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Julie Hendrix honks her horn as she goes through. fundraiser. She put signs on her car that said, "Hendrix honks for Hermann."

The Lake Club's Traci and Mike Smullen are excited to see Lake Club's Weston Hermann and his family.

The Lake Club's Grayson Hermann holds onto balloons for his brother, Weston Hermann.

The Lake Club's Charley Hunn — with her father, Neil Hunn, and brother, Davis Hunn — brings balloons.

University Place's Dawn Barbour and her husband Ryan Barbour talk to Jared Hermann during the drive thru fundraiser.

"We're all thinking about you," The Lake Club's Mike Monserez tells Jared Hermann.

The Lake Club's Sue Lelli waves as her husband Kim Lelli drives through the fundraiser in support of Weston Hermann. "We love you guys," Sue Lelli says.

The Lake Club's Stephanie Lang shakes Lake Club's Weston Hermann's hand while Hermann's sister Makenna and father Jared stand by.

Makenna Hermann, Weston Hermann, Jared Hermann and Grayson Hermann are overwhelmed by the community support for Weston Hermann, who is fighting cancer.

The Lake Club's Pamela Benson holds up her phone so her husband, Brian Benson, can talk to the Hermann family through a video call.

The Lake Club's Barbara Najmy talks to Weston Hermann and his father, Jared Hermann, as she passes through the event.

Thirteen-year-old Weston Hermann waits with his sister Makenna Hermann and father, Jared Hermann, in front of the clubhouse for the next car to come through the drive thru fundraiser.

Gregory Rahn shares encouraging words with Jared Hermann during the drive thru fundraiser.

The Lake Club's Jay Traverso accepts a donation from Laurie Rahn, a Robert E. Willis Elementary School teacher who taught Weston Hermann.

The Lake Club's Penny and Joe Lammert are the first to come through the drive thru fundraiser.

The Lake Club's Stephanie Lang and Janet Aspatore view the hand-written signs they created for the fundraiser. Each sign has the name of a donor.

The road up to The Lake Club Grande Clubhouse was covered in a sea of white signs with names of people who made donations to the drive thru fundraiser.

The Lake Club residents Ruth Harshman, Shaina Swan, Bill Mills, Julia Swan and Jay and Marybeth Traverso organize a drive thru fundraiser in support of The Lake Club's Weston Hermann, who has cancer.

Ashley Kozel, chair of The Out-of-Door Academy's Board of Trustees, and David Mahler, the head of school, celebrate the official opening of the new middle school facility. The school has been working on the school for three years.

Frankie Clark, an eighth grader, is drawing out an idea from his homework assignment. Clark is sitting in a classroom in the new middle school facility.

Ellie Hierholzer, an eighth grader, works on an assignment during class. Eighth graders were welcomed back to campus with a ribbon cutting for the new middle school facility.

Eighth graders Lila Tack, Chloe Cochran, Marvin Palominos and Andrew Schaffer enter the visual arts classroom on the second floor.

English teacher Kathy Dozier shows eighth grader Lila Tack and other students around the new facility. "It's amazing," Tack says. "I love it. It's absolutely beautiful."

Joanne Barrett, the middle school instructional technology teacher, takes eighth graders Sequoia Miller, Noah Knego and Izabella DeToma through the new middle school facility.

David Mahler, The Out-of-Door Academy's head of school, explains the collapsible walls so two classrooms can become one as students tour the new facility.

The new middle school facility is filled with different seating options for students and upgraded technology.

Eighth graders Katherine Triola, Izabella DeToma, Josey Rubinstein and Gabriel Owen get a first look at the new middle school facility before starting classes for the first time on campus this school year.

Ashely Kozel, chair of The Out-of-Door Academy's Board of Trustees, cuts the ribbon to the new middle school facility.

David Mahler, The Out-of-Door Academy's head of school, greets eighth graders for their first day back on campus for the new school year. The eighth graders are the first to use the new middle school facility.

Eighth grade students wait to enter the new middle school building at The Out-of-Door Academy on their first day back on campus.

Suzy Brenner found an ice bucket.

Ali Baudner and Karen Pashkow ring up customers' purchases.

Therese and Clint Arrington with a ceramic elephant they found.

Racks were pulled outdoors to make space and allow more people to shop at one time.

Julie Clay makes a few purchases from Karen Pashkow.

Carol Peschel stands with Mary Theall and the jewelry cabinet she bought.

Because the warehouse has been closed since March, the merchandise piled up.

Melissa and John Behrend

Karen Pashkow bags purchases with a reused department store bag.

Janet Yon, director of operations for the southeast region of Sunshine Kids, shared about the organization.

Parrish's Art Korney shared about how Sunshine Kids helped his son, Coleton, during his cancer treatments.

Graceann Frederico, with her husband Steve Frederico, came out to represent Sisterhood for Good, a Lakewood Ranch-based women's giving circle.

For Sarasota's Ernie Garcia, the Kentucky Derby party was his first.

Gold Coast Eagle Distributing's Hugh Shields invited friend Mike Rahn, of Palm Aire.

Sarasota's Brian and Teri Sayre had fun watching others play a board horse racing game.

Lakewood Ranch's John Fain and Angela Massaro-Fain love supporting charity.

Lakewood Ranch's Peggy Kronus and her boyfriend Jerry Lamb provided decorations for the event.

Sarasota's Blenda Vines, with her husband Jimmy Vines, spent two days handcrafting her hat. "I had to go find a horse," she said.