2011 Fall Festival

We can't believe our Fall Festival has come and gone...Check out some highlights!

Chuck with Cawley Caricatures drawing our lovely board member, Renee Armbruster.

Face Painting !

One of our Relay Race teams - great job guys! :)

We also want to shout out a special thank you to our fabulous volunteers, All Faith's Food Bank, Cawley Caricatures, Booker High School and the Farm Bureau.

Emilio's Visit

Lisa Bechtold, Emilio Alonso-Mendoza, Alyssa Peterson, Danielle Boyette and Dana Bakich.

Yesterday afternoon, Take Stock had a great visit with the new president of Take Stock in Children, Emilio Alonso-Mendoza.

Staff, student advocates and board members met Emilio for a delicious lunch at Libby's. (Thank you Steve!)

After lunch, we took Emilio to see one of our favorite schools - Booker Middle. We had invited numerous friends and partners of TSIC to meet our guest. It was great to see so many of our supporters present. 

One quote from Emilio stuck with me throughout the presentation,  "We are not a program, we are a movement."

Thank you to Boys & Girls Club, Girls, Inc., Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, USF, Take Stock in Children of Manatee County, Take Stock in Children of Lee County, Gulf Coast Latin Chamber of Commerce and all to attended. 

- Dana 

Take Stock President Comes to Visit!

Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County is very fortunate to be on the radar of our new president, Emilio Alonso-Mendoza. 

This is your opportunity to ask him questions! Please shoot us a message on Facebook or Twitter and we'll ask Emilio during our round table discussion. 

Facebook: Search Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County

Twitter: TSIChildrenSRQ

3 DAYS LEFT TO VOTE!

 

 

Right now, we need your help! Vote for TSIC on GOOD Maker's website, and we could win $500 to help recruit mentors. Take Stock is one of 1 of 79 projects featured nationwide.

Help spread the word about what Take Stock in Children does across the country! 

Please click link below to vote. :) 

http://makerchallenge.maker.good.is/projects/takestocksarasota

READY, SET, GO!

Are you a runner, walker or just like to get up and be active? 

Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County will be one of many programs across the state to present its inaugural “Strides For Education” 5K Walk/Run at 8 a.m. on Saturday, November 19 at State College of Florida Venice Campus as part of a statewide effort to raise college funds for Florida’s low-income and at-risk youth. Take Stock in Children’s “Strides For Education” 5K Walk/Runs will also take place simultaneously in Brevard, Broward, Collier, Escambia, Hendry, Immokalee, Lake, Lee, Miami-Dade, Nassau, Palm Beach, Pinellas, and Sumter counties.

“Take Stock in Children’s ‘Strides For Education’ 5K is the perfect way to involve the local community in our efforts and help raise funding for our scholars who desire to earn a postsecondary education,” says Lisa Bechtold, Executive Director at Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County. “Our goal is to continue growing our program each year so that we may support even more students along the path to success.”

Take Stock in Children’s “Strides For Education” 5K Walk/Run is open to all individuals, families, companies and local organizations, and will feature family-friendly activities, giveaways, and much more. Registration is $35 for adults and $10 for students, with all proceeds to benefit Take Stock in Children.

To learn how you can support Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County’s “Strides For Education” 5K Walk/Run as a participant, volunteer or sponsor, please call 941-358-4407 or visit give.takestockinchildren.org and click Sarasota County.

Without A Doubt

Mentors are the heart and soul of TSIC. Mentors help to mold each individual child's life to help them become successful young adults.

Here is one outstanding mentor story:

"I am beginning my fourth year as a mentor to a student who attends Pine View. We started together when she was 12 and in 8th grade, and now she is almost 16 and a high school junior. At first she was shy with me, but as time has gone on, we have become very good friends. My student has a supportive family network, so I act as an additional adult friend. 

We talk about her social activities, her school work, her family, her goals for the future, and just about any topic she wants to discuss. Usually we meet for 45 minutes every week. The experience is something I thoroughly enjoy, and I am having a real thrill watching this young woman grow up right before my eyes. We will be starting the college process this year and into 12th grade, and I hope to be able to help her with that, since I recently helped my own two children to choose colleges. With the scholarship that TSIC will provide my student, her future looks exceptionally bright."

Sally Gabriel, PhD, CN
Health Educator

9/11 We Will Never Forget

The Sarasota Community remembers President George W. Bush reading to Emma Booker Elementary students that horrific morning of 9/11/01. This will always be a day to remember and honor those to gave their lives for America. 

“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children. “
- President George W. Bush, November 11, 2001