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SAVE THE DATE: noon to noon, April 15-16…
All Donations Up To $100 Will Be Matched!
The “2026 Giving Challenge” is a 24-hour online giving event taking place on April 15-16, 2026, organized by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to support nonprofit organizations in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties. The event will feature a Patterson Foundation match, which will match unique donations up to $100 per donor, per nonprofit, to double the impact of gifts. This annual challenge connects local nonprofits with their communities to raise funds and awareness for various causes.
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NEWS FLASH! Our President Kim Patton Manning along with her husband John have been awarded the 2026 Sarasota County Heritage Award in the category of Historical Research – Publications for their book Sarasota Trivia Game by Kim, recognized by the Awards Committee as “an outstanding contribution to the research, interpretation, and public understanding of Sarasota County’s history.”

A great time was had by all!
Thanks to our SPONSORS:
Don Bayley, Frank & Beth Cassell, Diane Esthus, David Harper, Andrew Littauer, All Event Rental, HPK Provident Advisors.
All net proceeds will go to benefit the Friends of the Sarasota County History Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
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Preserve Your Family Records at the History Center’s New Memory Lab!
Sarasota County Libraries and Historical Resources has introduced the Memory Lab, a free do-it-yourself digitization station designed to convert invaluable family records into digital files. Video tapes become brittle and break. Photographs fade. Documents can suffer water or pest damage. Convert your precious family memories to digital. These digital files can then be stored on stable modern devices or a cloud storage solution of your choice, which makes them much easier to preserve and share with family and friends. More info HERE.
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