4-9. Closed Monday.
• Amore Restaurant
446 South Pineapple Ave., Sarasota
(941) 383-1111
Hours: 4:30-8:30pm Tuesday-Sunday dine-in.
Drive-through takeout at 443 Burns Court, Sarasota.
• Avlí Mess Hall - Kitchen & Bar
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
1592 Main Street, Sarasota
(941) 365-2234
Call ahead and takeout or order online via BiteSquad
and soon available on UberEats. Mon-Thurs 11am-
10pm; Fri-Sat 11am-11pm. Closed Sunday.
Bevardi’s Salute! Restaurant
• Bevardi’s Salute! Restaurant
23 North Lemon Avenue, Sarasota
(941) 365-1020
CurbSide To-Go Available. Delivery: Grubhub,
DoorDash and BiteSquad. Dinner Served Sun-
Thu 4-10pm; Fri-Sat 4-11pm.
• Blue Koi
3801 McIntosh Rd., Sarasota
(941) 388-7738
Sunday: Closed. Monday-Friday, noon-9pm;
Saturday: 4-10pm. Delivery throughout all of
Sarasota. Takeout available.
• The Breakfast House
1817 Fruitville Road, Sarasota
(941) 366-6860
Open for dine in, garden seating, and takeout
Tuesday through Sunday 8am to 2pm.
• Brick’s Smoked Meats
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
1528 State Street, Sarasota
(941) 993-1435
Sunday through Thursday 11am to 9pm; Friday
and Saturday 11am to 10pm.
• Búnhaus
5231 University Pkwy, Unit 105, Sarasota
(941) 702-6066
Open Sunday-Thursday 11am-8:30pm; Friday-Saturday
11am-9pm. Order online with Doordash.
• Café Baci
4001 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
(941) 928-4848
Indoor seating. Call for a reservation. Hours:
4-9:30pm Tuesday through Sunday.
• Circo
1435 2nd Street, Sarasota
(941) 253-0978
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 3-9pm. Dine In | Curbside
Take Out. Order: ubereats.com | Online Ordering.
• Darwin Peruvian Eatery
4141 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
(941) 260-5964
Tuesday-Thursday 12-8pm; Friday 12-9pm; Saturday
12-9pm; Closed Sunday and Monday. Grab ’n
Go pickup and delivery.
• Drunken Poet Café
1572 Main Street, Sarasota
(941) 955-8404
Indoor seating. Hours: 11am-8pm Daily delivery can
be ordered via: ChowNow, Bite Squad, Postmates.
• The Empanada Girl
Retail Store: 4141 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
(941) 870-2729
Use the website for a listing of flavors and ingredients.
Deliveries are made on Mondays for everything
South of Downtown through Venice, and Tuesdays
for everything North up to St. Pete and Tampa. The
storefront operates Monday-Friday, 9:30am to 5pm
and Saturdays from 9:30am to 4pm.
• Florida Studio Theatre
1241 North Palm Ave., Sarasota
(941) 250-4550
FST’s Green Room Café & Bar is open for curb-side
pickup and delivery. Order from FST’s full food
and drink menu. Specials are available for couples
and families. Discounted beer, wine, and liquor
are available with food orders. Open seven days
a week from 11am-8pm. Contactless delivery is
available within the downtown Sarasota area. For a
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atre.org/fsts-green-room-cafe-and-bar?ignoremo
bile=y. Orders by calling 941-250-4550.
• JPAN
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
Siesta Row, 3800 South Tamiami Trail #3,
Sarasota • (941) 954-5726
• JPAN-UTC
229 N. Cattleman Rd., Sarasota
(941) 960-3997
Indoor seating. Takeout and delivery.
• La Mucca Ballerina
1668 Main Street, Sarasota
(941) 366-7600
Mon-Thurs 10am to 9pm | Fri-Sat 10am-10pm
Closed Sun. Also offering pickup and delivery.
• MADE Restaurant
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Takeout | Delivery
1990 Main Street, Sarasota
(941) 953-2900
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dining options continued
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday: 11:30am-2:30pm;
4:30-10pm ; Friday: 11:30am-11pm; Saturday:
5-11pm; Sunday: 10am-2:30pm.
When you’re ready to get out of the house,
join them at one of their socially distanced
tables on their open air patio or at one of
the tables on their sidewalk in downtown
Sarasota at Mattison’s City Grille
• Mattison’s City Grille
1 North Lemon Ave., Sarasota
(941) 330-0440
Dine-in, takeout and delivery.
• Mattison’s Forty-One
7275 S Tamiami Tr., Sarasota
(941) 361-3032
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up.
• Mattison’s Riverwalk Grille
101 Riverfront Blvd #120, Bradenton
(941) 896-9660
Dine-in, Takeout and Delivery.
• Michael’s On East Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
1212 East Avenue South, Sarasota
(941) 366-0007
Hours: 5-8pm Tuesday- Saturday. Enjoy 15% off
& free delivery on your first order of $100+ with
code: MICHAELSATHOME (Delivery restrictions
apply) Gift Certificate Special: Spend $100 and
receive $25 FREE.
• Mi Pueblo Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
Mi Pueblo has 3 locations:
Venice: (941) 486-0005
Brick Yard Plaza, 530 US 41 ByPass South 2-A
Sarasota South: (941) 379-2880
Palm Plaza, 4436 Bee Ridge Road
Sarasota North: (941) 359-9303
University Walk Plaza, 8405 Tuttle Avenue
Hours: noon-8pm Daily. Delivery can be ordered
via: Door Dash.
• Napulé
7129 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
(941) 361-3032
Outdoor seating. Open seven days a week, 11am
to 6pm; Fridays to 9:30. Takeout and delivery on
request or use Bite Squad or UberEats.
• 99 Bottles Taproom & Bottleshop
1445 2nd Street, Sarasota
(941) 487-7874
Place your order and pay online. Give us about
15 minutes. Park in Whole Foods Parking Garage
across the street. Pick up in store or, request
curbside delivery. Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday 3-8pm; Friday, Saturday, Sunday
and Monday 9am to 8pm. Orders placed outside
of operating hours can be picked up the next
business day. (941-487-7874). Bagel Brunch is
served Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from
9am until 2pm.
• Oasis Cafe & Bakery
Indoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up
3542 South Osprey Avenue, Sarasota
(941) 957-1214
Tuesday-Friday 7am-2 pm; Saturday-Sunday
8am-1:30pm.
The Original Egg on Clark Rd. is serving all
your breakfast and lunch favorites from 8-2.
And don’t forget about their fresh squeezed
orange juice. They offer takeout, curbside
and delivery through Uber eats and GrubHub
• The Original Egg
Indoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
4031 Clark Rd., Sarasota
(941) 922-2868
Hours: 7:30am-2pm Delivery can be ordered
via: GrubHub - Uber Eats.
• Pacific Rim
Dine In or Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
1859 Hillview Street, Sarasota
(941) 330-8071
Hours: 11am-2:30pm (Lunch) and 4:30-9pm
(Dinner). Delivery can be ordered via: Door
Dash - Bite Squad. Pacific Rim is offering 20% off
for first responders.
• Primo! Ristorante
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
8076 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
(941) 359-3690
Hours: 4-8pm Tuesday - Sunday. Delivery via: Bite
Squad - Uber Eats - DoorDash.
Reyna’s Taqueria donated
200 Lunches to Sarasota
Memorial Hospital
Chef
Gino
Calleja
Chef Gino
Calleja, executive
chef and
proprietor of
Reyna’s Taqueria,
donated
200 boxed
homemade
lunches to
Sarasota Memorial
Hospital
staff in April.
Lunches
were distributed
to several departments including Neurology
Unit, Pediatric Unit, Disease Specific
Programs & Clinical Programs, PICC
Team, Medical/Wound Care Unit, Medical
Short Stay, Cardiac Cath Lab & Cardiovascular
Services, Cardiac Acute Unit, Trauma
ICU, Sarasota Memorial Infusion Center, Security,
and SMH Greeters/Valet.
Chef Calleja’s brother, who lives in New
York, became ill with the Covid-19 virus and
was hospitalized. “When he was in ICU, the
staff at the hospital were so dedicated and
working so hard to help all these patients,
including my brother,” he says. “Instantly, I
just wanted to cook for them and give them a
beautiful homemade meal to show how grateful
I was for their incredible dedication. But,
since I couldn’t send the food to New York, I
decided to do that for the hospital staff here
in Sarasota. They are all on the frontline of
this virus, and I just couldn’t be more thankful
for all the healthcare professionals and the
work they are doing,” he says.
Chef Calleja’s brother was released from
the hospital in New York.
• Reyna’s Taqueria
Indoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
935 N. Beneva Rd. Suite #701, Sarasota
(941) 260-8343
Hours: 11am-8 pm Daily. Delivery can be ordered
via: Bite Squad Monday.
• Siam Gulf Sarasota
Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
1100 N Tuttle Ave., Sarasota
(941) 312-4605
Hours: 5-9pm Daily. Delivery can be ordered
from: GrubHub.
State Street will be offering inside and
outside seated dining as well as takeout
cuisine and cocktails. “We so miss our
friends and customers, it’s been like being
without family for so long,” said State Street
founder Chris Voelker. “We are implementing
aggressive preventative measures to assure
that our treasured friends can enjoy the
‘State Street Experience’ in safety with
peace of mind foremost.”
• State Street Eating House + Cocktails
533 State Street, Sarasota
(941) 951-1533
Offering inside and outside seated dining as well
as takeout cuisine and cocktails. Tuesday-Saturday
5:30-9:30; Friday and Saturday late night
menu 9:30-midnight.
• Stottlemyer’s Smokehouse
Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
19 East Road, Sarasota
(941) 312-5969
Reservations suggested. Hours: 11:30am-8pm
Daily. Delivery via: EZ Cater.
• Tsunami Sushi & Hibachi
Indoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up | Delivery | Cocktails To Go
100 Central Avenue #1022, Sarasota
(941) 366-1033
Call ahead reservations. Hours: noon-2:30pm
(Lunch) & 4:30-9pm (Dinner). Delivery can be
ordered via: Uber Eats - Grub Hub - Bite Squad.
• Willow’s Cafe
436 Central Avenue, Sarasota
(941) 217-5856
Open for seating inside and out and to-go meals,
plus delivery within a 10-mile radius, daily 7am to
2:30pm.
Siesta Key
• Café Gabbiano
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
5104 Ocean Boulevard, Sarasota
(941) 349-1423
Hours: 5-9pm Daily. Delivery can be ordered
via: Door Dash.
Lobster Pot
• Lobster Pot
5157 Ocean Boulevard, Siesta Key
(941) 349-2323
Indoor Dining. Hours: 11:30am-9 pm Monday-
Saturday, 5-9pm Sunday.
• Miguel’s Restaurant
Indoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up | Cocktails To Go
6631 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key
(941) 349-4024
Reservations suggested. Hours: 5-10 pm Daily.
• Ophelia’s On The Bay
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining
9105 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key
(941) 349-2212
Call ahead for a reservation. Hours: 5-10pm Daily.
• Solorzano’s
6574 Superior Ave., Sarasota
(941) 924-5800
Open till 4am, 7 days a week. Delivery anywhere
in Sarasota, Venice, Siesta, or Longboat Key.
Siesta Key: 215 Avenida Madera,
941-349-2767
Venice Island: 263 Tamiami Trail S., Venice
941-484-4599
Longboat Key: 5610 Gulf of Mexico Dr.
941-383-5551
Solorzanos Pizzeria North Port:
13001 Tamiami Trail 941-564-8000
Solorzanos Pizzeria AMI (Anna Maria
Island): 105 Bridge Street, Bradenton
941-383-5551
• Village Cafe
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up
5133 Ocean Boulevard, Siesta Key
(941) 349-2822
The Mall at UTC
Restaurants
• Brio Tuscan Grille
(941) 702-9102
Carryout and delivery (via GrubHub).
Open from 11:30am-8pm daily. Call 941-702-
9102 or order online.
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only. Dine-in closed. Free delivery for orders of
$15 or more on DoorDash. Open from 11am-9pm
daily. Call 941-256-3760 to order.
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on sensuality. She is living proof that
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The West District
at UTC
• Blaze Pizza
blazepizza.com
Online ordering through the Blaze Pizza app or
at blazepizza.com. Delivery open from 11am-
9:30pm daily.
• BURGERFI
(941) 800-1800
Carryout and $3 off delivery orders of $15 or more
via Postmates. Open Sun-Thur 11am-10pm and Fri-
Sat 11:00am-11pm. Call 941-800-1800 to order.
• California Pizza Kitchen
(941) 203-6966
$10 off $40 on takeout and delivery orders, and
$5 Take & Bake pizzas for every takeout entree
purchase. Order by calling (941) 203-6966 or order
online. Delivery within a 5 mile radius ($20
minimum order). Open from 11am-7pm (Sun -
Thurs) and 11am-8pm (Fri - Sat).
• Chipotle Mexican Grill
(941) 359-6757
Enjoy free delivery on orders of $10 or more and
carryout. Open from 10:45 am-10 pm daily. Call
941.359.6757 or order online.
• JPAN Sushi & Grill
(941) 960-3997
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Curbside carryout and delivery via BiteSquad,
Postmates, GrubHub and DoorDash. Open Mon-
Sat from 11:30am-9pm and Sun from noon-9pm.
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• Panera Bread
(941) 556-8600
Carryout, rapid pick-up and delivery available.
Open Mon-Fri 7:30am-4pm and Sat-Sun from
8am-4pm. Call 941.556.8600 or order online.
• Shake Shack
(941) 413-1351
Shack fans can still enjoy signature burgers, fries
and frozen custard concretes via to-go, pick-up
and delivery. Open Sun-Mon noon-7pm and Fri-
Sat noon-8pm. Call 941.413.1351, or order online.
The Shoppes
at UTC
Anna’s Deli
• Anna’s Deli
(941) 893-5908
The Surfer and other popular sandwiches available
for takeout, curbside carryout and delivery.
Sandwich platters available. Open Mon-Sat
10:30am-3pm. Call 941.893.5908.
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• Bonefish Grill
(941) 360-3171
Enjoy 20% off any carryout, free delivery via
Bonefish Grill website, 50% off for all first
responders and healthcare workers, family-style
meals available. Open Mon-Sat noon-9pm and
Sun 11am-8pm. Call 941.360.3171.
