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JFCS of the Suncoast announces a special match opportunity from the Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust (the Flanzer Trust) to help financially prepare for anticipated increased needs directly related to hardships caused by the COVID-19 crisis. For 30 days, from March 19 to April 19, 2020, any gift up to $500 made through the Flanzer…

OOFOS, a global recovery footwear company based in Massachusetts, recently donated more than 2,000 pairs of shoes to 10 hospitals across the country, among them Sarasota Memorial Hospital. OOFOS shoes reduce stress on feet and joints, and the closed cell foam and sanitary properties allow medical professionals to wash them between shifts and keep out…

Philanthropic organization hopes to encourage smaller donors to become active. by: Eric Garwood Managing Editor It’s a lot like a watching a cross-section of parishioners when the collection basket makes its way back and forth through a church.  Some give more than others, Eric Kaplan says, but almost everyone gives something. And in return, they…

The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust recently announced a matching challenge through its 2020 Flanzer Contribution Matching Program in hopes of inspiring locals across Sarasota and the Suncoast area to make a difference in their communities. All donations between $5 and $500 will be matched 1:1, up to $500,000, for select nonprofit agencies in…

LOUIS AND GLORIA FLANZER PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ANNOUNCES A $500,000 MATCHING CHALLENGE FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT AGENCIES IN SARASOTA AND THE SUNCOAST AREA All donations $5 to $500 will be matched 1:1, up to $500,000, through 2020 for select social service, social welfare, K-12 education and healthcare organizations Sarasota, FL (January 25, 2020} – The Louis and Gloria…

The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust has donated $800,000 to the Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation to support the Emergency Medicine Graduate Medical Education Program at Sarasota Memorial Hospital (SMH). The gift will fund new medical equipment for patient care and training medical residents in the ER residency program. It will also fund the purchase of…

A happy home is part of the American dream. For many children, that dream can become a nightmare of abuse and neglect. As a result, just under 700,000 abused or neglected children pass through America’s foster care system every year— more than 1,500 in Manatee, Sarasota and DeSoto counties alone. The problem is big, but…

By JIMMY PETERS Arcadian Hometown Editor Aug 8, 2019 When I walked through the door of the Louis and Gloria Flanzer Boys & Girls Club, I was immediately bombarded with the happy shouts of energetic kids. Three young boys were huddled around a computer, a group of girls danced to a program on the television,…

Grateful patients often leave flowers or chocolates at the nurses’ station, but philanthropist Gloria Flanzer had the means to think big. In the early 2000s, she asked her personal physician, Dr. Raymond Dean Hautamaki, what she could do for Sarasota Memorial Hospital… Read More…