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PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Community Fund Grant Awards


  • By Josh Siegel
  • | 4:00 a.m. October 20, 2013
  • East County
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PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Community Fund Grant Awards
Colonel John W. Saputo, president/owner of Gold Coast Eagle Distributing and former Marine, showed his 2013 C. John A. Clarke Humanitarian Award to the audience.
Colonel John W. Saputo, president/owner of Gold Coast Eagle Distributing and former Marine, showed his 2013 C. John A. Clarke Humanitarian Award to the audience.
Judy Bokorney and Joyce Scott of Catholic Charities and Cassandra Holmes of the Manatee Community Foundation
Judy Bokorney and Joyce Scott of Catholic Charities and Cassandra Holmes of the Manatee Community Foundation
Jessika Blersch and Dana Pounds of Nature’s Academy
Jessika Blersch and Dana Pounds of Nature’s Academy
Colonel John W. Saputo, president/owner of Gold Coast Eagle Distributing and former Marine, accepted the 2013 C. John A. Clarke Humanitarian Award from Dr. Richard Wharton.
Colonel John W. Saputo, president/owner of Gold Coast Eagle Distributing and former Marine, accepted the 2013 C. John A. Clarke Humanitarian Award from Dr. Richard Wharton.
Monica Rice, a guidance counselor at B.D. Gullett Elementary School, accepted a grant from Jennifer Schembri of the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund.
Monica Rice, a guidance counselor at B.D. Gullett Elementary School, accepted a grant from Jennifer Schembri of the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund.
Catherine Peabody, founder of Beyond the Spectrum, accepted a grant from Keith Davey of the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund.
Catherine Peabody, founder of Beyond the Spectrum, accepted a grant from Keith Davey of the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund.
Kristen Theisen and Maribeth Phillips accepted a $2,000 grant for Meals on Wheels PLUS from Diane Brune of the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund.
Kristen Theisen and Maribeth Phillips accepted a $2,000 grant for Meals on Wheels PLUS from Diane Brune of the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund.

 

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