• Butcher’s Mark Fresh Meats
& Marinades
(941) 358-6328
10% off for all first responders and healthcare
workers. Pick up premium meats, like chicken and
beef, charcuterie and antipasto. Open 10am-7pm
daily. Call 941.358.6328 or order online.
C’est La Vie
• C’est La Vie
(941) 355-2323
$0 delivery on UberEats and DoorDash. 20%
off all bottles of wine Wednesday-Sunday
between 4-7pm. Email gift card special: get $10
on $100 and $25 on $250. Pickup, curbside
carryout and delivery available via DoorDash.
Call 941.355.2323. Open Mon-Tue 7:45am-5pm
(kitchen closes at 4:30pm), Wed-Sun 7:45am to
9pm (kitchen closes at 8:30pm).
• CROP Juice
(941) 358-8182
Immunity boost power pack: $30 (2 elderberry
shots, 2 anti-inflammatory shots, 2 green love
shots - normally $34.50). Cold-pressed juices,
smoothies and bowls available for curbside carryout.
Open Mon-Fri from 8:00am-6:00pm and Sun
from 9am-4:00pm. Call 941.358.8182.
• Five Guys
(941) 358-7900
Enjoy curbside carryout and free delivery via
UberEats. Open 11am-8pm daily. Call 941.358.7900,
download the app to view the menu and order online.
• Fresh Kitchen
(941) 208-3900
10% off for all first responders and healthcare workers,
curbside carryout and delivery via DoorDash
and Uber Eats; family-style meals available. Open
11am-8pm daily. Call 941.208.3900 or order online.
• Glory Days Grill
(941) 360-3287
50% off for all first responders and healthcare
workers, 20% off all curbside carryout, $20 to-go
gallons of sangria and margaritas. Open noon-
8pm daily. Call 941.360.3287 or order online.
• Maple Street Biscuit Company
(941) 358-5200
Community pantry open and stocked with toilet
paper, paper towels and more. Curbside carryout
and delivery via DoorDash, BiteSquad, UberEats
and GrubHub. Open Mon-Fri from 7am-2 pm, Sat
7am-3pm and Sun 8am-2pm. Call 941.358.5200
or order online.
• Poppo’s Taqueria
(941) 359-3720
Enjoy your favorite Mexican-inspired flavors at
home with takeout, curbside carryout and delivery
via BiteSquad and GrubHub. Open from 11am-
9pm daily. Call 941.359.3720 order online.
• Tandoor Fine Indian Cuisine
(941) 926-3077
Enjoy free chai tea with all carryout orders. Curbside
carryout and delivery via UberEats and Door-
Tandoor Fine Indian Cuisine
Dash. Open 11:30 am-2:30pm and 5-8:30pm.
Call 941.926.3077 or order online.
• Tropical Smoothie Café
(941) 210-4653
Smoothies and food available for carryout or delivery.
Open from 10am-6pm. Call 941.210.4653
or order online.
• Valentino Pizzeria & Trattoria
(941) 359-6400
Family-style meals available, curbside carryout
and delivery via BiteSquad. Open Mon-Sat
from 11am-8:30pm and Sun 4-8:30pm. Call
941.359.6400 or order online.
The Market
at UTC
• Buffalo Wild Wings
(941) 351-8584
10% off for all Health Care Professionals, Police
Officers, EMTs, and Firefighters, curbside carryout
specials and packaged beer available, delivery via
UberEats, DoorDash and GrubHub. Open 11am-
10pm daily. Call 941.351.8584 or order online.
• Clean Juice
(941) 822-8160
Takeout, curbside delivery and delivery via
UberEats, DoorDash and Bite Squad. Call (941)
822-8160. Open from Mon-Fri: 7am-8pm, Sat:
8am-8pm and Sun: 9am-6pm.
• Fitlife Foods
(941) 444-2720
10% off for all Health Care Professionals, Police
Officers, EMTs, and Firefighters, $60 off weekly
home delivery. Curbside carryout. Open Mon-Fri
from 8am-8pm, Sat from 10am-6pm and Sun from
10am-8pm. Call 941.444.2720 or order online.
• Pascone’s Ristorante
(941) 210-7368
Enjoy classic Italian meals delivered to your car.
Open Mon-Sat 4:30-9pm. Call 941.210.7368
or order online.
Thai Seed
• Thai Seed
(941) 306-5592
Traditional Thai dishes available for takeout and
delivery. Open Mon-Fri 11:30am-8pm and Sat-
Sun 4-8pm. Call 941.306.5592 or order online.
• Tijuana Flats
(941) 306-5842
10% off for all public service providers, free delivery
on orders of $25 or more via DoorDash and
UberEats, curbside carryout and open 11am-8pm
daily. Call 941.306.5842 or order online.
