Embracing Our Differences Awarded Strategic Partnership Grant from Community Foundation of Sarasota County
The Giving Coast
SRQ DAILY WEDNESDAY PHILANTHROPY EDITION
WEDNESDAY SEP 23, 2026 |
Last year, Embracing Our Differences’ (EOD) Bucket Fillers Reading Day put nearly 12,000 books into the hands of young readers in 611 classrooms and early learning centers throughout Sarasota and Manatee counties. But demand exceeded available resources, leaving more than 1,000 students without books of their own. A new $33,000 Strategic Partnership Grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County will help EOD continue expanding the reach of programs that use education to foster kindness, empathy and respect. Funding for this grant was made possible by the Community Foundation’s Allen Wirtz Nobbe and Jo Bowen Nobbe Fund, Libby Yungblut FOI Charitable Fund and Robert and Willa Bernhard Fund for Books and Literacy.
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