LWR Community Fund celebrates GALentine's Day

Nearly 80 guests attended GALentine's Day Feb. 10 at the Lake Club in Lakewood Ranch. The third annual event, held by the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund and Northern Trust, was a ladies-only celebration of local women's giving circles.

At the event, attendees presented a donation of $900 to Turning Points, a nonprofit that facilitates services for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless in Manatee County. 

Lakewood Ranch Women's Giving Circles are groups of women who commit to establishing a $10,000 minimum endowed fund to be part of the Founders' 50 of the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund. A new women's giving circle formed at the GALentine's Day event, which brings the total to six circle groups in Lakewood Ranch and the Lake Club.