MEDIA RELEASE MANATEE SUNRISE KIWANIS FOUNDATION …Tim Pye Michael Rampino Christina Riggio Rev....
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Board of Directors Adam Mohammadbhoy, Chairman Rob Bell James R. Chatham M.D James Disbro Dr. April Fleming Maritza Gonzalez Marjani Jones Rachel Kendzior Debbie Kibler Annette Larkin Dr. Carla McGill Joseph Miller Andrew Minor Board of Directors Diane Neeves Dr. Sharon Otis Jennifer Passmore Kathy Patreka Tim Pye Michael Rampino Christina Riggio Rev. Nathan Speck-Ewer Len Tabicman Dr. Robin Thompson Lupita Wells Linda Guritz, Advisor Paul Sharff, CEO 600 Eighth Avenue West, Suite 100 Palmetto, Florida 34221 Telephone (941) 757-2900 Fax (941) 757-2916 CONTACT: Darrell King MEDIA RELEASE Phone: 941-757-2900, Extension 212 Palmetto, FL Email: [email protected] July 23 rd , 2019 MANATEE SUNRISE KIWANIS FOUNDATION GIVES $80,000 DONATION TO MANATEE COUNTY EARLY LEARNING COALITION Palmetto, Florida, July 23 rd , 2019 – The Manatee Sunrise Kiwanis Foundation (MSKF) has donated a Book Bus worth more than $60,000 to the Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County (ELC). In addition to the Bus, MSKF donated $20,000 worth of books to stock the Bus full of literature resources to benefit the children of Manatee County. The ELC’s Book Bus will go out to schools, early child care and education providers, and special events in the community, allowing the ELC to reach even more young learners with their goal of investing in the future of children through early care and education. Continued…
Transcript of MEDIA RELEASE MANATEE SUNRISE KIWANIS FOUNDATION …Tim Pye Michael Rampino Christina Riggio Rev....
Board of Directors Adam Mohammadbhoy, Chairman Rob Bell James R. Chatham M.D James Disbro Dr. April Fleming Maritza Gonzalez Marjani Jones Rachel Kendzior Debbie Kibler Annette Larkin Dr. Carla McGill Joseph Miller Andrew Minor
Board of Directors Diane Neeves
Dr. Sharon Otis Jennifer Passmore
Kathy Patreka Tim Pye
Michael Rampino Christina Riggio
Rev. Nathan Speck-Ewer Len Tabicman
Dr. Robin Thompson Lupita Wells
Linda Guritz, Advisor Paul Sharff, CEO
600 Eighth Avenue West, Suite 100
Palmetto, Florida 34221 Telephone (941) 757-2900
Fax (941) 757-2916
CONTACT: Darrell King MEDIA RELEASE Phone: 941-757-2900, Extension 212 Palmetto, FL Email: [email protected] July 23rd, 2019
MANATEE SUNRISE KIWANIS FOUNDATION GIVES $80,000 DONATION
TO MANATEE COUNTY EARLY LEARNING COALITION
Palmetto, Florida, July 23rd, 2019 – The Manatee Sunrise Kiwanis Foundation (MSKF) has donated a Book Bus worth more than $60,000 to the Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County (ELC). In addition to the Bus, MSKF donated $20,000 worth of books to stock the Bus full of literature resources to benefit the children of Manatee County. The ELC’s Book Bus will go out to schools, early child care and education providers, and special events in the community, allowing the ELC to reach even more young learners with their goal of investing in the future of children through early care and education.
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600 Eighth Avenue West, Suite 100 Palmetto, Florida 34221
Telephone (941) 757-2900 Fax (941) 757-2916
Paul Sharff, CEO of the ELC of Manatee County, says: “We are exceptionally greatful to the Kiwanis Club of Manatee Sunrise for this tremendous new asset. With the new Book Bus, our staff will be able to provide more literary resources to our community than ever before. Special thanks to Mark Hildebrand, Paul Davis, and the Board of Directors of MSKF for making this generous donation possible.”
ELC CEO Paul Sharff (left) with Mark Hildebrand
of Manatee Sunrise Kiwanis.
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The Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County, Inc. is a multi-service agency dedicated to helping children develop skills that they will need to be successful in school and life. The agency's focus is on high quality school readiness opportunities for all children and their families, understanding that it is in the first years of life that a child's future educational success is determined and the critical role of parents, as their child's first and most important teacher. To learn more about Coalition's services, go to www.elc-manatee.org or call 941-757-2900, extension 212.
