Tidewell Foundation, Inc. is participating in A Community Thrives, a nationwide grantmaking and crowdfunding initiative that leverages the USA TODAY NETWORK to help nonprofits raise more money for their missions. The initiative gives donors an opportunity to elevate Tidewell’s efforts to care for those who need it most in our region. The top A Community Thrives fundraisers between now and noon Friday, Oct. 16 will be eligible to receive a $100,000 grant from the Gannett Foundation. Receiving this grant would help the Tidewell Foundation make its Blue Butterfly Family Grief Center more accessible by funding the launch of the Tidewell Blue Butterfly Mobile Outreach program, which will focus on bringing free grief services to children who are suffering from the death of a parent or family member. Tidewell will launch this mobile outreach program in the Newtown community of Sarasota, one of the city’s oldest historically African American communities. 

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