SRQ Daily Buzz - April 3, 2008 - (Sarasota Premiere Magazine)

The Pines of Sarasota Foundation received five grants in February and March 2008 totaling $117,076.

The money will underwrite the cost of new furniture, medical needs and special equipment for Pines residents such as eyeglasses, dentures and hearing aids, just a few of the costs the foundation is responsible for finding funding to cover. The money will also go towards educational and training programs for community residents and clinical professionals through Pines Education Institute of Southwest Florida. The Florida Department of Transportation donated $53,309 for a bus with wheelchair access. This grant accompanied $6,663 that came from state matching funds for a total amount of $59,976. The Jerome and Mildred Paddock Foundation donated $25,000 to underwrite the purchase of an elevated shampoo bowl for wheelchair-bound Pines residents for $4,000. The other $21,000 will be allocated for medical needs not covered by any other sources of funding. The Sarasota County Foundation donated $14,600 to be used to purchase 40 dining room chairs for residents in the Pines’ Alzheimer’s/dementia unit called The Garden. The Rotary of Lakewood Ranch donated $10,000 for the purchase of safety equipment for the residents in Pines’ Assisted Living Facility. Publix Super Market Charities donated $5,000, and The India Benton Lesser Foundation donated $2,500 for the Pines Education Institute of Southwest Florida.
 

Pines of Sarasota Foundation Receives $256,000 In Grants

SRQ Daily Buzz - Jan 16, 2008 - (Sarasota Premiere Magazine)

Pines of Sarasota Foundation has announced the receipt of three grants totaling $256,000 in December 2007 with an additional $50,000 committed for December 2008 for a total of $306,000. The Foundation received $102,000 from Jane’s Trust and a commitment for an additional $50,000 for the capital campaign currently underway to underwrite the cost of the new 122-bed Skilled Nursing Facility and Ann and Alfred Goldstein Rehabilitation/Therapy Center, $114,000 from the Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation for the purchase of new laundry equipment and $40,000 from The Harold C. and Jacqueline F. Bladel Foundation for Veranda East which when complete will provide residential and skilled nursing services for 22 seniors.

PINES RECEIVE PARTIAL CHALLENGE GRANT

11/13/2005 from the Herald-Tribune:

Pines of Sarasota recently received half of a $500,000 Selby Challenge Grant from the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation of Sarasota for its capital campaign. Officials of the charitable senior care community on Orange Avenue hope to raise $20 million for a two-phase rebuilding project. They met the first part of the challenge, which was to raise more than $300,000 in individual contributions, seven months sooner than expected. The campaign has collected $8.9 million so far from other foundations and philanthropists.  Selby will award the remaining $250,000 grant when the campaign reaches its goal. The Downtown Sarasota Kiwanis Club founded the Pines, which opened in 1948 as a long-term care facility for the elderly with limited incomes.

The agency provides skilled nursing , assisted living and rehabilitative care, and has a child care center. Officials plan to build a new skilled nursing facility, therapy and rehabilitation center for in-patient and out-patient care, and Alzheimer's/dementia specialty care unit on the 13-acre campus. For more information about the capital campaign call Campaign Director Richard Enslein at (941) 780-3895.

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