Community Foundation gives local organizations a BOOST

Community Foundation board member, Patricia Courtois, and Jim Shirley, executive director of the Sarasota Arts Council.

Carolyn Eagen, chief executive officer of Community Mental Health Centers, and Judi Bell with the Community Foundation

Wendy Hopkins, vice president of grants and program services at the Community Foundation, and Sue Stewart, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of Suncoast

Janet Kahn, with the Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County, and Jennifer Highland and Shara Abrams, with the Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County

Scott Peterson and Joy Mahler with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast

Mimi Goodwill, with the Community Foundation, Rick Howell, with Samaritan Counciling Services of the Gulf Coast, and Linda Mansperger, with Historic Spanish Point

Wendy Hopkins announces the names of the grant recipients.

Charla Burchett and grant recipient Howard Millman with the West Coast Black Theatre Troupe

Tom Buchter, chief executive officer of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens