July 2025 News

Our Campaign Launched June 1: Your Gift. Their Future. United is the Way.

Together We Read, Together We Grow

Something Big to Celebrate in Charlotte County.

I want to pause and give a special spotlight to something close to my heart: the Charlotte County Reads – Reading Buddy program. 

For more information about the Reading Buddy Lunch and program, please click here.

We’ll be celebrating these incredible volunteers on Monday, August 25 at our Reading Buddy Lunch. If you’re one of them — thank you. If you know someone who might want to join next year — send them our way. We’d love to grow the program even more. Let’s keep reading. Let’s keep growing. 

Kindness and Clean Clothes

This is such a beautiful event that surprised 44 families with 380 free loads of laundry!

Made possible by Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading and The Patterson Foundation through Laundry Project. To volunteer for our next event, click here.

Our volunteers show up to assist, share, read and make sure every child received a book!

We’re sincerely grateful for the support of our corporate partners.

2025-2026

Charlotte Community Foundation, Charlotte County Board of Commissioners, Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Florida Power & Light, Gulf Coast Community Foundation, HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital, The Patterson Foundation and Publix Super Markets

Mission: Mobilizing the power of our community to break the cycle of poverty