• Yaki-Sushi BBQ Grill
(941) 355-5866
$5 gift card for all first responders and healthcare
workers, and free California roll, shrimp tempura
roll, dumpling or krab rangoon appetizer with
delivery orders of $20 or more via UberEats,
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Call 941.355.5866 or order online.
The Square
at UTC
• Carrabba’s Italian Grill
(941) 355-4116
50% off one entrée (value up to $25 discount) for all
first responders and healthcare workers. Discount
does not apply to Family Bundles. Open 11:00am-
9:00pm daily. Call 941.355-4116 or order online.
• Newk’s Eatery
(941) 351-1210
$5 off for all first responders and healthcare
workers, curbside carryout and $0.99 delivery
via DoorDash. Open 11am-8pm daily. Call
941.351.1210 or view the menu and order online.
• Starbucks
Free tall iced or hot brewed coffee for all healthcare
workers and first responders. Open 5:30am-
7:00pm daily. Drive-thru open.
Bradenton
• Sandbar Seafood & Spirits
Curbside Pick Up | Fresh Produce Boxes
100 Spring Avenue, Anna Maria
(941) 778-0444
Hours: noon-8pm Daily. You can also order groceries
for curbside pick up.
• The Waterfront Restaurant
on Anna Maria
Curbside Pick Up | Cocktails To Go
111 South Bay Boulevard, Anna Maria
(941) 778-1515
Hours: 11:30am-2pm (Lunch) and 4:30-8pm (Dinner).
• Blue Marlin Seafood
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up
121 Bridge Street, Bradenton Beach
(941) 896-9737
Call for reservations. The trapyard will be first
come first serve seating. Hours: 5-10pm Daily.
Birdrock Taco Shack
• Birdrock Taco Shack
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
1004 10th Ave West, Bradenton
(941) 545-9966
Hours: 11am-8pm Tuesday through Saturday.
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• enRich Bistro
5629 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton
(941) 792-0990
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up |
Delivery Hours: 4-9 p.m. Daily.
• Gulf Drive Café & The Kokonut Hut
Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up
900 Gulf Drive North, Bradenton Beach
(941) 778-1919
Offering outdoor seating only. Hours: 7am-9pm Daily.
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Patricia Starr
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During these intensely changing
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and crisis beyond our expectations
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By Dr. Ernesto J. Fernandez, DOM, AP, LMHC
Dr. Ernesto J. Fernandez, DOM, AP, LMHC
Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture
Physician, Mental Health Counselor
It is unfortunate that many women
suffer from chronic symptoms for years
with just temporary relief from treatment.
Too often where you have chronic
symptoms isn’t where the real problem is,
and this is especially true with the brain
and nervous system.
Here are some examples of common
symptoms experienced by women that
are frequently produced by hidden brain
and neurological problems: Sleep Apnea,
Chronic UTIs, Interstitial Cystitis,
Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,
PTSD, frequent eye fatigue, migraines,
Depression, Anxiety, brain fog, bloating and
gas, restless leg syndrome.
Conservatively, a third of all chronic conditions
have an underlying undiagnosed brain
or neurological component. These really
should be ruled out much earlier to prevent
unnecessary suffering and medical expense.
Two thirds of the brain are wired for
movement and balance. And that two thirds
of your brain protects the one third of your
brain that’s used for problem solving, reasoning,
memory, and emotional regulation.
There are very specific ways of challenging
and testing parts of your brain through
movement to help isolate the specific parts
of your brain and how well they are working.
And whether further lab work or imaging is
required to get to the root of the problem.
For example, sleep apnea can be the
result of the sleep center in the cerebellum
under-functioning. When not properly
treated, over time this can develop into
further movement and balance issues and
as well as memory problems.
Fortunately, when the root brain problems
are identified and properly treated,
chronic symptoms begin to resolve within a
few months.
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The animals consistently have personal
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pet, and play with your new multi-dimensional
skills!
Human ability to do AC is hard-wired
and natural. It does take practice to get
your ‘spiritual muscles’ in shape. AC takes
you to a meditative state of mind. That,
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gives you the chance to open up to great
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dining options continued
• Michael John’s
Indoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up
1040 Carlton Arms Boulevard, Bradenton
(941) 747-8032
Offering limited indoor seating. Call ahead to
make a reservation. Hours: 4-8pm Tuesday
through Saturday.
• Ortygia
Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
1418 13th Street West, Bradenton
(941) 741-8646
Hours: 5-8 pm Tuesday through Saturday.
Pier 22
• Pier 22
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up | Cocktails To Go
1200 First Avenue West, Bradenton
(941) 748-8087
Offering outdoor seating and limited indoor
seating. Hours: 4-7pm Daily. You can also order
groceries for curbside pick up.
• Riverhouse Waterfront Restaurant
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up
995 Riverside Drive, Palmetto
(941) 729-0616
Offering outdoor seating and limited indoor seating.
