wcw DEC 2021

helping out
WAYS YOU CAN
help others this holiday season
Adopt a family
or a senior
JFCS of the Suncoast invites the
community to donate holiday gifts to
benefit underserved families and children,
as well as seniors through the Adopta-Senior
program.
Interested donors can contact Karen
Pharo at kpharo@jfcs-cares.org to receive
more information on wish lists and needs of
families, children and seniors. JFCS is accepting
Christmas gifts for families, children
and seniors until Friday, Dec. 10. They have
over 300 children and 150 seniors to adopt
out for the holidays.
For the families:
We provide the clothing and shoe size and
the top three wish list items for each child
and ask for a $50 gift card for the parent or
guarding for groceries for the holidays.
Christmas gifts can be dropped
off at 2688 Fruitville Rd. (JFCS) at the loading
dock between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Email
Karen to set up an appointment for drop-off
(to ensure a member of their team will be
present).
Clearly tag all gifts with the name and age
of the child and place the gifts in a gift bag.
Gifts should not be wrapped —they will be
delivering the gifts in gift bags for easier
transport.
Make sure you include a note with your
name, address and the approximate value of
the gifts so they can issue you a charitable
donation receipt.
For the seniors:
They ask for a gift bag for each of the seniors
in isolation that includes: Hard Candy,
Stamps, Notepad/Pen, Hand Lotion/Sanitizer,
Chap stick, Gift Cards to Publix/Walgreens/Wal-Mart,
no skid socks, tissues
and magnets.
Hosts Shine
A Little Light
Event on
Dec. 9
Coffrin Jewelers
has Shine
A Little Light
Event on Dec. 9 benefiting
Sarasota Memorial
Hospital Pediatric Unit
and Breast Cancer Health
Center in conjunction with
Serving Spoon from 4 p.m.
to 9 p.m at Coffrin Jewelers
and Serving Spoon.
The event will include
a customer appreciation
party and a Putt-Putt Golf
Tournament for those who
would like to participate
and support Sarasota Memorial
Healthcare Foundation
(SMHF). Tickets will
be available for purchase
to have an opportunity to
putt to win a Rolex Watch
at Serving Spoon and/
or a Breast Cancer Awareness Diamond
Sapphire Pendant at Coffrin Jewelers.
The initial round of putt-putt for the Rolex
Watch will be held at Serving Spoon with
the final playoffs held at Coffrin Jewelers.
At the last hour of the event, 8 p.m; Coffrin
Jewelers will host both prizes the Rolex
and Pendant Necklace putt-putt playoffs to
see who the winners are. This event will be
sponsored by local businesses in Sarasota
County such as Serving Spoon, Mortons
Gourmet Market, Origin Pizza Café,
Legends Sports Pub, Norm Jewett with
Sarasota Concierge Service, Disc Jockey
Steve Rice.
Coffrin Jewelers owner’s personal Rolex
“Oyster Perpetual Two Tone DateJust
(Valued at $6,500. Comes with service and
Coffrin Jewelers statement of value.
Schedule:
From 4-9 p.m.: free valet parking and
food and drinks by local vendors. Coffrin
Jewelers owner’s personal Rolex “Oyster
Perpetual Two Tone Date. Just (Valued at
$6,500.00). Comes with service and Coffrin
Jewelers statement of value. Jyes Jewelry
of California has donated aBreast Cancer
Awareness Diamond
& Sapphire
pendant with .39
carats of sapphires
and .09 carat of
diamonds (Valued
at $2,300.00).
Comes with Coffrin
Jewelers statement
of value.
Chances are
$20 for 1 opportunity
to putt or $100
for 6 putts. People
in playoffs get one
buyback for $100
for 1 putt (no entries
after 8 pm). To register,
visit: https://
www.coffrinjewelers.com/2021-customer-appreciation/
and
interested sponsors
please contact the information below.
Help fulfill the gift
lists of foster &
other vulnerable
children
During the holidays, while most
families are eagerly anticipating
get-togethers and the exchange of
gifts, children in the state care system may
not have a celebration to look forward to
and, additionally, may be experiencing the
stress and sadness of being displaced from
their homes.
To help foster and other vulnerable
children in Florida’s Circuit 12 feel the joy of
the holidays, Safe Children Coalition is
implementing its Angels program, through
which community members can fulfill gift
lists of foster and other vulnerable children.
Gifts are collected at all of its office locations
in its three-county area of service; additionally,
community members can donate
through Safe Children Coalition’s website.
Volunteers will shop for the children. Gifts
are being accepted through December 17.
The Safe Children Coalition’s Angels
program works to ensure that foster and
other vulnerable children in Florida’s Circuit
12 (which encompasses Sarasota, Manatee
and DeSoto counties) feel the warmth of
the holiday season through
the donation of gifts from
caring members of the
community. The program
matches sponsors to children’s
gift wish lists.
Families, businesses,
nonprofit organizations
and religious institutions
can request wish lists, shop
and then bring the gifts to
Safe Children Coalition (all
SCC office locations are
listed at sccfl.org/safechildrencoalition-contact),
or
people can make monetary
(Left side) Safe Children Coalition team
members Kayla Hopper, Stacey Schaeffer,
Tina Streeter, Dena Gaines and Des Hazard
with (right side) employees from the
University Parkway Home Depot, where a toy
drive was held in support of the SCC Angels
program in 2020.
donations that help support critical, life-saving
programs for children who are homeless,
abused, and neglected throughout the
entire year.
For information or to request a child’s
holiday wish list, call the Safe Children
Coalition office at 941-587-9167 or email angels@sccfl.org,
or go to sccfl.org/angels for
information and/or to make a donation.
Turning Points
in Bradenton
They accept all clothing, but this
what they need most right now: Mens
shorts/pants size 28-36; New underwear
(men & women); Sneakers (men &
women); Bicycles (working or non-working);
Travel-size hygiene items, (shampoo/conditioner,
body wash, toothpaste, mouthwash,
sunblock, lotion, razors, and deodorant), Gift
cards (Wawa, Publix, Walmart).
Gifts can be dropped off at Turning
Points , 701 17th Ave West, Bradenton.
Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm. More info at www.
tpmanatee.org or call (941) 747-1509.
30 WEST COAST WOMAN DECEMBER 2021