Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Children First, the exclusive provider of Head Start and Early Head Start services in Sarasota County, recently received nearly $50,000 in support for the community’s most vulnerable children, birth to age 5, and their families.
The agency received $15,000 from the Eluned & Edward Russell Charitable Foundation through the Community Foundation of Sarasota County for The Challenge for Changing Lives – Children First’s 60th anniversary challenge match campaign.
Grant funds that will also be matched by The Challenge include $15,000 from the Libertore Fund for Children, $5,000 from the Venice Golf & Country Club Foundation, $4,000 from Paycom for scholarship support, $4,700 from the Plantation Community Foundation, $2,000 from Synovus in support of the Families First Institute, and $2,000 from Car Credit of Tampa as their featured nonprofit for the month of April.
Foundation for Dreams awarded $19,500 grant from Community Foundation
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2:27 am UTC May. 16, 2021
Debbie Wertz, DeSoto County Chamber of Commerce
Reliable internet access used to be more of a want than a need. But especially after COVID-19, we realize that it is a lifeline.
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Just a few weeks after the first COVID-19 case was discovered in Florida – early in March, 2020 – the state began to realize that reliable access to the digital world has become a necessity. Education, health care, employment, social services and many other aspects of our lives moved online – all things we suddenly needed more than ever.
But in order to have effective digital access, people need three equally important tools: a reliable broadband connection, the right technology and digital literacy.