Reservations suggested. Hours: 11:30am-9pm Daily.
Longboat Key
• Harry’s Continental Kitchens
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up
525 St. Judes Drive, Longboat Key
(941) 383-0777
Offering outdoor seating and limited indoor seating.
Restaurant Hours: 9am-2 pm. Corner Store
Hours: 8am-8pm. Deli Hours: 11am-7pm. You can
also order groceries for curbside pick up.
• Mar Vista Dockside & Pub
Curbside Pick Up | Dockside Pick Up | Fresh Produce Boxes
760 Broadway Street, North Longboat Key
(941) 383-2391
Hours: noon-8:00pm Daily. You can also order
groceries for curbside pick up.
Lakewood Ranch
• GROVE Restaurant
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up | Cocktails To Go
10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch
(941) 893-4321
Re-opening Monday, May 4th offering outdoor
seating and limited indoor seating. Reservations
suggested but not required. Hours: 4-7pm Daily.
Venice
• Abby’s on Miami
220 W. Miami Ave., Venice
(941) 484-5187
Open 7:30am-8:30pm for take-out, outdoor and
inside dining www.abbysonmiami.com.
• Angelo’s Italian Market & Restaurant
850 Pinebrook Road, Venice
(941) 484-6864
Open for dining but call for reservations; curbside
pick up available www.angelositalianmarket.com.
• Bodrum Mediterranean Restaurant
225 Miami Avenue West, Suite 5, Venice
(941) 412-0090
Dine in, outside tables, or take out available
bodrumfl.com.
• Bogey’s of Venice
652 East Venice Ave., Venice
(941) 488-9156
Full menu available inside, on the patio, or to go
www.bogeys.tv.
• BrewBurgers (on the Island)
367 Jacaranda Blvd., Venice
(941) 786-3341
Seating indoors 11am-8pm on the Island location
only; also offering FREE delivery from this location
www.brewburgers.com.
• British Pub Open
367 Jacaranda Blvd., Venice
(941) 492-9227
Open 11am-9pm everyday; outdoor and indoor
seating available; online take out available. www.
britishopenpub.com.
• Burgundy Square Cafe
227 W. Miami Ave., Venice
(941) 451-8261
Open 7:30am, breakfast until 11:00am, lunch/
dinner until 8:00pm; indoor and outdoor seating;
take out available. www.burgundysquarecafe.net.
• Cafe Longet
239 Miami Avenue W., Venice
(941) 244-2643
Open Monday-Saturday 4pm-8:30pm, reservations
recommended; take out available. www.
cafelonget.com.
• Cafe Venice
116 W. Venice Ave., Venice
(941) 484-1855
Open 11:30am-9:00pm Tuesday-Saturday;
outdoor seating or order to go also available.
cafevenicerestauranrandbar.com.
Cassariano Italian Eatery has two locations:
313 West Venice Avenue, Venice, and 243 N
Cattlemen Rd., Sarasota in the University
Town Center
• Cassariano Italian Eatery
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up
313 West Venice Avenue, Venice
(941) 485-0507
Hours: 11am-9 pm Daily. Dining or Curbside Pick Up.
UTC: 243 N Cattlemen Rd., Sarasota
(941) 355-8615
Call ahead for a reservation. Hours: 4-10pm
Wednesday through Sunday (Dinner only).
• Ciao Gelato
317A W. Venice Ave., Venice
(941) 445-5840
Open 9am-9pm; take out available.
www.facebook.com/gelatociao.
• Côté France French Bistro
218 Tampa Ave. W., Venice
(941) 681-6049
Open 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m, 5-9 p.m.; outdoor
seating available; take out and delivery. cotefrancevenice.com.
• Croissant & Co.
323 W. Venice Ave., Venice
(941) 480-1700
Open 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; pick up and delivery also
available. www.croissantandcovenice.com.
Crows Nest Restaurant and Marina
• Crows Nest Restaurant and Marina
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up
1968 Tarpon Center Drive, Venice
(941) 484-9551
TAVERN: Sun-Wed: 11:30-9:00; Thu-Sat: 11:30-
10; Late Night Menu 10-11; DINING ROOM: Lunch
Daily 11:30-3 (porch ’til 4:30, weather permitting);
DINNER: Sun-Wed: 4:30-9; Thurs-Sat:
4:30-10 p.m.
• Daiquiri Deck (Island of Venice)
300 W Venice Ave., Venice
(941) 488-0649
Open with outdoor seating available. daiqirideck.com.
• Darrell’s Restaurant
215 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice
(941) 485-9900
Open 11am -9pm for dine in or curbside pick up.
docksidewaterfrontgrill.com.
• Fins at Sharky’s
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up
1600 Harbor Drive South, Venice
(941) 999-3467
Hours: 4-10pm Monday-Wednesday for dinner and
noon-10pm Thursday through Sunday for Lunch
and Dinner.
Flapjack’s Cafe
• Flapjack’s Cafe
810 E. Venice Ave., Venice
(941) 480-1020
Open Wed-Sun 8:30am-1:30pm indoor, outdoor
seating; takeout available. www.flapjackscafe.com.
• Gold Rush BBQ
Curbside Pick Up | Delivery
661 South Tamiami Trail, Venice
(941) 483-3137
Hours: 11am-9pm Daily. Delivery via: Door
Dash - Bite Squad. Gold Rush has a convenient
pick up window for takeout.
• Island Coffee (Venice Island Coffee)
200 W. Miami Ave., Venice
(941) 485-6789
Open for breakfast, lunch; dine in or outdoors;
takeout available. www.veniceislandcoffee.com.
• Island Organics
231 W. Miami Ave., Venice
(941) 484-3565
Open Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. – 4 pm, dine in or
outdoors; takeout available; e-Gift card available.
www.islandorganicssmoothie.com.
• Kona Ice (truck)
(941) 221-1857
Kurbside Kona prepay: https://kurbsidekona.
com?id=2323. kona-ice.com.
• Made in Italy
117 W. Venice Ave., Venice
(941) 488-8282
www.madeinitaly-venice.com.
• Pop’s Sunset Grill
Indoor Dining | Outdoor Dining | Curbside Pick Up
112 Circuit Road, Nokomis
(941) 488-3177
Hours: 11am-9pm Daily.
• Ristorante San Marco
305 B W Venice Ave., Venice
Open Tuesdays through Sundays. Lunch 11am-
2:45pm; Dinner 5-9pm. sanmarcovenice.com.
• Shark Bites Deli
1740 E. Venice Ave. #19, Venice
(941) 244-2863
www.sharkbitesdeli.com.
Sharky’s Snack Shack (food truck)
• Sharky’s Snack Shack (food truck)
Wellfield Park parking lot
Tuesdays through Sundays from 12pm to 7pm.
www.sharkysonthepier.com.
• Sharky’s on the Pier
1600 S. Harbor Drive, Venice
(941) 488-1456
www.sharkysonthepier.com. To make a reservation
at Sharky’s call (941-488-1456). Open 7 days
per week for Lunch & Dinner 11:30am to 10pm.
Offering to-go and curbside pickup daily.
• Fins
Monday-Wednesday for Dinner: 4-10pm,
Tuesday-Sunday for Lunch & Dinner: 12 to 10pm.
• Snook Haven
5000 E Venice Ave., Venice
(941) 485-7221
www.snookhaven.com. Tuesday-Sunday for
Lunch & Dinner: 11:30am to 8pm. Closed Monday.
Offering to-go and curbside pickup Tuesday-Sunday
during business hours, as well as special
family pack meals to-go. Canoe & Kayak Rentals:
Tuesday-Sunday from 9am to 5pm.
• The Soda Fountain & Vinnie’s Pizzeria
349 W. Venice Ave., Venice
(941) 488-7600
www.sodafountainofvenice.com.
• T.J. Carney’s
231 W. Venice Ave., Venice
(941) 480-9244
tjcarneys.com.
• Trattoria da Mino
335 W. Venice Ave., Venice
(866) 863-6633
www.trattoriadamino.com.
• Upper Crust Cafe & Bakery
213 W Venice Ave Unit A, Venice
(941) 244-0430
uppercrustvenice.com.
• Venice Avenue Creamery
249 W. Venice Ave., Venice
(941) 488-0332
www.facebook.com/veniceavenuecreamery.
• Venice Wine & Coffee
201 W. Venice Ave., Venice
(941) 484-3667
www.venicewineandcoffeecompany.com.
• Yummies Donuts & BBQ
2001 S Tamiami Trail, Venice
(941) 493-7170
https://yummies
donuts.com/bbq.
Sticky Pig (Pulled
Pork on a Glazed
Cinnamon Bun Donut.)
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wcw news feature
MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS
adopts
It’ll be a companion campus to Selby Gardens’ Downtown location
T
HE MARIE SELBY
BOTANICAL GAR-
DENS Board of Trustees
announced that
HISTORIC SPANISH
POINT has joined its organization
as a companion campus as
of May 1, 2020.
Combining two
nonprofits with
similar missions,
Marie Selby Botanical
Gardens
will showcase
air plants of the
world, native nature,
and regional
history through
both its Downtown
campus and
its new Historic
Spanish Point
campus.
Historic Spanish Point (“HSP”),
a hidden 30-acre gem on Little
Sarasota Bay in the Osprey area
of Sarasota County, is one of the
largest waterfront preserves
showcasing native Florida plants
in the state. With an archaeological
record that encompasses
approximately 5,000 years of
Florida history, HSP is one of
the largest intact and actively
preserved archaeological sites
on the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Similar to Selby Gardens
Downtown campus, HSP was
owned by a forward-thinking
woman of her time, Bertha Palmer
(1849-1918), a Chicago native
who became a Florida real estate
pioneer. Despite concerted efforts,
Historic Spanish Point has
not been able to grow sustainable
revenue streams enough to
cover its operating budget.
In seeking a way forward that
would keep HSP as a natural site
that honors Florida’s history, HSP,
through Gulf Coast Community
Foundation’s Invest in Incredible
program, approached leaders
at Selby Gardens to explore possibilities.
While conversations
began in February, the COVID-19
pandemic and resulting financial
challenges at HSP made the
situation more urgent.
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
will now be an umbrella organization
with two distinct campuses
– Selby Gardens’ Downtown
Sarasota location and Historic
Spanish Point. The Gulf Coast
Heritage Association, which has
run HSP, has now been adopted
as a supporting organization to
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
“It is always our hope to find
win-win solutions for organizations,”
said Mark Pritchett,
President|CEO of Gulf Coast Community
Foundation. “The mission
and vision of Selby Gardens and
Historic Spanish Point are extremely
compatible. And we are
confident this merger will allow
Historic Spanish Point to reach
its full potential, in turn allowing
Sarasota residents and visitors
the opportunity to enjoy two
significant cultural resources for
generations to come.”
Selby Gardens, located less
than 10 miles to the north of
HSP with a membership base of
14,000 households, is positioned
to grow HSP’s visitor engagement
and turn the financial situation
around at HSP, which has 750
member households. Over the
past five fiscal years, there has
been a financial turnaround
at Selby Gardens’ Downtown
campus resulting in the elimination
of the Gardens’ debt for the
first time in its history. During the
same time period, admissions
have grown by 55%, memberships
by 67%, and earned revenue
by 70%.
Similar to HSP, Selby Gardens
is a bayfront oasis gifted to
the community by a founding
pioneer, Marie Selby (1885-1971).
While Selby Gardens has always
been internationally-renowned
for the study and display of the
world’s best scientifically-documented
collections of orchids
and bromeliads, in recent years,
visitors have also been attracted
by The Living Museum operating
model with rotating exhibitions
featuring horticultural and
garden displays tied to works by
well-known artists.
While the potential to similarly
tell the story of Florida’s native
plants and peoples at the HSP
campus is endless, some ideas
the team plans to implement as
soon as possible include:
* Creating joint summer camps
and children’s education
programs;
* Creating joint adult education
programs;
* Expanding the butterfly
garden to include an
interactive butterfly house;
* Creating connectivity
between both campuses
by boat.
“The Board of Directors at the
Gulf Coast Heritage Association
carefully explored alternative
ways to sustain Historic Spanish
Point, and unanimously agreed
that having Selby Gardens adopt
HSP was the best path forward,”
said Pat Ball, Chair of the Gulf
Coast Heritage Association,
which previously operated
Historic Spanish Point. “We are
confident that this bold move
will allow Historic Spanish Point
to realize its full potential and
remain an important resource
and attraction for the region.”
While mergers are a common
tool for growth and financial sustainability
in the for-profit sector,
nonprofit mergers could become
more prevalent this year, especially
in light of the economic
challenges related to COVID-19.
Mergers provide economies of
scale that can enable organizations
to become much more
efficient and help them expand
their services in new geographic
areas, in turn gaining vital donor
support and increasing impact.
“On behalf of the Board of
Trustees at Selby Gardens, we
welcome the addition of Historic
Spanish Point as a companion
campus to Selby Gardens’ Downtown
location,” said Pauline
Wamsler, Chair of the Selby
Gardens Board of Trustees. “We
are fully committed to stewarding
Historic Spanish Point’s legacy
with the utmost integrity.”
All staff at Historic Spanish
Point will be retained, and
current Executive Director
John McCarthy will become
Vice President of Marie Selby
Botanical Gardens’ Historic
Spanish Point campus. Additionally,
two members of the
former Gulf Coast Heritage
Association Board of Directors
will join the Selby Gardens
Board of Trustees.
“We are so excited to have
Historic Spanish Point join us
as our companion campus,”
said Jennifer Rominiecki, Selby
Gardens President and CEO.
“We look forward to honoring
HSP’s history and character,
while finding ways to make the
location financially sustainable.
The real winners in this are the
residents of the City of Sarasota
and Sarasota County, who will
be able to visit two campuses
as part of their Selby Gardens
memberships.”
The adoption of the Historic
Spanish Point campus will not
impact the Master Plan at Selby
Gardens’ Downtown location. At
this time, $35 million in contributions
are currently committed
and specifically restricted for the
purposes of the Selby Gardens’
Downtown Master Plan. With
the current economic downturn,
Selby Gardens’ hope is that the
project will be approved so that
it can benefit Sarasota’s local
economy as soon as it is safe for
work to begin.
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